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re: Creating a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster
Can we create multiple windows server failover clusters on a 2 node ?
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re: Creating a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster
You mean have a physical node be part of multiple Failover Clusters? No, this is not allowed and we will block it. However, you can have multiple VMs hosted on a physical node. The physical node can be...
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re: Share Subdirectories, Where Hast Thou Gone?
This needs to be fixed.  We have many depts. that add folders and need the  shares to be created.  In this method they would have to contact us and we would have to run the net share command.  With...
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re: Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Inside Out
I have a two Hyper-V 2012 R2 hosts connected to an iSCSI SAN using two CSV LUNS.Is it supported on the Host level to copy data from one CSV Lun to the other (c:\ ClusteredStorage\LUN1 to c:\...
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re: Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Inside Out
In a scenario with a low-cost 2-node cluster with a shared JBOD we use Storage Spaces for cluster storage and 4x1GbE network between the nodes. Cluster is used for virtual machines. We see quite slow...
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re: Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Inside Out
To: Eamonn"Is it supported on the Host level to copy data from one CSV Lun to the other (c:\ ClusteredStorage\LUN1 to c:\ ClusteredStorage\LUN2) while at the same time on the other host copy data from...
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re: Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Inside Out
To: Alexey Q: "We see quite slow Block Redirected IO on one of the nodes, which is nicely explained in the article. But how to optimize disk performance?:A: You need to find a bottleneck in your...
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re: Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Inside Out
The biggest recommendation is to run Spaces behind a Scale-out File Server, and have Hyper-V run over SMB to the Scale-out File Server.We have many optimizations with a SoFS, where SMB sessions are...
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re: How to Run ChkDsk and Defrag on Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server...
Hi Subhasish and sorry for my late answer.OS is 2012 R2 with latest updates.Storage array is EMC Symmetrix VMAX, thin provisioned.When I am trying to use defrag via defrag.exe or Optimize-Volume and...
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re: Creating a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster
when creating a windows cluster following steps above and although using Command-Line Error >> forming cluster unable to successfully clean upHow can Fix !?
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re: Creating a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster
Hi Helmy,The best place for questions like these are the cluster forum, here's the link:social.technet.microsoft.com/.../home
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re: How to Configure Clustered Tasks with Windows Server 2012
Is there anyway to create a Clustered Scheduled Task that will automatically run when a resource fails over? e.g. On our File Server Fail Over cluster we have a script that monitors a folder on a...
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re: How to Configure Clustered Tasks with Windows Server 2012
For anyone else interested I was able to create a Clustered task that triggered after the resource moved.I had to create and modify the task in GUI, add an Event Trigger for...
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re: How to Run ChkDsk and Defrag on Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server...
Hi Filip,Thanks for the information!I believe we have identified the cause of this issue and will be rolling out a fix for WS2012 R2 (and possibly WS2012). I don't have an estimate for when the QFE...
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re: Deploying SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
hello,Thanks for the wonderful post.Well I am trying to achieve CSV with SQL 2012 SP1 on a Win2012 R2 Server but at point#19 SQL is failing to add the CSV.Here is a small brief of what I did:1. Windows...
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re: Deploying SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
Hi Tariq,As indicated in this blog, SQL Server for aggregated CSV storage configurations is only supported for SQL Server 2014 and beyond. That explains why you are seeing these errors with SQL Server...
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re: Deploying SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
Many Thanks, the scenario is clear now.Regards,Tariq
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re: Understanding how Failover Clustering Recovers from Unresponsive Resources
Excellent article. Thanks for updating with the registry key for 2012 R2
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re: Trouble Connecting to Cluster Nodes? Check WMI!
Hi.Am also receiving the same: "Operation has failed. An error occurred connecting the cluster <name>; Provider load failure"when trying to connect to the Windows 2012 cluster name, and also IP...
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re: Installing the Failover Cluster Feature and Tools in Windows Server 2012
Now if I could only locate how to uninstall the Cluster Manager feature, the circle would be complete.
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