Monthly Archives: June 2011

Clustering setup error: “There was an error creating, configuring, or bringing online the Physical Disk resource (disk) ‘Cluster Disk 1′”

Posted on June 30, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

In March, 2011, Microsoft added asymmetric storage support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 failover clustering.  That means that not all nodes in the cluster have to share the same storage; some nodes can use one set of storage, … Continue reading →

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Windows Server Static Route QFE – route table entries deleted unexpectedly

Posted on June 17, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

Yesterday the Windows Server team released an important hotfix for anyone using static routes on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster.  The issue is that manually added routes, like static routes that many of us use, are … Continue reading →

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Terminology – your key to “Denali” HA/DR success

Posted on June 14, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

Wow.  I don’t even know where to start this post.  Let me just say that I am having nightmares of whiteboards and that my employees have joked that they are going to draw clusters in permanent marker on all of … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 clustering hotfix to keep services/applications online during validation (KB 2531907)

Posted on June 13, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

Last month Microsoft released an important update that probably escaped your attention – it certainly did mine.  The KB article is titled “Validate SCSI Device Vital Product Data (VPD) test fails aver you install Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1”, which didn’t … Continue reading →

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