Comments on: Azure Failover Cluster with Shared Disk – Step by Step https://www.cloudcorner.gr/microsoft/azure/azure-failover-cluster-with-shared-disk-step-by-step/ Remarks from a Cloud Architect encounters Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Tony https://www.cloudcorner.gr/microsoft/azure/azure-failover-cluster-with-shared-disk-step-by-step/#comment-21402 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:01:53 +0000 https://www.e-apostolidis.gr/?p=3350#comment-21402 Hello,
Thanks a lot for your post!
I just created two Azure Windows 2022 Core and joined them to the domain. I insalled the Cluster Service on both end. The service doesn’t start:
The Cluster service cannot be started. An attempt to read configuration data from the Windows registry failed with error ‘2’. Please use the Failover Cluster Management snap-in to ensure that this machine is a member of a cluster. If you intend to add this machine to an existing cluster use the Add Node Wizard. Alternatively, if this machine has been configured as a member of a cluster, it will be necessary to restore the missing configuration data that is necessary for the Cluster Service to identify that it is a member of a cluster. Perform a System State Restore of this machine in order to restore the configuration data.
In order to continue we need the service to be started on both nodes?
Thanks,

]]> By: Pantelis Apostolidis https://www.cloudcorner.gr/microsoft/azure/azure-failover-cluster-with-shared-disk-step-by-step/#comment-9608 Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:50:52 +0000 https://www.e-apostolidis.gr/?p=3350#comment-9608 Hi Anthony Dolce, you are right, you can write only from the Cluster Owner machine, and this is what this article shows. You can have read operations simultaneously from all machines. So, all machines in the cluster can list and read the shared disk, but only the owner node can write on it. Exactly the same as an on-premises Windows Server failover cluster.

]]> By: anthony dolce https://www.cloudcorner.gr/microsoft/azure/azure-failover-cluster-with-shared-disk-step-by-step/#comment-8124 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:57:22 +0000 https://www.e-apostolidis.gr/?p=3350#comment-8124 Thank You for this. There is an important item I do not understand. This article shows that the file system is available simultaneously on both nodes for read/write. I thought it was only available in a standard/passive node where only 1 machine could be operational at a time and have access to the shared drive.

]]> By: Pantelis Apostolidis https://www.cloudcorner.gr/microsoft/azure/azure-failover-cluster-with-shared-disk-step-by-step/#comment-7803 Wed, 18 May 2022 05:57:44 +0000 https://www.e-apostolidis.gr/?p=3350#comment-7803 In reply to Esteban Castro.

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]]> By: Esteban Castro https://www.cloudcorner.gr/microsoft/azure/azure-failover-cluster-with-shared-disk-step-by-step/#comment-7677 Mon, 09 May 2022 00:26:19 +0000 https://www.e-apostolidis.gr/?p=3350#comment-7677 Hello,

We just configured a data disk to be share between 2 VMs. Little did we know all of this was needed (in AWS it is just plug and play).
Do you offer your services to help with enabling the shared disk to be properly accessible by both VMs?

Thank you.

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