Failover cluster tests

Question

Hi,

I am testing a hyper-V failver over infraestructure. In the cluster we have 2 nodes (Server1 and Server2), servers are runnig on windows server 2019. Today we shutdown Server1 and then Server2, then we powered on Server2, but it did not start the cluster service. why?

This is the message I got, when I tried to initialize the disks:

I found this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/365042/gracefully-shutdown-windows-2012-and-2016-three-no.html the problem is that in this test we are simulating that we can not power on Server2 anymore, so what are steps I need to apply in order to start the cluster service and the virtual machines.

Answer 1

Hello there,

Unless a disk is defined as a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV), ownership, i.e. ability to bring online, within the cluster is restricted to one node at a time. A volume is 'owned' by a single node of the cluster and controls all read/write access to that volume. You can change the ownership of the volume to a different node of the cluster, and it will then appear online on the new owning node and Reserved on the other node(s) of the cluster.

The below thread discusses the same issue and you can try out some troubleshooting steps from this and see if that helps you to sort the Issue.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/d6b3e66c-441d-4eac-aac1-5104bb5ea356/the-specified-disk-or-volume-is-managed-by-the-microsoft-failover-clustering-component-in-server?forum=winserverClustering

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