Server 2008 failover cluster
I am trying to setup a Server 2008 failover cluster. When I run the Validate a Configuration tool it shows a difference in the updates between the 2 nodes. Node 1 shows no errors but node 2 shows 4 missing updates. They are {C444285D-5E4F-48A4-91DD-47AAAA68E92D}, {A8E86480-A9C1-4414-8AA2-B05A485C82F0}, {5F7F6FFF-395D-480E-8450-64F385D82C5F}  and {47740627-D81D-4A45-A215-03B075A18EC7}. There is no description for them, they [...]

Answer Question   |  August 21, 2009  5:16 PM
Failover Cluster Management, Failover Clustering, Windows Server 2008

Requirement of a shared disk for a failover clustering solution
While it is a stated fact that for a failover clustering solution, the methodology works on the usage of quorum, shared storage (NAS, SAN etc), is there any possibility of not using a shared storage system and yet implement Failover Clustering? Are there any third-party solutions available on the market that provides such a(n) (?)alternative? [...]

Answer Question   |  June 30, 2009  5:16 PM
Cluster management, Failover Cluster Management, Failover Clustering, Majority Node Set, NAS, SAN

Windows Server 2008 error message
The following question was recently sent to us via e-mail by a user: I’m trying to add a cluster in my W2K8 server, but I keep ketting this error message: This feature is only supported with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Datacenter servers I’m definitely running a Windows 2008 Enterprise server… any ideas on how [...]

Answer Question   |  March 13, 2009  5:23 PM
Failover Clustering, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 error messages