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 Center 2012 Jump Start . It is 100% free and open...

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, whitepapers and other technical content about Microsoft’s...

Next Tuesday, December 6 th 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: http://mctreadiness.com/MicrosoftCareerConferenceRegistration...

On Thursday December 1 st and Wednesday January 11 th , Technical Evangelist Symon Perriman and Technical Instructor Philip Helsel will host an online 8-hour deep dive training event for the Microsoft 70-659 Technical Specialist exam, Windows Server 2008...

Virtualization Career Training On Tuesday, October 4 th Technical Evangelists Symon Perriman and Rick Claus are hosting an online conference on Virtualization Career Training with Microsoft Learning. This half day virtual event (8am – 11am PST...

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 Addresses configuration for other clustered...

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 this is commonly referred to as the Cluster Name Object...

Hi Cluster Fans, On Thursday, July 14 th we will be giving online training to user groups about Failover Clustering & Hyper-V: Planning your Highly-Available Virtualization Environment . This event is run in collaboration with Microsoft’s...

Hi Cluster Fans, As you may already know, the requirements for having a supported cluster have been significantly simplified since the release of Windows Server 2008. There is no longer a need to have every component in the configuration listed in...

Hi Cluster Fans, This blog post will help you understand the different software SKU options you have when planning for a virtualized datacenter, private cloud or any other deployment model which uses Failover Clustering as a critical infrastructure...

Hi Cluster Fans, This blog will describe the Network Prioritization feature and how to configure it. Network Prioritization is used to designate which type of traffic should be directed through which network in a Failover Cluster running Windows...

In this blog I will discuss how clusters identify disks and considerations of presenting a hardware snapshot of a LUN back to the same cluster. Windows Server Failover Clustering has a kernel mode driver called ClusDisk.sys that listens for PnP arrivals...

Now you can now follow this blog on your Windows 7 phone! An RSS reader for cluster-related feeds is now available, including this cluster team blog, the cluster Technet forums, and even blogs from Cluster MVP’s. Keep up to date on the latest Windows...

Hi Cluster Fans, This blog post will clarify planning considerations around quorum in a Failover Cluster and answer some of the most common questions we hear. The quorum configuration in a failover cluster determines the number of failures that...

If you are upgrading a Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster to Service Pack 1, it is strongly recommended that you apply the hotfix KB 2531907. Here is the link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2531907

Microsoft Learning hosted another new and exclusive Jump Start virtual training event – Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals . We are thrilled to announce availability of the HD-quality video recordings – FREE – on TechNet...

Just one week after Microsoft Management Summit 2011 (MMS), Microsoft Learning will be hosting an exclusive three-day Jump Start class specially tailored for VMWare and Microsoft virtualization technology pros. Registration for “ Microsoft Virtualization...

Hi Cluster Fans, A few weeks ago I posted a blog about configuring IP Addresses with multiple subnets and got some feedback about some additional scenarios to consider. This blog post will discuss the best practice of setting possible owners for...

Hi Cluster Fans, At TechEd Berlin, several customers asked about the complexity of configuring multiple IP Addresses for clusters which have nodes in different subnets, so this short guide will provide a walk-through showing how easy it is to...

In this blog I will discuss the behavior of the failure policies for a highly available Hyper-V virtual machine running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster. For the most part, cluster failover policies are generic and apply to all workloads on...

Hi Cluster Fans, A common mistake when creating clustered file is not opening the appropriate firewall setting, Remote Volume Management . This can cause the file server to give errors for various operations. Remote Volume Management provides remote...

Hi Cluster Fans, In Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 we have simplified how easy it is to create and use a Failover Cluster. For example, if we detect you are using DHCP in your datacenter, we will automatically assign the cluster...

Hi Cluster Fans, One of the more frequent cluster network connection issues we see happens when the cluster cannot use WMI. WMI is Windows Management Instrumentation, which is an interface through which Windows components can provide information...

Hi Cluster Fans, In a few weeks the cluster team will be presenting at TechEd Europe from November 8-12 in Berlin, Germany. Additionally, several partner teams and Cluster MVPs will also be delivering high-availability sessions. Throughout the week...

When evaluating how to increase availability and reduce downtime for your deployments, solutions can commonly be categorized as either a 'High Availability' solution or a 'Fault Tolerant' solution. In this blog I thought I would take a moment to discuss...