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Attaching VHD Set or VHDX as Shared Disk in Hyper V 2019 "Storage where the virtual hard disk is located does not support virtual hard disk sharing"

WS Server 2019 Hyper V Created a VHD Set (.VHDS) in the same location where VHD are stored for VM usage. When trying to attach the file (in the GUI or via PowerShell), I get this error: PS C:\Users\...
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drbd - diskless node won't join cluster unless started first

Good day, I am trying to set up a 3-node DRBD9 cluster 2 nodes actually have a disk the 2 nodes with disk have a direct link via a cross cable and a switch connection with third node third node is ...
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Cross migration of VMs

I have two w2k8r2 machines, that are in cluster, There are also two machines that are used as shared storage (with StarWind installed). On each node of the cluster there is one VM. So tell me please ...
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How to extend Active-Active cluster with FreeNAS as shared storage?

I have two physical nodes powered by Ubuntu and connected to each other with Corosync. And I have the FreeNAS server as NAS. This NAS server mounted on every node - basic scenario. Now I'm not able ...
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Server creates shortcuts in Shared Drive automatically when file is opened

We have just setup a Windows 2012 R2 Server with shared drives. We have on particular user who has an issue that whenever they open a file it creates a shortcut on the root of that mapped drive. I ...
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Unable to mount datastore on second ESX 5.5 host

I have configured 2 ESX 5.5 hosts on my new Dell VRTX. I setup the virtual storage, assigned full access to both hosts, and was able to format and attach it to ESX1 without an issue. Unfortunately I ...
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Can reaching shared storage capacity prevent a VM from starting up in XenServer?

I have a VM installed on XenServer; it's drive is on an NFS share, which has just reached capacity--could this prevent the VM from starting up?
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The random behaviour of ownership change after mounting in Linux

So I do know that by default when we mount; the user/group ownership is set to uid=0=gid when belongs to the root and I read that in the mount man page. The weird thing is I am mounting an NFS share ...
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Can't reach a shared storage on a Windows server

I have NAS storage, sharing a folder. When I'm logged in to a (specific) Windows server, trying to connect to that share - it fails. But when doing the same thing on a different server, it succeeds. ...
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Oracle RAC installation failure: disk share issue

Oracle RAC installation is failing because of shared disk issue. While running "runcluvfy.sh" to verify the disk share between nodes. it is failing on node2. I have collected trace logs of following ...
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Shared storage for Xen based cluster that allows I/O control

I am looking for a solution that will allow me to control I/O usage for my home Xen based cluster. Basically what I need is a way to limit or scale domUs (VMs) disk throughput. E.g. setup: - VM1 ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 shared folder

On Windows Server 2012 R2 I have a shared folder that I can map on 30 other computers only. Is that a license issue or just missed settings? Thanks, Greg
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Member of a group cannot access a WS2008 network share

A Windows 8.1 user cannot access one specfic network share on a windows 2008 R2 server. Windows cannot access \\COMPUTERNAME\Users You do not have permission to access \\COMPUTERNAME\Users. ...
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Shared storage between Ubuntu VM servers

I am setting up worker servers on Digital Ocean. These Ubuntu servers need to access files in a common storage area. What process or program do you recommend for storing files on a shared folder ...
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Open File Manager shows locks that should have been released

I have been doing some tests and I found an issue that my users experienced. My Aplliaction reads a xml file from a local network server through a DFS Path where they are granted access to. After ...
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LVM in cluster -- need an advice

I'm trying to configure a 2 node cluster with shared storage, but the configuration is probably little unusual. It is described below: Both nodes have access to a shared storage that has a number of ...
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HP Proliant Servers DL380 G3

I've bought 2 hp G3 servers with Smart Array 5I Storage Controller, how can I install the MYSQL on the array storage so that the linux on both server can read the DB, I'm kinda lost here. This is ...
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