re: Cluster Shared Volume Diagnostics
A very detailed and informative troubleshooting blog. A very nice read!
View Articlere: Tuning Failover Cluster Network Thresholds
Do we have the same methods for Windows server 2003 and 2008 clustering
View Articlere: Managing Hardware Snapshots on Failover Clusters
I have the exact same question as Venkatesh
View Articlere: Deploying SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
Is this setup similar to Oracle RAC? Is SQL Server on both/all nodes available to take client connections - meaning load balancing?
View Articlere: Validating a Cluster with Zero Downtime
Our problem with running validation against production CSVs is that out of the last 3 times we have run cluster validation tests we have lost partitions twice on random CSVs. This resulted in Premier...
View Articlere: How to configure VM Monitoring in Windows Server 2012
Well with Print service moving out of failover clustering and having only clustered VM as on option, how do we ensure OS level redundancy. I am very clued into hyper V. But should the print spooler...
View Articlere: Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Inside Out
Is CSV Namespace filter driver sending Read, Write IOs (IRPs) to "Disk device" or to a "Volume device"? I am trying to figure out how to track all the writes happening to a CSV volume and CSVNS filter...
View Articlere: How to configure VM Monitoring in Windows Server 2012
Hi Rajeev,You could use the Hyper-V replica to configure a DR failover VM for your Print VM. This could minimize your downtime should you need to perform "maintenance" operations on your Print...
View Articlere: Deploying SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
Hi Ash,CSV is providing you a clustered file system i.e. storage infrastructure for SQL. Of course it could facilitate an Oracle RAC like setup. Independent of CSV, you can load balance read (not...
View Articlere: Working with Private Properties using Cluster WMI
Symon, could you expand your sample to it is fully functional? I cannot seem to put this sample into practice.i'm trying to find the "PrivateProperity" of a cluster resource and i'm just not getting...
View Articlere: Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Inside Out
To Girish For snapshots csvnsflt will dispatch Block Redirected IO directly to the PDO of the volume stack because we need it to go to volsnap that would traverse diff area.For the regular disks...
View Articlere: Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) Inside Out
Hi Vladimir, thanks for your response. My volume filter driver is registered as Upper Filter for regular Volumes (exposed by legacy volume manager), Snapshots and also to CSV voumes (exposed by CSV...
View Articlere: How to Create a Cluster in a Restrictive Active Directory Environment
HiThere is a procedure to create a cluster without having that kind of permissions, specially when working in restricted environmentYou may ask the Ad team to create the cluster computer account in...
View Articlere: How to Run ChkDsk and Defrag on Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server...
Hi,any update on QFE ? I have the same 'defrag /a in redirected mode received "Slab Analysis: 0% complete..." and then "Incorrect function. (0x80070001)"'and would appreciate a solution :)
View Articlere: R2 Print Cluster? Get this Hotfix! KB 976571
While creating a cluster, i am getting the error "You do not have permissions to create computer object in AD".Please advice me on this
View Articlere: How to Run ChkDsk and Defrag on Cluster Shared Volumes in Windows Server...
@AndrzejP, Thanks for your note. A QFE for this issue is currently slated for an October 2014 release...
View Articlere: Installing the Failover Cluster Feature and Tools in Windows Server 2012
uninstall-windowsfeature RSAT-Clustering
View Articlere: Deploying SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
Can I use this same CSV on my 2 node cluster and Put shares on it, that work to serve Pics and Documents from the SQL database to users?
View Articlere: VM Monitoring in Windows Server 2012 – Frequently Asked Questions
I agree with Brian; this is push to use HyperV, and it is not as highly available as the old solution. With 2008 R2 clustering, I can fail over while patching the passive node. With 2012, now I need...
View Articlere: VM Monitoring in Windows Server 2012 – Frequently Asked Questions
Thanks for your feedback on this! It's much appreciated. I've forwarded it to the Print Server team. I know they are evaluating their HA story for the next Windows Server release and will take your...
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