Category Archives: Clustering

Asymmetric Disk Only Quorum documentation released by Microsoft

Posted on October 20, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

As previously discussed here, Asymmetric Disk Only Quorum is a feature of Windows Server 2008 Clustering that is now officially supported by Microsoft.  Asymmetric Disk Only Quorum allows a multisubnet cluster to use a Disk Only quorum model, even though … Continue reading →

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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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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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Windows clustering hotfix to support asymmetric storage (KB 976097)

Posted on March 9, 2011 by sqldavidpsmith

Windows Server cluster installations have typically required shared storage, meaning that all nodes in the cluster must be able to see the storage.  SQL Server Denali uses Windows Server Clustering for some of its new high availability technologies, but requires … Continue reading →

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