Tag: Cluster

Validate SCSI Device Vital Product Data (VPD) Failed


‘Validate SCSI Device Vital Product Data’ test validates that the storage supports necessary SCSI inquiry data (VPD descriptors) and that they are unique. But after the installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, the test will always fail during cluster validate test. The solution to this issue is to install a Microsoft hotfix, no restart … Continue reading Validate SCSI Device Vital Product Data (VPD) Failed →

Restore CSV Partition Table


We had an incident couple weeks ago. A faulty node in a Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V cluster caused the partition table lost in one of the CSV. Consequently, all the data can not be accessed. I mounted the broken CSV LUN to another host with TestDisk installed. Then I used TestDisk to search and fix … Continue reading Restore CSV Partition Table →

Migrate to a Physical Computer With A Different Processor Version


I found this trick by accident – If the ‘Migrate to a Physical Computer With A Different Processor Version’ is not checked in the processor settings.  Hyper-V virtual machine will refuse to live migrate to another host, even the two hosts have identical processors. The error message for this is ‘Virtual machine MOVING-VM is using … Continue reading Migrate to a Physical Computer With A Different Processor Version →

A Post File Cluster Migration Issue


We migrated several file service resources from Windows 2008 R2 cluster A to B. Everything was fine until last week. Couple error messages were logged in the event viewer. Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering Date: Date_Time Event ID: 1207 Task Category: Network Name Resource Level: Error Keywords: User: SYSTEM Computer: Computer-name.domain.com Description: Cluster network name … Continue reading A Post File Cluster Migration Issue →

Cluster Shared Volumes Missed in Virtual Machine Summary


If you find the ‘Cluster Shared Volumes’ section missed in the Summary of a Hyper-V virtual machine. Just simply click ‘refresh the virtual machine configuration’. This will bring that section back. And sometimes if you fail to live migrate the Hyper-V virtual machine without a sounded reason. Refresh the virtual machine configurations and try the … Continue reading Cluster Shared Volumes Missed in Virtual Machine Summary →