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Add Node to Fail-over Cluster Failing to Communicate over 3343
We have an existing Windows 2012 2 node cluster with file witness, but are replacing them with 2019 servers. So we can just reuse the existing cluster object, we're adding the 2019 servers to the ...
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How to move PAM from DR to primary machine without any downtime?
My environment is :
Primary site : 2 MBX and 2 CAS -- fsw \srv01\dag
DR Site : 1 MBX and 1 CAS --alternate fsw \srvdr1\dag
my question is : I want to move primary mailbox node (pr-mbx-01 )...
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Error adding a new node to Windows Failover Cluster Service - Parameter is incorrect
We are trying to add new nodes to an existing Windows Failover Cluster (WFCS). When we run the Add Node wizard in Failover Cluster Manager, or run the Add-ClusterNode in PowerShell, we get the same ...
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Query to get the failoverCount and lastFailover in a Windows Failover Cluster
Anyone know of a command or PowerShell script to get the current failoverCount and lastFailover datetime in a Windows Failover Cluster? I have a 2-node cluster that doesn't automatically failover ...
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how to view old events in failover cluster manager
In failover cluster manager > cluster events, i have only for about 12 hour of events.
I wish to view older ones or maybe how to make the manager show more than that.
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Two Failover Nodes With the Same Disks, Is it Ok to Remove the Old Node?
Recently we've had a file server recreated with the same disks. The new server newfs1 was created with the same exact disks, same path, same disk; as the old file server oldfs1.
Both servers are in ...
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"0x0000009E" Stop error when cluster node crashes in Windows Server 2012 R2
Full Memory Dump: https://pastebin.com/spkLeVYL
Crash message is:
USER_MODE_HEALTH_MONITOR (9e)
One or more critical user mode components failed to satisfy a health check.
Hardware mechanisms such ...
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Not able to add node in cluster and getting exception while adding the node in Windows failover clustering
Recently one of the cluster node got rebooted(due to some disk corruption) for which we first removed from cluster and after that when we are trying to add it back into cluster we are facing exception....
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Can (and when) split brain occur on failover cluster with 2 nodes and disk witness?
we have a two node cluster with a shared disk quorum (iscsi).
we are experiencing every now and again failures that are resulting in downtime.
In the logs we see the 'conflict IP' on the shared ip, ...
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How to Reboot a Server in a Failover Cluster
We have a failover cluster manager managing 4 node(host) servers. How would I go about rebooting one of the nodes in the failover cluster.
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Failover Hyper-V 2012 R2 with CSVs backup
We have a VMM-managed set of Hyper-V 2012 R2 clusters.
Virtual machines are backed up with TSM, but currently there is no in-place backup for clusters themselves.
I can't find (obviously I have ...
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Where to put the witness disk in Windows Failover Cluster?
I have built a Windows Failover Cluster but I am really confused about in which network should the Witness reside? In my current configuration the Witness is in the Heartbeat network.
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Error 1195 on Windows 2012 R2 Failover Cluster with details -1
I am unable to make error 1195 go away on my Failover Cluster.
The cluster is attempting to update the DNS entry for cluster name IP on the DNS
server and failing with unknown error, (-1) but Event ...
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Cluster Shared Volume Owner Node After reboot
Problem:
In a failover-cluster (Hyper-v) the CSV (iSCSI) gets "pulled" to the node that just restarted (after updates) when i don't want it to.
I can not find any setting defining CSV owner ...
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How get get Failover cluster volume information using powershell?
The screenshot below is Win2012R2 Failover Cluster Volume. Those volumes are mapped from SAN through FC connection.
I am trying to get this volume information as shown in screenshot by using ...
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Witness Client failed to find a Witness Server
I am having a lot of critical event on all servers 2012r2 which connect to our isilon_cluster storage.
Witness Client failed to find a Witness Server for NetName \\isilon_cluster with error (Element ...
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Storage of User Profile Disks on file server cluster (SOFS or normal)
We are looking to deploy a new file server cluster, one of the things of which to be stored on it, will be Server 2012 R2 remote desktop User Profile Disks (UPDs).
My question is, is it best practice ...
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How to connect an NFS data store to Windows failover file server
I'm not sure if this is possible, but I want to use a Windows failover file server as a front-end to my NFS file server to be able to utilize features such as DFS, shadow copy, etc. Does it work that ...
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Issue with shadow copies in 2012 R2 file server cluster
I have recently created a 2012 R2 file server cluster, and am trying to enable shadow copies.
When I right click the drive containing user data within the failover cluster manager, and click ...
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Unable to add share to 2012 R2 file server cluster - Role name not found
I am trying to set up a proof of concept file server cluster to ensure it will meet our needs before we implement a live cluster.
I have setup a cluster of two nodes, with 2 networks (one for cluster ...
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C:\Windows\System32\Config\systemprofile\desktop is unavailable
We are trying to set up Always On Availability Groups for SQL Server 2014 and we began with creating a cluster between two SQL Servers. Everything went fine until validating cluster creation and ...
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Creating a two-node Hyper-V failover cluster with a SAN
I'm new to failover clustering and looking for verification that my oversimplified steps below are appropriate as a starting point. I have two Dell R430s (Windows Server 2012 R2 Enterprise) that will ...
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Miserable performance of Hyper-V storage on CSV
I recently setup a new environment consisting of:
- QSAN Storage with 10Gib network
- Mellanox switches 10Gib
- 4 x Physical nodes connect to LAN and SAN 10Gib
The physical hosts are connected ...
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Windows Failover Cluster node in Azure - Assigning a cluster IP address
I've built a 2-node Windows Server 2012 R2 failover cluster, one node being in my on-premises network and one being an Azure (Resource Manager deployment model), in part following this MS article
In ...
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Windows 2012 R2 Cluster - network adapter failure
I have windows cluster (2012 R2) with 2 nodes with role of generic services.
In case when I shutdown/reboot live node services on the standby node are starting automatically however it dosn't work if ...
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Create a Cluster Shared Volume with 3 Servers
I'm new to Failover Cluster and everthing that has to do with it. At the moment I have two Hyper-V hosts connected to a VLAN and a third server which I would like to use as a file server so the VMs ...
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window server 2012 r2 - failover cluster resource vs cluster disk
I create a 2 node WSFC and added a cluster disk to it.
I have not installed any clustered application and roles yet.
I am playing around with the cluster resource (such as moving it around).
On the ...
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Fail over of iSCSI attached storage
We have a Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V VM that has multiple drives attached via iSCSI directly to a SAN. These drives are accessed through multiple other 2012 R2 VM's using UNC paths to add and fetch files ...
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3 node cluster with crossover cables
We have a windows failover cluster running Windows 2012 R2 for Hyper-V. Our storage is using Storage Spaces with a SAS3 JBOD. As such, we see IO transfers hitting 2800 MBps. Our networking is still ...
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How do you put a cluster disk in maintenance mode in Windows Server 2012 R2?
Background: I have created a test 2-node Server 2012 R2 cluster, with an iSCSI cluster disk. I want to format a new partition on the disk. When I try to format the new partition, it says the disk must ...
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Maximum Timer for Drain Roles?
This is one of those weird questions I would expect to be documented (Especially on Tech Net), but I honestly haven't found an actual explanation. As of Server 2012 R2 you can set your cluster nodes ...
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failover cluster creation Error
I am creating a fail over cluster, but doing so i get the error "An error occurred while creating the cluster.
An error occurred creating cluster 'testCluster'.
This operation returned because the ...
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Exchange 2013 DAG Cluster Unable to add second sever
I have two servers (EXCH1 and EXCH2) running Exchange Server 2013 Standard, and a third file server that is a DAG Witness.
The first server is a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard machine and the ...
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How does CSV cache behave under memory load?
We're looking at using Microsoft's CSV cache feature in our new Hyper-V 2012 R2 clusters:
It's enabled by default, with 512MB allocated to each CSV.
The maximum memory that can be assigned is 80%.
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Get witness disk current vote via PowerShell
I am trying to verify functionality of dynamic quorum in a new failover cluster setup.
Is there a command in PowerShell that I can use to see the current vote for the witness disk? I have been ...
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I do not see disks while building a Scale-Out File Server on Windows Server 2012 R2
Following are my environment details
I have created 2 virtual machines in Azure. node 01 and node 02
Both machines are using windows server 2012 R2
Attached disks for node 01 and node 02
Added node ...
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Server 2012 R2 - Sharing 'cluster shared volume' .VHDX hard drives between two VMs, are they supposed to not live update? [duplicate]
I have a .VHDX volume that's a cluster shared volume in a Server 2012 R2 failover cluster. I'm able to share the hard drive between two VMs. If I create a folder on VM2, it doesn't show in VM1 in the ...
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Windows Server 2012 Failover DHCP
I've been tasked with migrating from our current 50/50 scope resilient DHCP servers to new hot standby failover DHCP in Server 2012 R2.
Built a test bed with the two DHCP server VMs and created a ...
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Multiple Nics, multiple default gateways on a Server 2012R2 cluster
This is really just a question about best practices as there seems to be a little confusion. The physical hosts of our Hyper-V cluster have 4 Nic interfaces relating to the 4 subnets.
Now, when ...
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Why do I get BPA error "Servers in Failover Clusters Must Have a Hyper-V Replica Broker Configured"?
I configured a Hyper-V Failover Cluster with two nodes and one domain controller. Cluster-Aware Updating is enabled.
The BPA shows the following error:
To Participate in Replication, Servers in ...
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Could not get domain controller name from machine
While validating a Failover Cluster over two member servers I get the following two errors:
Connectivity to a writable domain controller from node SQL2.domain.com could not be determined because of ...
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Best Way to Restart 2 Node SQL Cluster To Perform Windows Updates?
So I have a 2 node MS SQL Server cluster, using AlwaysOn, on Windows 2012 r2. SQL1 is the primary. SQL2 is the secondary. I want to restart both servers today to perform windows updates which will ...
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Windows failover cluster with two quorum disk witnesses?
To avoid a single point of failure on the backend SAN system, can I place one quorum witness disk on each site and have the cluster use both?
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How to set foreign-domain alias for a Failover Cluster client access point?
I have a migration scenario with a Failover Cluster file service where I would like to add the alias for the old file server name pointing to the cluster service client access point name.
Using ...
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Adding a share in a Failover Cluster with quotas enabled takes 10 minutes
I have File Service cluster where one of the file server resources is hosting ~50,000 user home directories. The home directories do have a quota template assigned through the FSRM.
When trying to ...
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Converting a Windows Server 2012 R2 Scale-Out File Server Back To Regular File Server. Is It Possible?
Well... I messed up. I didn't do enough research and just checked out the headlines then jump head first into the new Scale-Out File Server that Windows Server 2012 R2 brings to the table. At first ...
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Hyper-V Failover-Cluster: How does the Cluster know the difference between the Management and the Cluster Network?
Reading the Network Recommendations for a Hyper-V Cluster in Windows Server 2012, I am left with some unanswered questions.
It's recommended to have a management network and a cluster network.
The ...
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Hyper-V Server Deployment - adapter configuration
I'm sure this question will have been asked somewhere before. In fact I'm sure I've read about it before too, but I can find any resources to help me along my way.
What I'm trying to do is deploy a ...
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What are the best practices for NIC teaming in Server 2012 R2? Broadcom or Windows software?
I have a Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster with two Broadcom adapters for my LAN connection.
Currently, we have a virtual switch set up with SCVMM, that teams together both NICs using Windows software ...
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Install optional updates using Cluster-Aware Updating
The question is simple - how can I install updates listed as "optional" in Windows Update using the Cluster-Aware Updating feature in Windows Server Failover Cluster?
I installed all the important ...
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