1,021 questions with Windows Server Clustering tags

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Query on cluster

Hi All, I have a Failover Cluster Manager setup with two nodes (let's say Server01 and Server02), both running Windows Server 2019. Both nodes are part of an Always On Availability SQL cluster. I want to remove Server02 from the Failover Cluster…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,869 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,555 questions
SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
14,279 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,532 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2025-01-12T07:22:59.39+00:00
Glenn Maxwell 12,001 Reputation points
answered 2025-01-12T13:31:28.56+00:00
Javier Villegas 900 Reputation points MVP
2 answers

Need Help Configuring Monitoring for HA Hyper-V VMs (Debian 12 Guest OS) in Failover Cluster

I've set up a Windows Failover Cluster with Storage Spaces Direct. The Storage Pool and Shared Virtual Disk have been created, and I've added some Debian guest VMs as High Availability (HA) roles. While I've successfully achieved host-level failover…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,532 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,787 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2025-01-06T19:16:09.44+00:00
fti-samadhan 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-01-10T03:42:05.1466667+00:00
Ian Xue 38,846 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

Issues with SQL Server 2019 Cluster

Hi, recently I have deployed Firewall GPOs to all servers in all my environments without any issues but one affecting SQL Server 2019 Cluster in one environment (Firewall GPOs applied to cluster nodes are the same in all environments but I have issues…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2025-01-09T10:49:53.36+00:00
Bojan Zivkovic 506 Reputation points
1 answer

Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) wrong BusType with RAID controller in HBA mode

I'm encountering issues while enabling Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on my Windows Server setup. Each server has a single 894 GB SSD for the Windows Server 2022 Datacenter operating system and 2 x SSDs. All drives are connected to an Avago MegaRAID…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,532 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,787 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2025-01-06T09:48:20.9066667+00:00
fti-samadhan 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-01-08T03:31:00.9333333+00:00
Ian Xue 38,846 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Poor Cluster Shared Volume read/write performance when node is not CSV owner

We have a 5 node Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster setup using an HPE Nimble as shared storage. We're using the cluster for Hyper-V. All virtual machine VHDXs are stored on the cluster shared volume (CSV). We're having a problems with disk…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,555 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,787 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2022-05-20T09:45:42.163+00:00
CoreJN 6 Reputation points
commented 2025-01-06T21:41:44.6466667+00:00
ScalableQuestions 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Hyper-V 2016, 5120 CSV has entered a paused state due to status_io_timeout

Looking for help as our issue reoccurs every 1-2 days over the past 2 months. We have already enabled jumbo frames on iscsi ports, switch and san. Also enabled VLT on our 2 Dell s4048t switches. Firmware and patches are up to date. No luck resolving thus…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,555 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,787 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2021-10-30T02:54:47.27+00:00
Ryan 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-01-04T07:36:01.2433333+00:00
Kevin Roggeman 0 Reputation points
3 answers

An error occurred while creating the cluster and the nodes will be cleaned up. Please wait...

Hey Guys I am with a issue for create a cluster in my laboratory. When i try create the cluster i receive this error. Someone can help me?

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,532 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2023-09-03T15:48:32.12+00:00
Jéssian Bayard 66 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-12-23T20:29:37.91+00:00
TP 101.3K Reputation points
3 answers

Set-PhysicalDisk -MediaType XXXX -UniqueId abcdefgh --- Reverts after restart.

I'm trying to setup a 2-node WFC with S2D. My disks show as mediatype unspecified. When I run the Set-PhysicalDisk command to set the disks to SSD, this works. But after a restart, the mediatype returns to 'Unspecified'. I'm using Windows Server 2019…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,869 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,532 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2020-12-30T22:35:10.207+00:00
Justin Fox 6 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-22T13:26:21.76+00:00
Yusuf Anis 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Type of Storage that can be used as Cluster Shared Volume?

Dear Colleagues, Good day! May I Inquire with regards to Windows Server Failover Clustering. We are planning to Cluster a 2 Node MSSQL Server. It requires Cluster Shared Volume, asking if what type of storage we can use for the setup? Are the following…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,869 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,555 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,532 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
664 questions
asked 2024-12-21T15:06:59.56+00:00
JR Murillo 60 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-22T04:25:10.6366667+00:00
JR Murillo 60 Reputation points
2 answers

Opening VM Settings is Slow - But Everything Else is Fast in Failover cluster Manager and Hyper-V

Any time I try to open settings on a VM, whether that be through Hyper-V Manager or Failover Cluster Manager, and regardless of whether I open it on a host, from my desktop, it can take up to 5 minutes for the settings page to come up. This happens every…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,532 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,787 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2024-11-14T07:26:47.9766667+00:00
Mirza Anwarulla Baig 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-11T08:49:47.74+00:00
Mirza Anwarulla Baig 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Validate Software Update Levels in Windows Fail Over Cluster Offline

Hello, I can't validate my failover cluster (2 nodes) because of these warning : "The cluster reports say - There was an error retrieving the QFE information from node." 0x8024402C But in the end, it says All the servers have the same…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2022-01-07T16:56:33.533+00:00
Anne-Sophie Demoulin 11 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-07T10:11:28.9133333+00:00
Michael Buchanan 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I fix ARC Local Machines missing ARC Extensions when trying to create an Azure stack HCI cluster

I am trying to setup an Azure Stack HCI Cluster for the first time. I have my machines in Azure, but they are missing extensions that seem to be installed by default. I have reinstalled the OS multiple times from the Azure ARC site…

Azure Stack HCI
Azure Stack HCI
A hyperconverged infrastructure operating system delivered as an Azure service that provides security, performance, and feature updates.
385 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2024-11-29T21:34:46.74+00:00
365RDROWN 20 Reputation points
accepted 2024-12-06T21:40:23.1833333+00:00
365RDROWN 20 Reputation points
4 answers

SSMS Object Explorer Showing Blue Question Mark for SQL Server & SQL Server Agent - SQL FCI Setup

I have a two nodes SQL failover cluster instance setup. When I try to connect to SQL FCI in SSMS using sa on ACTIVE node, it shows the blue icon but if I access the instance from PASSIVE node, it displayed a green icon perfectly. I have simulated a test…

SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
14,279 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2020-12-23T08:32:11.297+00:00
Marcus Wong Theen Nam 1,141 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-05T11:05:21.8733333+00:00
EL houcine drissi 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Listener IP Not Reachable from Primary Server in Hybrid Availability Group Setup

Hello there, I have configured a 3-node SQL Server Availability Group with the following setup: Primary Node: On-premises (10.10.1.10) HA Node: On-premises (10.10.1.11) DR Node: Azure VM (10.0.0.4) The listener is configured with two IP addresses…

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
8,223 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,794 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2024-11-28T09:32:15.04+00:00
kedar giri 81 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-03T15:52:32.7433333+00:00
Sai Raghunadh M 1,760 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
6 answers

Cannot delete files or folders from CSV

Hello, I have a Hyper-V cluster upgraded to Server 2022 servers. Now I am having a problem, that I am not able to delete anything from one CSV volume. The other volumes are working normally. When I try to delete file or folder, I receive an error…

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,787 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2021-11-30T07:04:33.893+00:00
Elvis Guštin 6 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-01T19:58:44.4233333+00:00
Elvis Guštin 6 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to Resolve hostname between Azure vm to On-premises vm vice versa?

There is 2 server one azure vm and another on-premises vm. i have created site to site vpn and it is working fine..i am able to rdp to azure vm via private ip, but i am not able to resolve hostname vice versa. i have added hostname of both the server to…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
8,223 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,532 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2023-11-29T08:47:16.61+00:00
kedar giri 81 Reputation points
accepted 2024-11-28T09:56:26.6466667+00:00
kedar giri 81 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Updating Hyper-V hosts with CAU

Hello All, Hope you all are okay and doing fine. In my new company that I started working with I'm thinking about optimizing the patching process of our Hyper-V hosts, they are all in a windows cluster. Doing some researches here, I stepped on Cluster…

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,787 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2024-11-19T10:26:26.1733333+00:00
Peter 40 Reputation points
accepted 2024-11-28T07:44:07.26+00:00
Peter 40 Reputation points
2 answers

Attach VHD set (.vhds) hard disk to virtual machine

I run 3 Windows Server 2022 virtual machines (VMs) on a HCI cluster as a Hyper-V guest cluster. I now want to add another VHD set hard disk (.vhds) to the guest cluster, so I create Test.vhds in for example C:\ClusterStorage\Datastore01\VHDSets on the…

Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,787 questions
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2024-04-17T08:05:49.63+00:00
Hinterleitner Andreas 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-11-20T13:51:48.22+00:00
Kluver, P. (ICT Amarant) 6 Reputation points
8 answers

Poor Performance in Cluster Shared Volumes

Hi All,  I have noticed on several clusters upon which I've worked, that there is a huge fall off in the expected performance after LUNs added to the hosts are turned over into cluster shared volumes. With the LUNs attached to the hosts before…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2023-03-22T15:09:06.44+00:00
João Seguro @ Chipcooler 15 Reputation points
commented 2024-11-20T00:41:29.9766667+00:00
Cristhian Hinojosa 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Unexpected Double Network Traffic on Writes in a 2-Node S2D Cluster with Nested Mirror-Accelerated Parity

Hi all,   I work at StarWind, and I'm currently exploring the I/O data path in Storage Spaces Direct for my blog posts. I’ve encountered an odd behavior with doubled network traffic on write operations in a 2-node S2D cluster configured with Nested…

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
1,021 questions
asked 2024-11-14T11:02:46.8233333+00:00
Alex Bykovskyi 2,241 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-11-19T19:06:45.1766667+00:00
deherman-MSFT 37,836 Reputation points Microsoft Employee