Monthly Archives: March 2013

Joining the nodes to the domain and LUN’s

Posted on March 3, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (HV2012)

Now it’s time to join all the bits and pieces together in one coherent domain management environment. If your Domain Controller is setup correctly and DNS can resolve everything, it’s not really rocket science to join the cluster nodes to … Continue reading →

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It’s the egg…

Posted on March 1, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (HV2012)

There has been a new development in Microsoft’s failover clustering technology so a short response to my earlier post the chicken or the egg of Microsoft clustering … well, it turns out to be the egg 🙂 The Egg of Columbus The … Continue reading →

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Getting the new DC1 online (a.k.a. remote management quirks)

Posted on March 1, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (HV2012)

Before we can start the cluster process, we first need the DC1. As Hyper-V Server does not have a full GUI, you’ll need a windows client machine for the next steps. A bit of uncharted territory here too as I’ll … Continue reading →

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Configuration steps: sconfig

Posted on March 1, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (HV2012)

The cluster nodes have been renamed in a previous post. There are some notable changes in the new version of sconfig. To configure remote management select option (4). It looks like Remote Management is enabled by default, if this is … Continue reading →

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Storage design

Posted on March 1, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (HV2012)

The storage design is in essence similar to the original clusterbuild however there are some slight changes.  I’m using a QNAP TS-659 Pro+ (12Tb raw storage) to be the iSCSI target and provide the mapped LUN’s. The QNAP is configured … Continue reading →

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The new domains

Posted on March 1, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (HV2012)

The original cluster consisted of a single forest, single domain and contains VM’s as well as the cluster nodes. It simplifies management however it runs the (higher) risk that if an exposed VM gets compromised it spreads to the domain … Continue reading →

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Installing Hyper-V Server 2012 to iSCSI Remote Boot LUN

Posted on March 1, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (HV2012)

I’m reusing the separate iSCSI targets with associated mapped LUN’s for each node, so: node 1 iSCSI initiator: n1bc –> iSCSI target: ttgbootn1 node 2 iSCSI initiator: n2bc –> iSCSI target: ttgbootn2 node 3 iSCSI initiator: n3bc –> iSCSI target: ttgbootn3 I’ve burned the Hyper-V Server 2012 iso to … Continue reading →

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