1,017 questions with Windows Server Clustering tags

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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.
3,844 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,468 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.
1,017 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.
3,844 questions
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,545 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,468 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.
1,017 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 20 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-22T04:25:10.6366667+00:00
JR Murillo 20 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.
13,468 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,771 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.
1,017 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.
1,017 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.
381 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.
1,017 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.
14,207 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.
1,017 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.
8,167 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,762 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.
1,017 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 1,450 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.
2,771 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.
1,017 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.
8,167 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,468 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.
1,017 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.
2,771 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.
1,017 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

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.
2,545 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,771 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.
1,017 questions
asked 2022-05-20T09:45:42.163+00:00
CoreJN 1 Reputation point
answered 2024-11-21T12:57:09.74+00:00
Josaphat-Baby Bisengo Kizimbukidi 0 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.
2,771 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.
1,017 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.
1,017 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.
1,017 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 37,826 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Adding new NICs to SQL Server Cluster

Hi, we have 2-node SQL Server 2019 cluster in production. Former colleague did not use dedicated NICs just for inter-node heartbeat communication potentially causing issues on daily basis. I would like to add NIC/per cluster node in separate VLAN that…

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.
1,017 questions
asked 2024-11-16T08:36:29.4633333+00:00
Bojan Zivkovic 486 Reputation points
answered 2024-11-19T03:24:15.2466667+00:00
Ian Xue 38,726 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

Issue after canceling out of a CLuster aware update install

Hello, I was installing Cluster-aware updating (incorrectly) in my new Failover cluster and had to cancel during the install and now I have a computer object thats causing my Server manager to fail refresh. I've deleted the object from AD but its still…

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.
1,017 questions
asked 2023-06-20T15:27:09.69+00:00
ScottG 5 Reputation points
answered 2024-11-18T17:52:35.5133333+00:00
mjhelmb 15 Reputation points
2 answers

An error occurred adding a node to a cluster. The parameter is incorrect

We originally had a two-node Failover cluster running on Windows Server 2012 R2 systems. We want to eventually upgrade the Windows OS on both nodes to Windows Server 2016. We then moved all cluster resources to one node, and we then evicted the inactive…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,545 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,611 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.
1,017 questions
asked 2024-11-12T01:48:04.29+00:00
Kayaletu Ngwendu 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-11-13T03:39:28.8366667+00:00
Ian Xue 38,726 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Cluster disk not coming online when doing failover for 5 to 10 mins from node1 to node 2 but when doing it from node2 to node 1 all disks are coming up in 2-3 mins.

Cluster disk not coming online when doing failover for 5 to 10 mins from node1 to node 2 but when doing it from node2 to node 1 all disks are coming up in 2-3 mins. Checked logs for failure but didn't find any logs.

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,468 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.
1,017 questions
asked 2024-11-04T10:09:43.7133333+00:00
Banda Valli Aishwarya 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-11-11T09:37:16.71+00:00
Alex Bykovskyi 2,241 Reputation points
0 answers

Issue connecting to primary replica on AAG environment

Hello. I have an always on availability group environment with three replica: SQL01 (as primary),  SQL02 (as secondary), SQL03 (as secondary), using Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (RTM) - 15.0.2000.5 (X64).  I encounter an issue where i could not connect to…

SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
14,207 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.
1,017 questions
asked 2024-11-11T07:10:03.7666667+00:00
ice 5 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-11-11T08:32:38.13+00:00
ZoeHui-MSFT 38,796 Reputation points
2 answers

Replacing servers in a HYPER-V cluster and asking about processors and Live Migration.

Hi. I will be replacing two servers in our HYPER-V cluster. The new two DELL R760 servers will have Intel® Xeon® Gold 6426Y processors (16 cores per processor). I also have two DELL R750 servers in the cluster, which have Intel® Xeon® Gold 6326…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,844 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,468 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,771 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.
1,017 questions
asked 2024-11-07T17:22:06.51+00:00
Slawomir 61 Reputation points
answered 2024-11-11T08:03:12.3066667+00:00
Ian Xue 38,726 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor