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Identifying Stale Cluster Computer Objects
On a Windows Server Failover Cluster for each Network Name resource there is a logical name which has a corresponding computer object (CO) created. The computer object associated with the Cluster Name...
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Configuring IP Addresses and Dependencies for Multi-Subnet Clusters - Part III
Hi Cluster Fans, This blog post will show the configuration of IP Addresses on multi-subnet clusters for the cluster’s network name, or “Client Access Point” (CAP). This is different from the IP...
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Virtualization Career Training Opportunities
Virtualization Career Training On Tuesday, October 4th Technical Evangelists Symon Perriman and Rick Claus are hosting an online conference on Virtualization Career Training with Microsoft Learning....
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Virtualization & Clustering Exam Training
On Thursday December 1st and Wednesday January 11th, Technical Evangelist Symon Perriman and Technical Instructor Philip Helsel will host an online 8-hour deep dive training event for the Microsoft...
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Free Clustering & HA Training for Hyper-V & Private Cloud
Next Tuesday, December 6th from 8am-11am PST, we are offering a free training: Failover Clustering with Hyper-V: Designing a Highly-Available Infrastructure for the Private Cloud Register here:...
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Free Online Training: Understanding Microsoft's High-Availability Solutions
Hi Cluster Fans, We recently launched the free & public Microsoft Virtual Academy (www.MicrosoftVirtualAcademy.com). This training portal offers quick and easy access to presentations, webcasts,...
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Free Private Cloud Training: Are you ready for the Microsoft Private Cloud?
On February 21 & 22 Microsoft Learning is running a 2-day virtual training event to help the world learn about the upcoming enhancements with the Creating & Managing a Private Cloud with System...
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Welcome to Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering
The beta of Windows Server “8” is now available for IT professionals and software developers around the world to download, to evaluate, and to give us feedback on. Specifically for the Failover...
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How to Enable Failover Clustering and Network Load Balancing PowerShell Help...
Hi Cluster Fans, In Windows Server 2012, Windows PowerShell® cmdlet help content has new functionality that enables it to be updatable over the life of the product. This allows us to get feedback from...
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How to Enable CSV Cache
Overview Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) has many new features in Windows Server 2012 that will deliver the most resilient and highest performance storage infrastructure for your private cloud. One of...
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How to Create a Cluster in a Restrictive Active Directory Environment
In Windows Server 2012 there have been several enhancements to how Windows Server Failover Clusters integrate with the Active Directory. In this blog I am going to discuss some of the changes to help...
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Draining Nodes for Planned Maintenance with Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 Failover Clusters are easier to manage and maintain with the new “Node Drain” and “Resume with Failback” features. This enables nodes to be gracefully drained for planned...
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How to add storage to Clustered Shared Volumes in Windows Server 2012
In Windows Server 2012 Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) has been more tightly integrated into the Failover Clustering feature. The process for a cluster Physical Disk Resource (PDR) to be enabled for CSV...
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Installing the Failover Cluster Feature and Tools in Windows Server 2012
The installation procedure for Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2012 is very similar to that found in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. In this blog we will discuss the changes in...
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How to Configure an Alias for a Clustered SMB Share with Windows Server 2012
Starting with Windows Server 2008, SMB file shares on a Failover Cluster are scoped so that they are only accessible by valid UNC paths associated with the network name they are bound to. See this...
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Available Now: Free SQL Server 2012 training on Microsoft Virtual Academy
The Microsoft Virtual Academy, our public online training portal, has just released several new courses on SQL HA: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Security enhancements Microsoft SQL Server 2012 High...
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How to configure VM Monitoring in Windows Server 2012
Overview Do you have a large number of virtualized workloads in your cluster? Have you been looking for a solution that allows you to detect if any of the virtualized workloads in your cluster are...
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Windows Server 2012 Storage Migration for Cluster Managed Virtual Machines
Storage migration is a new feature in Windows 8 Server that allows moving the files for a virtual machine (VM) to a new location while the VM is running. For example, suppose your VM’s files are...
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Creating a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster
Creating a cluster on Windows Server 2012 is easy experience! After installing the Failover Clustering feature, and validating a configuration, the next step is to create a new cluster. There are some...
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How to Troubleshoot Create Cluster failures in Windows Server 2012
In this blog, I will outline the steps to troubleshoot “Create Cluster” failures. Steps when Troubleshooting “Create Cluster” Failures Step 1: Run the Cluster Validation Tool The cluster validation...
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