1. Steven Ekren Senior Program Manager Microsoft Corporation SESSION CODE: WSV314

2. Qualifying Clusters Cluster Validation Cluster Event Logging Cluster Debug Logging Troubleshooting Tips

3. Qualifying Clusters Cluster Validation Cluster Event Logging Cluster Debug Logging Troubleshooting Tips

6. Qualifying Clusters Cluster Validation Cluster Event Logging Cluster Debug Logging Troubleshooting Tips

12. Client side Client side – Holistic Overview Client refers to the system running CluAdmin.msc which is invoking Validate (could be running RSAT) Global view Log file in C:\Windows\Cluster\Reports “Validation Report YYYY.MM.DD at HH.MM.SS.MHT” Server side Server side – Verbose Debug For storage tests there is a verbose log which can contain additional information Log file in C:\Windows\Cluster\Reports ValidateStorage.log Similar in granularity to a Cluster.log Each node has a unique log Need to collect logs from all nodes to get a holistic view

13. Qualifying Clusters Cluster Validation Cluster Event Logging Cluster Debug Logging Troubleshooting Tips

14. Cluster EventsLevel System Channel Operational Channel Critical Error Warning Informational Operational channel found under:Operational channel found under: –Applications and Services Logs \ Microsoft \ Windows \ FailoverClustering

16. Events associated with all resources in the group Application Level Events related to that specific resource Resource Level

23. Qualifying Clusters Cluster Validation Cluster Event Logging Cluster Debug Logging Troubleshooting Tips

26. Etl.001Etl.002Etl.003 Reboot Each of these logs are circular

27. Etl.001Etl.002Etl.003 Reboot

28. Get-ClusterLog cmdlet SwitchEffect -Destination Dump the log on all nodes and copy them to this location. Dumps the logs on all nodes in the entire cluster to a single directory -TimeSpanJust dump the last X minutes of the log -NodeUseful when the ClusSvc is down to dump a specific node’s logs

30. Cluster Log Output Levels LevelErrorWarningInfoVerboseDebug 0 (disabled) 1  2  3  4  5  Can have performance impact Default

36. Qualifying Clusters Cluster Validation Cluster Event Logging Troubleshooting Tips Cluster Debug Logging

43. Installer Active Directory Computers CNO VCO Custom OU

45. Passion for High Availability? Become a Cluster MVP!

46. Breakout Sessions WSV313 | Failover Clustering Deployment Success WSV314 | Failover Clustering Pro Troubleshooting with Windows Server 2008 R2 VIR303 | Disaster Recovery by Stretching Hyper-V Clusters across Sites ARC308 | High Availability: A Contrarian View DAT207 | SQL Server High Availability: Overview, Considerations, and Solution Guidance DAT303 | Architecting and Using Microsoft SQL Server Availability Technologies in a Virtualized World DAT305 | See the Largest Mission Critical Deployment of Microsoft SQL Server around the World DAT401 | High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Best Practices for Customer Deployments DAT407 | Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Failover Clustering Implementations UNC304 | Microsoft Exchange Server 2010: High Availability Deep Dive UNC305 | Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 High Availability Design Considerations Visit the Cluster Team in the TLC Failover Clustering Booth WSV-7

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