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what this means, "Terminal Server\ClusterSettings LastLSMInstanceID" ?
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\ClusterSettings LastLSMInstanceID d0ab1046-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx


Windows 2022 Standard on a cluster
Hi, we are using clusters configure like this: 2 node with each 2 processor for a total of 16 core per node. We are running these clusters with one node active one passive. A total of 4 VM will be running almost all the time on the active node but on…


2 Node Cluster with FSW Stops When Secondary Reboots
We've had Windows clusters configured on various versions of Windows Server for a few years to support SQL Availability Groups and things have generally worked well. Recently, I've seen quite a few clusters stop when the secondary server (for SQL)…


Cluster Aware Updating error
Hello, I am trying to set up Cluster-Aware Updating, but am running into errors. I run the command: Add-CauClusterRole -Clustername BS-CL1 -DaysOfWeek Monday -IntervalWeeks 3 -MaxFailedNodes 1 -MaxRetriesPerNode 3 -RequireAllNodesOnline…


Windows Failover Clustering Services (WFCS) Disks not coming online after VM Migration
Hello, We have a VMware environment which has a 2 Node Cluster of VMs on Windows Server 2012R2 . These two VMs are on different ESXi hosts, both of which are running version 6.7 . When attempting to migrate these to ESXi host version 7.0, the shared…


SQL always on failover when VM is taking snapshot
Hi there, We have a two node always on configured sql server and they are both Vmware virtual machines. We found that when the primary node is taking snapshot, the SQL server will failover to the second node. I have contacted our VM supplier and they…


Replication Questions - Disaster Recovery
I’ve got 2x DL360 Gen10 2019 “standard”servers. Both setup as RAID 10. Server1 is setup as a Hyper-V server hosting 4 vms (2016 servers) and roughly 15 TBs of data including an sql server that is the bulk of the data. Server2 is identical to Server1;…


Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V Failover Cluster .avhdx files remaining after backup
Hello! I have a customer with a three node Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V Failover Cluster. When I backup VM's w/ Veeam, I sometimes get left-over .avhdx files that don't automatically merge. With additional backups, sometimes the VM keeps adding…


Cluster validation warning: Switch Embedded Teaming are not named consistently
Hello everybody, After validating my cluster, I got the following warning: "There are an equal number of SET switches on all nodes, but they are not named consistently. This may prevent VM migration." It's quite strange because there are no…


An error occurred while creating the cluster and the nodes will be cleaned up. Please wait...
Hi, I'm trying to deploy a Cluster with two nodes (WServer 2019 both / Domain Joined / Fresh Install) but it fails. Attach the creation's report: Beginning to configure the cluster CLUSTERNAME. Initializing Cluster CLUSTERNAME. Validating cluster state…


Problems from Windows 11 with UNC Access to a Filecluster
Good day, We have an issue with a file cluster accessed with Windows 11 for a few weeks now. The file cluster is running on 2 virtual servers on a Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Hyper-V cluster with 4 nodes. The OS of both file servers is Server 2019 and…


Taking over hyper-v server and failver cluster
Hi all, We are taking over customer from another IT company and I would like to know is there a powershell script or best practice guide to check if hyper-v server and failover cluster is configured on the right way. To scan everything and find config…


Windows 2019 Server Reboot
Hi All, Few of our 2019 cluster servers are getting rebooted automatically with below error and using service account. Could you please share us the solution for this. Error: The process wininit.exe has initiated the restart of computer on behalf of user…


DFS Namespace Server Role on Azure VM configured failover cluster failing IP addressing issue
I am trying a POC to have high available standalone DFS namespace server. For this, I have configured, 2 VM’s on Azure with a shared premium disk and provisioned a cluster. Both the VM’s are on-prem domain joined through Express Route. The Ip address…


Unable to configure dedicated NIC for Live migration
I am configuring Hyper-V cluster. We do not use SCVMM but cluster manager. I have two nodes let's say Node01 and Node02. Each node have 4 NIC card. On node01 NIC1 and NIC2 have been teamed for OS Management Network, this is Access port One node01 NIC3…
How to move storage of clustered VM from storage1 (CSV) to storage2 (CSV)
I have my Hyper-V VMs in cluster storage environemnt. I have to my VMs from storage1 to storage2, all the storage are in CSV. For example VM01 is right now in storage1 and now I want to move it in storage2. I can doing it using GUI method but I need…
How to run chkdsk on a cluster shared volume (CSV) in Hyper-V cluster
I am using Hyper-V cluster, let's say having three nodes in cluster. Now one of the CSV is going message that "chkdsk scan needed on volume". How can I do it on a cluster shared volume
Windows Server 2019 - Hyper-V - FailOver Cluster | CSV Change Node Owner Failure
Our Hyper-V Architecture is as following: 2 Physical Nodes , On each one , Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Hyper-V Role installed on each one Failover Cluster Nimble Storage iSCSI connection between the Hyper-V Nodes to Nimble Storage…


Hyper-V Failover Cluster
I have 6 servers with same specifics and connected to same storage and same OS version 3 of them vms can migrate without any problem another 2 nodes the vm not migrate. 1- I enabled the option of CPU compatibility but same error still 2- when the…


Upgrade 3-Node 2016 Microsoft Failover Cluster to 2022 (Hyper-V)
Hello, I am upgrading current 3-node 2016 cluster to 2022 by adding new windows server 2022 physical servers to the existing cluster. I'll update the cluster functional level afterward. I did upgrade another 2-node 2016 cluster to 2019 cluster…

