959 questions with Windows Server Clustering tags

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VMs restart after a node came back from pause

Hi, We've a HV cluster based on Windows 2012 R2 consisting of 4 nodes connected via FC to common storage (NetApp). From couple of months we are getting strange behavior. When we put a node into to the pause al machines are moved from this node…

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,546 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-08-08T17:35:10.847+00:00
Marek Godlewski 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-08-14T13:11:01.043+00:00
Marek Godlewski 1 Reputation point
2 answers

iSCSI Storage (Disk Resource) remaining offline after iSCSI network failure

Hello, I have a question about the typical behavior of a Disk Resouce in an FC. Setup: 2-node failover cluster 1 file server resource 1 shared disk (via iSCSI initiator) All failover/failback actions work fine, verification of cluster is also…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-08-05T06:18:19.647+00:00
Alexandros Kanakaris 36 Reputation points
answered 2020-08-14T03:17:22.647+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,871 Reputation points
4 answers

Failover cluster outgoing connection

Hi. 2 node failover cluster WS 2019 each node has own IP A) 10.0.0.10 b) 10.0.0.11 FileServer resource has c - IP 10.0.0.13 Incoming connections are going to C and working fine Outgoing connections are using EITHER A or B …

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-08-04T11:43:53.127+00:00
AndresP 21 Reputation points
answered 2020-08-14T02:58:30.003+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,871 Reputation points
1 answer

Windows Server 2016 S2D Cluster - SDDC Management Cluster Resource fails to come online

Windows Server 2016 version 1607 (OS Build 14393.3808) I have a 4 node Windows Server 2016 S2D cluster and I want to use Windows Admin Center to manage it. However, when I try to connect, it fails saying "Unable to create the "SDDC…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,377 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,546 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
631 questions
asked 2020-08-10T20:57:35.307+00:00
David Tiller 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-08-11T09:26:14.03+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 29,891 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

start-cluster needed after stop-cluster?

I posted this question in the SQL forum originally since I am DBA, but thought I should post in the Windows forum as well because is a cluster question. On Win 2012, For disk maintenance, I need to shut down both nodes of a SQL 2014 active/active cluster…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-08-08T04:29:39.083+00:00
SeHor 66 Reputation points
accepted 2020-08-10T21:15:58.913+00:00
SeHor 66 Reputation points
1 answer

How to check particular user has what rights on Hyper-V Failover cluster using WMI APIs

How to check particular user has what rights on Hyper-V Failover cluster using WMI APIs. e.g.: I wanted to check, does "user1" has rights (with provided credentials) to list out VM(s), perform checkpoint/snapshot on VM(s) in Hyper-V Failover…

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,546 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-08-05T08:11:05.777+00:00
Krupal Joshi 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-08-06T06:04:37.023+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 29,891 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
7 answers

Cannot join node to AZureStack HCI cluster

Se are trying to re-add a node we evicted from a Server 2019/AzureStack HCI cluster and cannot re-add it. I keep coming back to crypto. In a successful cluster join, you see something like this: 00002494.0000171c::2020/07/28-20:26:01.895 …

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-30T22:51:41.187+00:00
RJ Riemensnider 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-06T02:27:01.447+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,871 Reputation points
3 answers

failover cluster manager with file sharing role , Network and sharing center cannot be open

Hello, I have two windows 2016 server running failover cluster manager with file sharing roles. These days both servers cannot access Network and sharing center, it open no response I need to close forcely. Any suggestions can give to me Thx

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-27T14:07:10.187+00:00
Chun Wai 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-08-03T02:15:53.187+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 29,891 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

CLUSTERING

Hi friends, We are planning to implement HA. I have a two physical servers and one SAN storage.I want to configure HA in the physical servers. Totally we are having 20 VM's, Now i plan to create a two separate LUN and present the two LUN in both…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-16T05:59:43.54+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
answered 2020-08-02T14:00:51.423+00:00
Alex Bykovskyi 1,831 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Hyper V cluster

Hello I am building new hyper v failover cluster windows server 2016. I am searching for reference in Microsoft documentation for the best practice and recommended size for the storage luns which will host my CSV. how many VMs per CSV?

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-30T19:50:58.86+00:00
Moonlight 176 Reputation points
answered 2020-07-31T21:04:18.857+00:00
Alex Bykovskyi 1,831 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

start command prompt in foreground as job with HPC Cluster Manager 2012

Hi! We use HPC Cluster Manager 2012 R2 to share the resources of our server across the team. Usually we start simulations as jobs with the corresponding command and wait for the simulation to finish. However, sometimes it might be useful to…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-24T05:57:51.087+00:00
Roland 21 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-28T09:08:46.77+00:00
Roland 21 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Error when Validating Cluster Cluster creation tool Validate the cluster Error Test report isn't available, try to validate again.

Hi, I get this error at validating the cluster when using the cluster Creation tool. Error:"Error Test report isn't available, try to validate again." Notification Pannel shows "Successfully validated the cluster." …

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-23T12:55:08.1+00:00
Erik Herburger 96 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-24T18:56:27.943+00:00
Erik Herburger 96 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Server Failover Custer Quorum Configuration

Hello, I am building a multi-subnet Windows 212R2 Windows Server Failover Cluster with eight nodes. We have six sites. Four sites are not reliable from a connection perspective and they span around different countries. Two sites are US and has sturdy…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-16T06:09:07.79+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
answered 2020-07-20T06:09:37.26+00:00
Aayoosh Moitro 1 Reputation point
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can Not Bring Disks Online In Failover Cluster Storage

In preparation for my MCSA 70-412 exam, I have purchased a used 2U server, and am trying to become familiar with failover clustering. I am using Hyper-V as my hypervisor, and am working with two different VMs running Windows 2012R2, with the File…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-16T06:03:10.183+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
answered 2020-07-19T12:51:05.043+00:00
TimCerling(ret) 1,156 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Create Iscsi to share Storage Spaces direct vdisk to my 2 hyper v hosts

team I would like to get help designing my lab. I have: 2 node file servers with s2d(Cluster name: fscluster) 2 node hyper v cluster (cluster name) hvcluster) how can I make the hyper v cluster use the file server storage as its high…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-16T06:01:22.627+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
answered 2020-07-18T15:58:06.34+00:00
Alex Bykovskyi 1,831 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Why Virtual Disk has 2 Column Layout on S2D Setup?

Hi there I would like to install the smallest possible S2D Setup on two VMs only for high availability file sharing services. I think this would be interesting also for small companies. So i set up two VMs with tree disks (one OS and two for S2D)…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-16T05:58:48.027+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-17T02:09:25.94+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is it possible to do an in-place upgrade of Windows Server 2008 SP2 Failover Cluster to Windows Server 2008 R2?

I have not been able to find any definitive documentation on this. If yes, is there a TechNet article or similar about it? If not, what's the option? Any help is appreciated. The failover cluster is running SQL Server 2008 R2 and it has 2 nodes. Thread…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-16T05:49:31.577+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-17T02:09:16.397+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Permission only to do the cluster fail over activity

He Team I do have a requirement to provide an AD account access only fail over cluster management of few servers. The account shouldn't have any permission to restart\shutdown servers OR any other high privileges on these servers. Thread source…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-16T05:48:33.67+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-17T02:09:06.903+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

When adding a new node to an existing failover cluster it becomes a possible owner and takes ownership

Hello. Apologies if this is not the correct place for this. I have a WSFC that has multiple nodes which have SQL Server 2016 SP2 installed on them. We are running Windows Server 2016 Datacenter. When I add a new node to the cluster it automatically…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
959 questions
asked 2020-07-16T05:47:36.05+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-17T02:08:56.257+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,891 Reputation points