Windows Server 2016

Hyper-V: Shared Nothing Live Migration between clusters

23/07/2018 Steve Bush

Requirement I needed to move VMs between Hyper-V clusters (Windows Server 2016) with zero downtime and didn’t have the luxury of SCVMM to perform this

Live Migration fails with processor incompatibility issues

21/07/2018 Steve Bush

Issue I have two Hyper-V clusters (both Windows Server 2016) and I’m unable to Live Migrate VMs between the two using SCVMM 2016, failing with

Storage Spaces Direct: Repair failed volumes

17/07/2018 Steve Bush

Recently I’ve had to fix failed virtual drives (volumes) in a Storage Spaces Direct cluster. The virtual disks went offline with the following errors: Event

Storage Spaces Direct: Server Maintenance

17/07/2018 Steve Bush

I use the following procedure to perform maintenance on Storage Spaces Direct servers. Following the process to the letter is critical, as it’s more than

Test-Cluster “Storage Spaces Direct” Failed

30/04/2018 Steve Bush

Issue When working on an eight node Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) deployment, cluster validation fails for Storage Spaces Direct. Components are validated by running the

Lenovo System x: ServerGuide & Windows Server 2016 Bootable USB Drive

20/04/2018 Steve Bush

I haven’t installed Windows Server onto an IBM/Lenovo System x Server for quite a few years. In the old days, it was a case of