Testing a Failover Cluster with Powershell
Just a quick Powershell snippet that I’m going to use to run validation tests on one of my staging Failover Clusters during OOH. The script below will take some services offline, run the validation...
View ArticleFailed to configure Node and Disk Majority quorum with ‘[Disk Group Name]’.
I was changing the drive used as a disk quorum today and received the following error at the end of the wizard in Failover Cluster Manager; Failed to configure Node and Disk Majority quorum with '[Disk...
View ArticleWhat does disk maintenance mode actually do to a Failover Cluster?
In Failover Cluster Manager if you perform the following sequence of actions… Storage > Right Click a Disk > More Actions… > Turn on maintenance for this disk You are presented with the...
View ArticleWhat’s protected from accidental deletion in Active Directory?
Here’s just a little tip I picked up from a presentation by Mark Broadbent (retracement on twitter). I’m the guy who wasn’t listening! Mark stressed the importance of enabling the Protection from...
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