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Windows 2008 Clustering & the Cluster Log

  Where is the cluster log in Windows 2008 ? This short answer is its no longer there. On our Windows 2008 cluster node if we navigate to %systemroot%\system32\LogFiles\Cluster your wont find the cluster.log file anymore. Why ? Its been replaced Read More...

Cluster node /forcecleanup & Error -2147352567

  This is a not so common issue I can across this week . The background is as follows. You decided to evict a node from your cluster. There is a communication failure between nodes and a warning appears that the cluster was unable to remove clustering Read More...

Windows 2003 Print Cluster Troubleshooting – When the spooler bites back

  The print spooler is a temperamental beast at the best of times.  Print servers end up with a whole myriad of drivers, print monitors and print processors.  The more queues and printers there are the greater the potential for problems. Read More...

How to create a Windows Server 2008 Cluster within Hyper-V using simulated iSCSI storage

Familiar with Virtual Server 2005 and shared disks for creating virtual clusters?  Well its different with Hyper-V.  The shared disk option is no longer available (which I did not know when I started testing).  You have to use iSCSI instead.  Read More...