2-Node vSAN Free on Hyper-V Server 2019

[arorris]

Greetings,

Please log a new call with StarWind support. Use this forum thread as a reference.

Hello again,

Just for my sake, i create two new Hyper-V 2016 Servers with identical setup and i get exactly the same error. I thought it was a platform issue, maybe any difference on how things run.

But it seems my configuration file is wrong.

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi,

Could you fill in this form https://www.starwindsoftware.com/support-form to log a support case?

[arorris]

After a session with Yaroslav, we finally found the problem. And in the meantime, he also shared some tips regarding ... everything!

The problem was that $storagename should be left empty. The default template has a pre-defined name, which i didn't bother to change and that was our problem.
So the fix is $storageName="",

Tip #1
I followed this guide (https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... rver-2016/) which has the option to enable jumbo frames for all NIC's. In reality, one shouldn't enable jumbo frames for Management interface.

Tip #2
This guide also works in Hyper-V Server 2019 - I tested also Hyper-V Server 2016 just for my sake!

Tip #3
The $size=1200, is calculated in MB and not GB, so 1200 is around 1.2GB.

Tip #4
Sometimes when we retried to run the ps1 script, we got a message that we were already logged in with credentials. With a host restart, the session expired, so the message was not displayed again.

Tip #5
Always add a second heartbeat for redundancy.

The final script of mine is in the end of this post, for reference.

Thank you so much for your time and help!

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param($addr="192.168.128.21", $port=3261, $user="root", $password="starwind",
	$addr2="192.168.128.22", $port2=$port, $user2=$user, $password2=$password,
#common
	$initMethod="Clear",
	$size=1200,
	$sectorSize=512,
	$failover=0,
#primary node
	$imagePath="My computer\E",
	$imageName="masterImg21",
	$createImage=$true,
	$storageName="",
	$targetAlias="targetha21",
	$autoSynch=$true,
	$poolName="pool1",
	$syncSessionCount=1,
	$aluaOptimized=$true,
	$cacheMode="wb",
	$cacheSize=128,
	$syncInterface="#p2=10.10.10.12:3260" -f $addr2,
	$hbInterface="#p2=11.11.11.12:3260,192.168.128.22:3260" -f $addr2,
	$createTarget=$true,
#secondary node
	$imagePath2="My computer\E",
	$imageName2="partnerImg22",
	$createImage2=$true,
	$storageName2="",
	$targetAlias2="partnerha22",
	$autoSynch2=$true,
	$poolName2="pool1",
	$syncSessionCount2=1,
	$aluaOptimized2=$true,
	$cacheMode2=$cacheMode,
	$cacheSize2=$cacheSize,
	$syncInterface2="#p1=10.10.10.11:3260" -f $addr,
	$hbInterface2="#p1=11.11.11.11:3260,192.168.128.21:3260" -f $addr,
	$createTarget2=$true
	)

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing the tips!
Please let me know if there is anything else I can assist you with. Always glad to help.