If you manage Azure Local clusters (or any Windows Failover Cluster with Hyper-V and Cluster Shared Volumes), you’ve probably noticed that CSV ownership doesn’t always stay perfectly balanced after maintenance, patching, or node reboots. One node can end up owning multiple volumes while others sit idle. This creates unnecessary I/O coordination overhead and can quietly […]
Category: 23H2
Unable to Deploy AKS Clusters on Azure Local Due to Image Issues
Problem I recently encountered an issue where a customer wasn’t able to deploy AKS clusters on Azure Local via Arc. I was able to reproduce the same issue in my lab and it turned out to be a widespread issue. In this blog I will detail the error and provide a work-a-round. The failure message […]
Network ATC
In this blog we will take a look at Network ATC, what it is and how it can help us when deploying Azure Stack HCI Clusters and keeping them working to their optimal capability. What is Network ATC? Network ATC provides an intent-based approach to host network deployment and configuration. It is aimed at simplifying […]
Logical Networks
In this blog we are going to take a look at Logical Networks for Azure Stack HCI, what they are, why you need them and how to create them. What are they? Logical networks (abbreviated to LNets) are the Azure resources that represent physical networks and are self-contained projections of the on-premises physical networks. Logical […]
Lifecycle Management & Releases
Continuing on from my blog post on 23H2 Solution Updates, I wanted to provide a bit more information on Lifecycle Management and Releases for Azure Stack HCI (see previous post here: https://www.hciharrison.com/azure-stack-hci/azure-stack-hci-23h2-solution-updates/ From version 23H2 of Azure Stack HCI, updates are released in a different way from previous versions. In this post we are going […]
Azure Stack HCI 23H2 Solution Updates
Prior to version 23H2, updating your Azure Stack HCI Clusters was a case of installing the monthly Windows Cumulative Updates, updating the hardware updates when new versions were available, and keeping any Arc related components updated, such as the Azure Connected Machine agent that connects the Cluster Hosts to Azure via Azure Arc. Windows Admin […]
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) on Azure Stack HCI
Have you been wondering what AVD is or already familiar with it and wondering why you might want to run it on Azure Stack HCI? In this post we’ll review what AVD is at a high-level and highlight the potential benefits of running it on Azure Stack HCI. What is AVD? Azure Virtual Desktop is […]
Azure Stack HCI 23H2 is now GA!
This is a milestone and the fruits of many months of hard work, but finally we are here and 23H2 is officially GA. It also comes with the announcement that AVD is also GA! Azure Stack HCI version 23H2 is generally available – Microsoft Community Hub