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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…