Questions tagged [windows-cluster]
A computer cluster consists of a set of connected computers that work together, and thus can be viewed and operated as a single system in many respects. A Windows cluster is such a set of computers running a Windows operating system. This feature has been available since NT 4.0.
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Clustering and/or Hyper-V replica?
We currently have one big Dell server T610 physically hosting 4 Hyper-V VMs all Win2008R2. Running smoothly for years. We now need to purchase a new Dell server since Dell won't renew the existing ...
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Changing 'disk ID' of Windows GPT disk via Linux
I have a SAN level snapshot\clone of a Windows cluster shared volume (CSV) whocj i want to mount on the same cluster to retrieve files, as form of backup.
As detailed here: Accessing a storage-side ...
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LIO iSCSI Target for Windows Server 2016 Cluster disk - device is not ready
I have a LIO iSCSI Target configured on a Fedora 22 machine exporting 1 LUN to 2 Windows Server 2016 machines, both of these are able to access the disk without issues.
These servers are part of a ...
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How to present shared storage for MS Cluster Services running on vSphere 5
I've seen two approaches to handling the presentation of shared storage to Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster VMs on VMWare vSphere. One is the traditional method of carving out a LUN on your SAN and ...
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unable to destroy windows 2008 r2 failover cluster after SAN rebuild
I created a windows 2008 r2 failover cluster for a sql 2008 active/passive cluster. This two node cluster was using a SAN device for a quorum disk resource as well as MSDTC resource.
Well....I ...
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How can I make a Windows service which is not cluster-aware highly available?
I am using Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009's Role-Tailored Client (RTC), which utilizes a 3-tier architecture. The middle tier, which Microsoft calls the service tier, is a non-cluster-aware application ...
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Is there a way to fix Cluster-SSH windows positions automatically?
Have you used Cluster-SSH? It's a GUI (frontend) to secure shell (ssh) which function it's to let you write the very same commands to a lot of hosts. If you open a lot of hosts at the same time, ...
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2012 R2 Hyper-V and File Server (general purpose) cluster
I am in the process of creating a Hyper-V 2012 R2 Cluster. I have 3 physical hosts (128GB RAM , dual Hex-core and 12 NICs each) and a SAN to play with. The SAN is a Virtual Storage system (Datacore), ...
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Remove-Physical Disk don't progress on my Windows 2016 cluster
I have 2 Windows2016 servers in a cluster shared volume
One of my 18 (2*9) hard disk reports a failure so I want to remove from my S2D pool
This disk is marked as "retired"
$disk=Get-...
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Building a low-cost, high-availability cluster using Windows Failover Cluster or Proxmox
I need to build a high availability cluster (key functionality, SLA almost 24/7) for virtual machines (AD DC, FS, WSUS, Print server, one Oracle database, a few Linux (not important to business).
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iscsi Windows Server hyper-v cluster
Setting up a new Hyper-v cluster. Got the following setup;
Network storage presenting iscsi
Hypervisor01
Hypervisor02
Physical DC
Want to set it up using windows failover clustering. However my ...
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How to setup FreeNAS as a Windows Cluster storage target?
I have a VMWare Workstation running 4 virtual machines.
Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller.
Also WS2012 R2, "WS1", to be a part of a cluster.
"WS2", sysprepped from "WS1".
FreeNAS (also tried ...
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Nested Virtualization and CSV issues in Hyper-V server Cluster Failover
I have 3 Windows server 2019 VMs,virtualized on Windows 10 pro. (MAIN HOST)
server 1 is AD/DC/ISCSI target/DNS/DHCP.
server 2 and 3 formed a failover Hyper-V Cluster and this cluster hosts a ...
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Windows Failover Cluster for MSMQ without SAN?
Is it possible to create a 3 node Windows Server 2008 R2 failover cluster without a SAN?
Our goal is to create a clustered MSMQ without any single points of failure. Ideally, the stored messages ...
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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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Windows Server 2019 VM clustering shared storage [closed]
Spec: Windows 10 host, 2 Windows Server 2019 VMS's in a cluster setup. The cluster is setup and fully functional except for the storage.
However; I am unable to understand if this scenario is ...
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How can i get a virtual machine in Hyper-V to carry on running in failover cluster. 2 Nodes, Server 2019
Forgive me if I am missing something obvious but I am very new to servers and failover clustering. I haven't found a question that quite answers what I am looking for yet.
My goal is to make a VM run ...
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Azure Windows 2016 Failover cluster
I would like to setuo a generic service on a windows 2016 failover cluster but can see there are some issues with shared storage,additional network cards and ip addresses on Azure, is it supported on ...
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Failover Cluster Manager showing wrong interface for node
I have a 2 node 2012 R2 Hyper-V setup that i am trying to configure Hyper-V HA. The network setup for both nodes are as follows:
Total: (8 x Ports):
4 x Adapters - (Teamed:Production/VM external ...
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Un-cluster storage added to Windows Failover Cluster Manager
Forgive me if I'm mixing up terminology, I'm a DBA and trying to see if I can un-do my error here.
Background: I was adding a 3rd DR site node to a Windows Server Failover Cluster to utilize AlwaysOn ...
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Does dynamic quorum with Windows Server 2012 clusters make quorum configuration types irrelevant?
There are several quorum types: Node Majority,Node and Disk Majority,Node and File Share Majority,No Majority: Disk Only
I did not modify any quorum settings when setting up a Server 2012 R2 cluster ...
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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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Windows Server 2008 Cluster Errors
We have a couple dozen Win2008 and 2008R2 Enterprise clusters that are used for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Enterprise/Datacenter. In the past we have had many issues with random failovers and "...
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Unreachable Hosts in Windows NLB on VirtualBox [closed]
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Cluster :
Two Windows Server 2008 R2 nodes. Each running as a VM inside of VirtualBox.
Each Node has NLB enabled and a cluster configured.
The cluster is configured to use IGMP Multicast.
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How do I prepare for swapping a NIC using network teaming on a Windows cluster host?
Update: I have now performed the upgrade. I used the half-ninja, half-hack solution of plugging in USB-to-Ethernet adapters that I could add to the teams to hold the fort. I plugged in one per team, ...
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Windows Failover Cluster : Can it fallback to secondary node on certain window service failure
We have 2 nodes in windows cluster , each box has 12 Windows Services running which are specific to a product. Our requirement is if any of these services stops working or fail to start at any time on ...
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Storage Space Direct
Can you add Storage Space Direct to existing V nets on azure? (without using template) if so please explain.
I have 2 Windows server 2016 already installed on azure, I just wanted to add a storage ...
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"Message queue service not available" in Windows Failover Cluster
I am debugging on a site where our application runs on a 3-node failover cluster with an MSMQ cluster group for message queueing.
We are seeing that the system works on some combinations of nodes, but ...
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Server 2008R2 cluster for hyper-v - start with a single server?
I'm planning a Hyper-V virtualization system what will include:
2 very nice dual 16 core servers
Dell MD3600f fibre channel SAN
It will be running about 10 virtual machines. The plan is to setup ...
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WINS on a Windows 2016 cluster
Our client is still tied to WINS (let's not get into the whys and wherefores, its just the way it is) but we need to update the clusters that WINS is running on from Windows 2008R2 to Windows 2016. ...
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Windows Server 2016 guests in WSFC cluster randomly quarantined due dropping heartbeat routes
Having 2 guest Windows Server 2016 OSes hosted by Hyper-V Server 2016. The guest OS cluster is very unreliable and one of the nodes constantly gets quarantined (multiple times per day).
I also have ...
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Scalability in a High Availability Environment - SQL Failover Cluster 2012
I have created an environment where 1 SAN is connected with 2 Nodes (part of SQL Server 2012 Failover Cluster) of SQL Server. Windows Server 2008 R2 is used, and single DB is stored in SAN.
We have ...
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Windows Cluster Fails after Power Outage
First, we have a Windows 2008 R2 Two Node cluster running HA Hyper-V and DHCP. We utilize a back-end Dell MD3000i iSCSI SAN for storage. All of the networking is done via redundant switches and MPIO ...
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I need advice about iscsi + zfs(or ntfs) + windows 2008 clustering
I want to setup a storage farm with iSCSI. I have 2 cluster node machine, 1 iscsi target machine that has 8TB installed as RAID 10. The capacity is now 8TB, but I'll upgrade the capacity in future. ...
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Windows SQL Server Cluster Failover Without Disruption
Is MS SQL server clustering capable of performing a seamless fail over between nodes? That is, where the clients wouldn't notice anything had changed except perhaps a short delay during the ...
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Where can I find the "Create Computer Object" Permission in Windows Server 2016?
I'm trying to prestage the cluster name object for the cluster I'm creating. I'm looking at the steps provided here (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-...
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Error configuring File Share Witness in a Windows 2012R2 Cluster
I'm learning how to configure a simple W2012R2 Cluster for a AlwaysOn Basic Availability Group. I have this VM scenario:
- 1 DC (outside the cluster)
- 2 SQL Server Standard 2016 (in a Cluster)
I'...
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iSCSI Windows Cluster share target or target per node
I have a lab environment where I have a Synology NAS that provides iSCSI targets which are used by Windows 2012 R2 VM's running on virtual box.
I want to setup a Windows Failover Cluster and in order ...
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Graceful Tomcat shutdown when Windows clustered service?
We're currently in a situation where a Tomcat service is being brought offline by a batch script each night (or at the presence of a war archive, at least) in a Windows clustered environment.
The ...
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Windows Server Failover Clustering - cannot choose desired subnet when creating
I'm setting up a new WSFC cluster, intended for SQL HA, but that's not actually important as yet.
Node A has:
An IP in Subnet 1: this is where the machine's "primary" IP is, set by the hoster.
An ...
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Windows 2008 R2 File Server Cluster Missing Volumes in Share Management
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 File Server Cluster which is failing to correctly display disk volume information when provisioning a new share, and when undertaking share management. I've been unable ...
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SQL server failover clustering
How many failover clustered nodes can you have?, and
if you add more and more nodes, is it going to slow down?
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Powershell - Set-ClusteredScheduledTask - Error "Incorrect function."
I'm experimenting with Powershell to add a ClusteredScheduledTask on a clustered server (Win 2012/R2)
Technet sample code gives error:
#canned exampled from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...
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Completely Remove an Exchange Cluster even though it's cluster info is long gone?
With the proviso that I realize I screwed the pooch on this, here's my situation.
We used to have an Exchange 2003 two-node cluster. Several years back we migrated to Google Apps. When we did that, ...
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Why is there random choice made in a 2 node + file share cluster when File share dies?
In a 2 node wsfc with file share witness, each node has got 1 vote, and the witness also has got 1 vote. Total 3 votes.
Given that we have concepts of dynamic quorum, dynamic witness; when the file ...
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StorageSpaces virtual disk as pass-through to VM
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster running storage spaces against a SAS JBOD. Each host has an HBA, and the VMs are running off of a CSV. This all works well, but we have two issues:
All reads ...
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Network Share on File Server Cluster being Interrupted
When I perform heavy disk operations, like deleting 10k files at a time, the network share becomes unresponsive and won't serve out files for a short time.
Here's my configuration. I have a failover ...
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Network Load Balancing cluster for DFSR hub servers?
I have one DFSR hub server with about 80 connections to 80 remote offices.
I want to add another hub server for load balancing and redundancy, but I don't want to split the connections between the ...
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Cluster validation: "The servers are not all in the same organizational unit"
I'm setting up a cluster between two Windows 2012 servers (for use with SQL Server), and among the warnings that the cluster validation wizard points out to me is this one in the Active Directory ...
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Server 2012: how to plan for storage failover?
The Stuff
I have the following components to work with:
two rooms
two beefy Dell R510s, one in each room
two EMC VNXe storage devices, one in each room.
The goal
Ensure that if one server room ...
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