Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
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1,184 questions with Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability tags
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We are planning to migrate our existing SQL Server production environment from a Windows Server 2019 production VM to two physical Windows Server 2022 nodes there any issue during failover
I have successfully set up the wsfc cluster in windows server 2019 VM machine(150.10) by creating the cluster name with IP address 150.xx and add the two secondary node physical machines windows server 2022 (152.11 &152.12) shows up and running and…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-09-03T12:28:29.4333333+00:00
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Abdur Rahman M
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edited a comment 2026-09-04T08:31:06.5833333+00:00
Abdur Rahman M
0
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Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) SMB Session Resiliency Failover Failure
Hello guys, SMB clients lose connectivity to Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) shares after an unexpected node shutdown because SMB Continuous Availability is not enabled on the underlying shares. How can we verify whether the ContinuousAvailability flag…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-08-28T06:47:27.35+00:00
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Vincent Keung Koh
20
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answered 2026-08-28T19:55:54.7666667+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia
7,585
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1 answer
WSFC: Access denied when creating a Cluster with active Security Baseline Settings
We Setup 2 new Windows Server 2025 and wanted to use Windows Server failover Cluster for our application. Additionally we' re applying Security Baseline Policy für Server 2025 - Member Server, Defender Antivirus & Credential GuardWhen trying to…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-08-27T14:08:56.38+00:00
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Holster
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answered 2026-08-27T20:46:33.5+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia
7,585
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CSV Volumes Stuck in Redirected Access After MPIO Path Failure
Hi everyone, We’re seeing several Cluster Shared Volumes on a hyperconverged failover cluster switch into Redirected Access mode. Since then, storage latency has increased by roughly 300%. The issue appears to be related to MPIO. One of the secondary SAN…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-08-17T05:23:02.1633333+00:00
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Manish Rahul
60
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answered 2026-08-17T07:26:19.55+00:00
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Domic Vo
31,575
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Independent Advisor
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production Windows Server 2025 Failover Cluster.
Why is Windows Server 2025 classifying CVDLP as an incompatible filesystem filter for this CSV, and is this expected behavior or a Windows Server 2025 compatibility issue? More Info: environment is: Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V Failover Cluster CSVFS /…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-08-16T09:54:53.9366667+00:00
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Suhaib Mohammad
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answered 2026-08-16T12:31:41.2366667+00:00
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Harry Phan
30,075
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Independent Advisor
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SAP Printers Configuration on Windows failover cluster on windows server 2022 standard
I have a requirement to configure the printers queue on windows failover cluster on windows server 2022 standard to provide high availability. I have already configured the print spooler service into cluster . In this case , there is an issue as…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-08-12T15:04:40.07+00:00
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Vishal Gupta
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commented 2026-08-13T19:53:13.9033333+00:00
Allan Solomon Mejia
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All our S2D Clusters suddenly freeze and fail when one node is offline
Hello, we are running 12 hyperconverged Hyper-V / S2D Failover Clusters on Server 2019 which were installed during the last 3 years and everything was running fine and stable until a few month ago. 3 of them are 2 node clusters with 4-way mirrored /…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2024-05-23T22:29:00.9366667+00:00
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Jemandanders
20
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edited the question 2026-08-12T08:49:07.9333333+00:00
Gérard Oomens
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Hyper-V Live Migration Fails Between Different Intel Xeon CPU Generations
Hello Microsoft Support, We are currently adding an older Hyper-V host to our existing Windows Server 2022 Failover Cluster. Based on the guidance we received, we understand that the older host with an Intel Xeon Gold 6342 processor can be used with our…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-08-11T22:56:10.0966667+00:00
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Md Rashid
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answered 2026-08-12T02:54:07.35+00:00
Harry Phan
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Independent Advisor
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Adding a New Hyper-V Host to an Existing Windows Server 2022 Failover Cluster
Description We are planning to add a our Old Hyper-V host to an existing Windows Server 2022 Failover Cluster and would like to confirm Microsoft's recommended prerequisites and compatibility requirements before proceeding. Current Environment Windows…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
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ReFS Integrity Streams causing low write IOPS on S2D
How can I disable or manage Integrity Streams for specific files or folders only?
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
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Will SCVMM 2025 be able to use and manage SDN Network Controller deployed as native Failover Cluster resource
Building out our new Hyper-V environments. We will use Windows 2025 Datacenter hosts/cluster, with SCVMM 2025 management. We want to use SDN and everything points to deploying native on the failover cluster, but it doesn't look like SCVMM 2025 will…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-07-15T20:09:30.05+00:00
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James Jensen
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answered 2026-07-15T22:25:06.72+00:00
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Chen Tran
12,765
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Independent Advisor
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Windows Server Failover Clustering: Add-ClusterNode and New-Cluster both fail with "computer is joined to a cluster" on Microsoft Entra Domain Services
Service Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) on Windows Server 2022 VMs joined to Microsoft Entra Domain Services (managed domain). Scenario I'm adding a new node to an existing 2-node WSFC cluster that hosts a SQL Server Always On Availability…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
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Storage Spaces Direct - Can't Remove Physical Disk from the pool in order to able to use it by operating system
Unable to remove disk from S2D I have a virtual lab /virtual box/ windows 2019 server environment Lab setup: 1 Domain controller windows 2019 Datacenter server 3 windows server 2019 Datacenter each of them member of the domain,…
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
20,440 questions
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Other
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2022-07-29T20:35:55.093+00:00
Krisztian
46
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answered 2026-06-30T07:21:08.9866667+00:00
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Vivian Ballantyne
0
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My only one host gets into pause state automatically in failover cluster
Hi, My one host in cluster get into pause state, i already failes roll back and did using powershell command but same issue.
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-06-29T04:25:47.4266667+00:00
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Mohammed Ahmed
30
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edited an answer 2026-06-29T09:01:29.4733333+00:00
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Nam Bui (WICLOUD CORPORATION)
1,200
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
3 answers
SQL Server Always On Listener Randomly Disappearing from DNS and AD
I'm the senior DBA for our company's main e-commerce platform, and my phone has been blowing up all night because the shopping cart application keeps losing database connectivity. We run a dual-datacenter WSFC setup with SQL Server 2019 Enterprise on top…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-03-21T09:21:54.41+00:00
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Hanna Twins
5
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commented 2026-06-24T07:54:29.3866667+00:00
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Keerthana Jothiramalingam
0
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3 answers
Server role needs password reset?
an ITHC report shows a file server role (failover clustering) needs a password reset. But the account is associated with a host that it reside on.
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-06-02T14:20:15.2+00:00
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John, Barry (ICT)
0
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answered 2026-06-18T01:53:28.76+00:00
Nam Bui (WICLOUD CORPORATION)
1,200
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers
File server role passord requires changing
with the Cluster Name, right‑click the Name resource and select Take Offline. - will this affect running virtual machines and cluster hosts?
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-06-02T14:36:56.5433333+00:00
John, Barry (ICT)
0
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answered 2026-06-02T15:17:40.34+00:00
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Quinnie Quoc
11,835
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
2 answers
Client-Side Firewall Blocking SQL Always On Cluster Traffic Following Windows Server 2016 In-Place Upgrade
Following a recent infrastructure upgrade, in which we migrated our high-availability database cluster from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016, we have identified a systemic connectivity issue affecting our internal workstations. Even with the…
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-05-12T13:19:12.6766667+00:00
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Nẽrea Alvarado
0
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commented 2026-05-31T02:07:44.8033333+00:00
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Jason Nguyen Tran
24,550
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
2 answers
cluster problem server 2022
I tried to create a cluster using Windows Server 2022, but I am facing the following problem : finding a suitable controller for the node. The specified server cannot perform the requested operation, Windows Server 2022
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2026-05-30T13:41:10.2966667+00:00
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AHMED SULIMAN MEKAEIL ESTANBOOL
0
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answered 2026-05-30T14:44:58.5633333+00:00
Jason Nguyen Tran
24,550
Reputation points
Independent Advisor
2 answers
Why is SQL AO-AG slower to failover than SQL Mirroring
Encountered problem: Our use-case has 3 x Server 2022 in a topology of a domain controller with two node cluster. This is a SQL Always On AG architecture. The cluster hosts the SQL availability group roles. This is a replacement for the MS deprecated SQL…
SQL Server | Other
SQL Server | Other
Additional SQL Server features and topics not covered by specific categories
14,802 questions
Windows for business | Windows Server | Storage high availability | Clustering and high availability
asked 2024-03-08T16:31:28.7933333+00:00
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Anonymous
commented 2026-05-29T09:13:11.97+00:00
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Niklas Engfelt
21
Reputation points Microsoft Employee