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Windows Server 2016/2019 Cluster Resource / Resource Types
Over the years, we have been asked about what some of the Failover Cluster resources/resource types are and what they do. There are several resources that have been asked about on multiple occasions...
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Microsoft Ignite 2018 Clustering Sessions available
For those who attended Microsoft Ignite 2018 in Orlando, Florida, we thank you for making it another huge success. So much fun was had by all. We had the privilege of showing you what is new and...
View ArticleIntroduction to Cluster Sets in Windows Server 2019
This blog discusses a new feature in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2019. Currently, Windows Insiders receive current builds of Windows Server 2019. We urge you to become an Insider and play...
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Scale-Out File Server Improvements in Windows Server 2019
This blog discusses a new feature in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2019. Currently, Windows Insiders receive current builds of Server 2019. We urge you to become an Insider and play a part...
View ArticleNew File Share Witness Feature in Windows Server 2019
This blog discusses a new feature in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2019. Currently, Windows Insiders receive current builds of Server 2019. We urge you to become an Insider and play a part...
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Failover Cluster File Share Witness and DFS
This blog discusses a new feature in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2019. Currently, Windows Insiders receive current builds of Server 2019. We urge you to become an Insider and play a part in...
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How to Switch a Failover Cluster to a New Domain
In this blog I will describe some new capabilities in Windows Server, version 1709 that enables changing a deployed Failover Cluster from one domain to another. For the last two decades, changing the...
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Container Storage Support with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), Storage Spaces...
By Amitabh Tamhane Goals: This topic provides an overview of providing persistent storage for containers with data volumes backed by Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV), Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) and SMB...
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Deploying IaaS VM Guest Clusters in Microsoft Azure
Authors: Rob Hindman and Subhasish Bhattacharya, Program Manager, Windows Server In this blog I am going to discuss deployment considerations and scenarios for IaaS VM Guest Clusters in Microsoft...
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Failover Clustering Sets for Start Ordering
In a private cloud there may be multi-tier applications which are deployed across a set of virtual machines. Such as a database running in one VM, and an application leveraging that database running in...
View ArticleFailover Clustering @ Ignite 2016
I am packing my bags getting ready for Ignite 2016 in Atlanta, and I thought I would post all the cluster and related sessions you might want to check out. See you there! If you couldn’t make it to...
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Using PowerShell script make any application highly available
Author: Amitabh Tamhane Senior Program Manager Windows Server Microsoft OS releases: Applicable to Windows Server 2008 R2 or later Now you can use PowerShell scripts to make any application highly...
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NetFT Virtual Adapter Performance Filter
In this blog I will discuss what the NetFT Virtual Adapter Performance Filter is and the scenarios when you should or should not enable it. The Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapter (NetFT) is a...
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Speeding Up Failover Tips-n-Tricks
From time-to-time people ask me for suggestions on what tweaks they can do to make Windows server Failover Cluster failover faster. In this blog I’ll discuss a few tips-n-tricks. Disable NetBIOS over...
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Failover Cluster Node Fairness in Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 introduces the Node Fairness feature to optimize the utilization of nodes in a Failover Cluster. During the lifecycle of your private cloud, certain operations (such as rebooting a...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Hangs Using Live Dump
In this blog post https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/clustering/2014/12/08/troubleshooting-cluster-shared-volume-auto-pauses-event-5120/ we discussed what a Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) event ID 5120...
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Managing Failover Clusters with 5nine Manager
Hi Cluster Fans, It is nice to be back on the Cluster Team Blog! After founding this blog and working closely with the cluster team for almost eight years, I left Microsoft last year to join a Hyper-V...
View ArticleHow can we improve the installation and patching of Windows Server? (Survey...
Do you want your server OS deployment and servicing to move faster? We’re a team of Microsoft engineers who want your experiences and ideas around solving real problems of deploying and servicing your...
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Configuring site awareness for your multi-active disaggregated datacenters
In a previous blog,I discussed the introduction of site-aware Failover Clusters in Windows Server 2016. In this blog, I am going to walk through how you can configure site-awareness for your...
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Hyper-converged with Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 just recently released, and one of the big hot features which has me really excited is Storage Spaces Direct (S2D). With S2D you will be able to create a...
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