If you want to simply upgrade your existing cluster from Server 2012 R2 to Server 2016, you just need to buy Server 2016 licenses and perform a “Server 2016 Rolling Upgrade”. What this does is to take one of your cluster nodes offline, then upgrade it to 2016, then bring Read more…
If you have installed the Dell HIT Kit for EqualLogic product but cannot get the EqualLogic Host Connection Management Service to start, you likely need to install the Windows Server MPIO feature. You may also see EHCM Service Is Not Running in the Dell EqualLogic MPIO tab of the iSCSI Initiator. Read more…
I recently ran into a Microsoft Article indicating that it IS advisable to defrag a Clustered Shared Volume especially if that disk is housing Virtual Machines with Dynamically Expanding Disks. Unfortunately the answer is more complex really relates to WHERE that CSV is stored. If it is stored on local disk or Read more…
If you have a Dell EqualLogic SAN or similar product providing shared disk for your cluster and you see: CHKDSK SCAN NEEDED ON VOLUME don’t panic. In the ‘old days’ a Chkdsk could take days to complete on a large volume. Today however, if you are running Server 2012, R2 Read more…