re: How to add storage to Clustered Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2012
Hi added new disk and assign to cluster and it is showing in cluster group but i can not add mdf in that disk...
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Hi Max, Mixer, EJ Henry and Subhasish Bhattacharya.I too have been having problems with 1562 and 1069 errors in my Hyper-V cluster.I currently have an open ticket with Microsoft Support looking into...
View Articlere: Deploying SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
Hi Subhasish,Thanks for blog and is very helpful.However I have a query here, I am preparing 5 node and 13 Instance cluster where 12 instance with SQL 2014 and one instance with SQL Server 2008 R2....
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Hi Mahantesh,Unfortunately, only SQL Server 2014 will allow installations on local CSV… Therefore, the only option is to check if it is feasible to port the SQL2008 R2 database to SQL Server...
View Articlere: Testing Storage Spaces Direct using Windows Server 2016 virtual machines
Not sure whether this is an error on my side or something wrong with TP2 I am unable to see the iscsi disks in the node's disk manager...
View Articlere: Testing Storage Spaces Direct using Windows Server 2016 virtual machines
JR, regarding your comment about iSCSI. Storage Spaces Direct does not use disks directly connected to an iSCSI target. It uses SAS or SATA connected disks. In this blog that is emulated by exposing...
View Articlere: Deploying SQL Server 2014 with Cluster Shared Volumes
One annoying thing that bit me is that it is not possible to install Analysis Services in the same FCI as SQLENGINE, when SQLENGINE is configured to use CSVs, even though a classic cluster disk is...
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Hi Jakub,Thanks for flagging this issue and opening the connect case! I did follow-up to see what was going on with the case. Please expect to be contacted by Microsoft (by the person responsible for...
View Articlere: Understanding how Failover Clustering Recovers from Unresponsive Resources
Is step 1 under Advanced Troubleshooting applicable to Server 2012 R2, or is that 2008 R2 behavior?
View Articlere: How to add storage to Clustered Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2012
Hi Subhasish..one doubt here...can't we see these disk added to CSV to our My computer..?
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Hi Yudhvir, On "My Computer", you'll see your C drive. You can navigate to "C:\ClusterStorage" to see your CSV volumes...
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I am in the process of setting up a 2 node cluster for SQL Server 2014.I have been reading up on using CSV's .Do you happen to know why Microsoft suggest we turn off autogrowth?
View Articlere: How to add storage to Clustered Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2012
Cluster IP address resource cannot be brought online because of a duplicate IP address ResolutionEvent ID:1049....please address the issue
View Articlere: Draining Nodes for Planned Maintenance with Windows Server 2012
Hi,I drained the roles on one of our Node,and then in mid suddenly tried to revert back ,this caused one of the Roles to continously be in failed state.Tried flushing DNS,didnot help.Please can you...
View Articlere: Testing Storage Spaces Direct using Windows Server 2016 virtual machines
In a production scenario, can Hyper-V clustered nodes also host the storage spaces direct?For example, in a SMB environment with 2 Hyper-v hosts, there may still be a requirement for shared storage...
View Articlere: Testing Storage Spaces Direct using Windows Server 2016 virtual machines
Luke, I believe what you are asking for is whether you can have a Windows Server 2016 hyper-v host with VMs running and use Storage Spaces Direct as the storage, exposed through the CSV disks for the...
View Articlere: Testing Storage Spaces Direct using Windows Server 2016 virtual machines
Thanks Steven.We do deal with a lot of small business where compute capacity requirements only warrants a small number of hosts (2/3) but HA can still be a functional requirement.I also think I misread...
View Articlere: Testing Storage Spaces Direct using Windows Server 2016 virtual machines
Steven, furthermore if you can support compute and storage within the same node, Microsoft is on a real winner - a feature set similar to the likes of Nutanix for a fraction of the cost (yes, obviously...
View Articlere: Testing Storage Spaces Direct using Windows Server 2016 virtual machines
Thanks Luke. Yes, there currently is a 4 node minimum for Storage Spaces Direct.
View Articlere: How to Configure an Alias for a Clustered SMB Share with Windows Server 2012
Thank you John! I too verified via a network capture that Kerberos was indeed being used. I tested both without the SPN's and with, and could see the use of Kerberos only after the SPN was in place...
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