Hi All,
I have a two node DAG with a FS witness server. One of the node is 'down' (I have kept it like that), cluster has quorum and all services are online.
What I'm trying to understand is if a node's State=Down, isn't the Dynamic Quorum Group Manager suppose to trigger and set the DynamicWeight to '0' for that server.
In my case its not doing so, please let me know if this the way it is, or something is not quite right and I need to fix it.
Troubleshooting info below:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ClusterNode | ft name, dynamicweight, state, nodeweight,id -AutoSize Name DynamicWeight State NodeWeight Id ---- ------------- ----- ---------- -- exch1 1 Down 1 1 exch2 1 Up 1 2 PS C:\Windows\system32> (Get-Cluster).WitnessDynamicWeight 1 PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ClusterResource Name State OwnerGroup ResourceType ---- ----- ---------- ------------ Cluster IP Address Online Cluster Group IP Address Cluster Name Online Cluster Group Network Name File Share Witness (\\fs1... Online Cluster Group File Share Witness(Validation test)
Validate Quorum Configuration
Description: Validate that the current quorum configuration is optimal for the cluster.
Validating cluster quorum settings.
Witness Type: File Share Witness
Witness Resource: \\fs1.contoso.com\dag1.contoso.com
Cluster managed voting: Enabled
Voter Name |
State |
Assigned Vote |
Current Vote |
File Share Witness (\\fs1.contoso.com\dag1.contoso.com) (\\fs1.contoso.com\dag1.contoso.com) |
Online |
1 |
1 |
exch1 |
Down |
1 |
1 |
exch2 |
Up |
1 |
1 |
This quorum model will be able to sustain failures of 1 node(s) if the file share witness remains available and 0 node(s) when the file share witness goes offline or fails.
This quorum configuration can be changed using the Configure Cluster Quorum wizard. This wizard can be started from the Failover Cluster Manager console by selecting the cluster name in the left hand pane, then in the right "actions" pane selecting "More Actions..." and then selecting "Configure Cluster Quorum Settings...".
When all servers were up
node/2+1 = 2/2+1=2 required for quorum and we have 3 votes
When 1 server gone 1/2+1=1 quorum should recalculate to this. But its still considering 3 votes out of 1down server+1up server+1witness. Ideally I should be able to loose the witness too aftersome time and still maintain quorum(unlike what the validation test is sa