Cluster servers (file servers)

Hello,
We are looking to use Windows 2012 servers as a file server. We want high availability so we like the concept of the cluster. We like the ability to take one server down for maintenance and still be able to provide files to end users. I have
read scattered information around the net (links below). We also want to incorporate the deduplication feature offers from Windows 2012. Our storage will be from Amazon S3 (iSCSI volume using gateway-cache). Our Windows 2012 Servers will
be virtual machines.
http://clusteringformeremortals.com/2012/12/31/windows-server-2012-clustering-step-by-step/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg232621%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
From the information provided, what should I be aware of before I take this journey of building and testing? Our client machines are mostly Windows 7.
Thanks ahead,
TT

That's a pretty straight forward task. See a bunch of links below on how to create a failover file servers. See:
Failover Cluster Step-by-Step Guide: Configuring a Two-Node File Server Failover Cluster
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731844(v=ws.10).aspx
Create a Clustered File Server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753969.aspx
HA File Server for SMB NAS
http://www.starwindsoftware.com/configuring-ha-file-server-for-smb-nas
(ignore StarWind replacing it with your S3 shared storage, Windows-related config part of the PDF is the same for all storages)
Using Windows 7 does not support SMB 3.0 so no Transparent Failover which is part of SMB 3.0 and up. I'd strongly suggest to upgrade to Windows 8 for your clients if you can. See:
Which SMB version?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2013/10/02/windows-server-2012-r2-which-version-of-the-smb-protocol-smb-1-0-smb-2-0-smb-2-1-smb-3-0-or-smb-3-02-you-are-using.aspx
Windows
7 and SMB3
http://windowsitpro.com/windows-7/smb-30-windows-7
Good luck!
StarWind VSAN [Virtual SAN] clusters Hyper-V without SAS, Fibre Channel, SMB 3.0 or iSCSI, uses Ethernet to mirror internally mounted SATA disks between hosts.

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Greeting dear colleagues!
I got a task to migrate existing Active Directory domain to a new froest and a brand new domain.
I have a single domain with Forest/Domain level 2003 and two DC (2008 R2 and 2012 R2). My domain contains Exchange 2010 Organization, some System Center components (SCCM, SCOM, SCSM) and File Servers with mapped "My Documents" user folders. Domain
has about 1500 users/computers.
How do u think, is it realy possible to migrate such a domain to a new one with minimum downtime and user interruption? Maybe someone has already done something like that before? Please, write that here, i promise that i won't ask for instruction from you,
maybe only some small questions :)
Now I'm studying ADMT manual for sure.
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С уважением, Дмитрий Титов

Hi Dmitriy,
I got a task to migrate existing Active Directory domain to a new froest and a brand new domain.
How do u think, is it realy possible to migrate such a domain to a new one with minimum downtime and user interruption?
As far as I know, during inter-forest migration, user and group objects are cloned rather than migrated, which means they can still access resources in the source forest, they can even access resources after the migration is completed. You can ask users
to switch domain as soon as the new domain is ready.
Therefore, there shouldn’t be a huge downtime/interruption.
More information for you:
ADMT Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974332(v=ws.10).aspx
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Amy
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How to setup a Cluster of 3 servers on weblogic 9.2?

I'm trying to setup a cluster of 3 servers on WebLogic 9.2 on one physical computer.
I managed to startup 3 servers from cmd in windows like this:
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http://127.0.0.1:8101/xmlpserver
http://127.0.0.1:9101/xmlpserver
http://127.0.0.1:9501/xmlpserver
My questions are:
How to setup servers so that I can start them automatically from administration console?
How to configure address in administration console through which I will open my application in a browser?
And after that, how to configure that when server on which I work breaks, it automatically restarts application in another server (no need for failover because BI Publisher does not support session replication, I think)?
Do I need machine and virtual host, and what is their purpose? Node manager? Can somebody explain those things? What i did wrong?
I made this in administration console:
Administration console:
SERVERS:
AdminServer:
Name: BIPublisherServer
Listen address: 127.0.0.1
Listen port: 7101
Server1:
Name: BIPublisher1
Machine: tp43
Cluster: BiPublisherCluster
Listen address: 127.0.0.1
Listen port: 8101
Server2:
Name: BIPublisher2
Machine: tp43
Cluster: BiPublisherCluster
Listen address: 127.0.0.1
Listen port: 9101
Server3:
Name: BIPublisher3
Machine: tp43
Cluster: BiPublisherCluster
Listen address: 127.0.0.1
Listen port: 9501
CLUSTERS:
Cluster: BiPublisherCluster
Multicast Address: 237.0.0.101
Multicast port: 8050
VIRTUAL HOSTS:
Name: bicluster
Virtual Host Names: 127.0.0.1
Targets: Clusters: BiPublishercluster: All servers in the cluster
MACHINES:
Name: tp43
DEPLOYMENTS:
Name: xmlpserver
Path: C:\BiPub\xmlpserver.war
Targets: Virtual Hosts: bicluster

You have some reading to do to increase your familiarity with cluster / managed servers.
How to setup servers so that I can start them automatically from administration console?Add the 3 servers into your cluster. Use the cluster to start and stop all 3 servers from within the console instead of starting / stopping each server individually.
How to configure address in administration console through which I will open my application in a browser?You'll need some sort of load balancer to direct traffic so that the end user doesn't have to know the server/port combinations. Apache + Weblogic plugin for instance, but I don't think you'll be keeping all 3 instances on the same physical machine as your production design.
And after that, how to configure that when server on which I work breaks, it automatically restarts application in another server (no need for failover because BI Publisher does not support session replication, I think)?Target your application to "All servers in the cluster". You should have your managed instances on separate physical machines since your current configuration is vulnerable to a single machine failure which would shutdown all 3 instances.

I want to move all my file servers from Aws to Azure

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I would suggest you look at this video
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File Servers in Multiple locations

HI All,
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So what is the best practice to reduce the cost and give better solutions to users.
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HI All,
We have seven sites and each location have the Windows 2003 File Servers, Tape drive and offsite Backup service.
So what is the best practice to reduce the cost and give better solutions to users.
Also need to backup and easy to maintain. Total Data across sites are 5 TB
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Virtualize workload on your ROBO locations and run file server within a VM. Use free VEEAM to backup it. And use free built-in Hyper-V Replica to move data ROBO -> primary data center. Use tape vaulting on a single location (primary site).
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Migrating branch office 2008 R2 file servers to 2012 R2 with DFSR complications

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http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2010/09/10/replacing-dfsr-member-hardware-or-os-part-5-reinstall-and-upgrade.aspx
Leaving data disks untouched and simply attaching them again and then do the same for each branch office? We cannot afford to replicate the entire data set across the WAN links again.
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Hi,
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Get out and push! Getting the most out of DFSR pre-staging
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How to use the Backup program to prestage data before DFSR synchronization in Windows Server
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Order of DC + Exchange + File servers

I have a newbie general question regarding restarting servers.
Which order is best to restart them for maintenance purposes? All running 2003 server
Domain Controller handling DNS
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File Servers
Should I wait to restart the DC last?

It doesn't matter what order you restart them. Obviously you'll be experiencing an outage when rebooting any of those servers so you need to make sure your server is completely back online before taking another one down.
You don't need to save the DC for last, but life would be 10x better if you stood up a second one. Directory Services is pretty important to always have online. It'll allow you to reboot either one without breaking DNS and authentication. It
can also reduce the amount of time it takes to bring a DC back online.
Stand alone DCs take significantly longer to come online if DNS is not available. So if you have the hardware, it's worth making another.
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Sync two 10.6 file servers

Hi everyone,
this might be a very basic question, but I haven’t seen a good guide on how to accomplish this, hence the question.
I would like to use 2 absolutely identical file servers (no other services, only AFP) with one of them being a backup that is not in use unless the first one crashes, burns, gets stolen, etc. The servers will be a Mac mini Server each with both having a 12 TB FireWire RAID attached. They need to be in separate locations, but Gigabit Ethernet is available to connect them.
In order to be clear: I thought of syncing both the system and the data on the RAID.
Do you have any recommendations on how to best accomplish this? Is there a best practice? Is rsync what I need here?
Thanks
Björn

There are many, many elements to your question and synching the data is the least (and easiest?) part of the equation.
For one, what's your failover model? Do you want the failover to happen instantly, with no disruption to the users? or do you mind if the users get disconnected and have to reconnect to their shares?
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While on that subject, how much tolerance do you have for the servers being out of sync? If you need them to be real-time then you don't have the equipment for this - real-time replication of filesystems is a tricky (and expensive) task. If you want to sync daily, or even a few times a day, then that's easier, with the cost being a few hours' lost work should an unexpected failover happen. That may or may not be viable for you.
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How to Break the cluster between Two servers

Hi Experts,
Since Iu2019m new to BOBJ XI R2.I would like to know how to break the cluster between two servers.
Description :
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I would like to make those two servers as independent servers. There are two different data source for those two servers. I want to remove the cluster in both servers.
Right now QAS Server1 is running and QAS Server2 is stopped.
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Hi,
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We have Xinet, Helios and Apple networked file servers where all our files and workflow folders are held.
Since we have upgraded to Snow Leopard we are having many gliches with moving files and folders from one folder to another within the mounted file server on our desktop macs. For example.
Mac 1 moves a file from a "work to be done" folder on the server to an "out on proof" folder (also on the same server mount).
Then Mac 2 tries to double click the file in the "out on proof" folder on the server in order to work on it and the following error comes up "application can't be found" and " The operation can't be completed. An unexpected error occurred (error code -43)."
Also folders will erratically copy instead of moving .... some of the time.
Also Photoshop files will not save back onto the file server "file cannot be found".
I have started the process of logging this with Apple as it is a real pain.
Anybody else seeing this problem

It seems that you are having similar problems. Just for the record, I have tried this on brand new macs with no third party software installed, on a stand alone network switch ( no other computers or firewalls or servers involved ). It is definitely an OS issue. I did suspect spotlight but the problem still occurs with spot light disabled. I have logged it with Apple which in itself was not easy.

Big file servers 10TB or above

We have more than 10TB of data, managed on Windows file servers, using vmware, 2TB RDMs because of the NTFS volume limit, plus RDM size limits. How do you manage your data?
Also is it possible on Windows 2012 R2 to mount an NFS volume? lets say an EMC Isilon folder ?..if so, anybody know i can put my redirected documents folders in this volume for offline use?
Thank you

Hi,
If you want to store data that exceed 2TB, the device must be initialized by using the GUID partition table (GPT) partitioning scheme.
For more detailed information, you could refer to the article below:
Windows support for hard disks that are larger than 2 TB
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2581408?wa=wsignin1.0
To connect to an NFS share, you need to make sure you have the Client for NFS installed. You could refer to the article below to mount an NFS share.
Mounting an NFS shared resource to a drive letter
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754350.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
NFS cannot handle the ACL requirements for redirected profiles. You MUST use a file system that supports sufficient ACLs (CIFS/SMB). Please see:
Profile Redirection and GPP drive mapping with NFS Share.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/a339c046-3ea4-41e1-acce-e44eb466f950/profile-redirection-and-gpp-drive-mapping-with-nfs-share
Best Regards,
Mandy
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Configuring login and file servers

Dear Frinds
I have 3 servers in my office. I have plan to configure these three together in my office. My plan is one server just only for login purpose and other two to keep the home folders and shared folders.the function is when one network user log in to one client machine, it just login(by using first server)and disconnect from first server and connect to the either two (means direct to the homefolder i created either of two server). Means first server as login server and other two are file servers. please help. how can i set it up........
thanks
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raj

How to Find the Latest Version of Cluster Binary Files available at Microsoft website

How we can find the latest version of Cluster binary files available for download at Microsoft Website and which Cluster Binaries should be update to make the Cluster services stable healthy.

@AnatolySV : I believe you need to put some efforts to understand what he is asking.
You may find the latest version of Cluster Binaries by entering the required keywords for Microsoft Failover Clustering. Some of the main Cluster binaries(Keywords) are:-
Clusres.dll (For Cluster Resources like Disk, Application or Service, Cluster IP)
Clussvc.exe (Cluster Service)
TCPIP.sys (If the Storage is presented to the cluster Nodes via ISCSI Network).
MPIO.sys / ISCSIprt.sys (If we are using Multipathing for the disks to be presented).
RHS.exe (Resource Host Subsystem)
So, the Answer to your question is: You need to enter the binary name "Clusres.dll" and mention the Operating System you want to install your binaries to "Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1" on Bing (Preferred for Microsoft Hotfixes). In Result you will get the
list of hotfixes for clusres.dll
You need to try this multiple times in order to get the latest version as Microsoft does not have a single Link.
Hope this answers your query. Feel free to leave a message incase you need more help.
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