Cannot start service Failover cluster .

Question

I have 2 Nodes in the cluster. (003 and 004 ) .

1. found alarm in a cluster about network. (alarm Node 004 disconnect from cluster ). we check network can ping and firewall allow .
2. I try to evict node 004 from cluster then readd node 004 to cluster again is has error " node 004 is join to cluster "
3. investigate node 004 found service cannot start by local user.
4. try to rejoin domain node 004.

Please advise for next step to check the cluster.

Answer 1

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are having query\issues related to Failover clustering.

1. Please run Cluster Validation from Failover cluster manager.
2. Disable any Antivirus program or Windows firewall you may have for temporary purpose.
3. Check the System event log for hardware or software errors that are related to the network adapters on this node.

4.Check the network adapter, cables, and network configuration for the networks that connect the nodes.

5. If you're teaming the network adapters, make sure that the teaming configuration is correct.
6. Check hubs, switches, or bridges in the networks that connect the nodes.

Reference :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/high-availability/troubleshoot-cluster-service-fails-to-start

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Answer 2

1. Please run Cluster Validation from Failover cluster manager.
   • I try to run validation and found an alarm about DNS.
2. Disable any Antivirus program or Windows firewall you may have for temporary purpose.
   • No software anti-virus & disable firewall.
3. Check the System event log for hardware or software errors that are related to the network adapters on this node.
   -nothing error about hardware or software
4. Check the network adapter, cables, and network configuration for the networks that connect the nodes.
   • I'm pretty sure the network config is the same on both nodes.

Now, I try to add node 004 back to Cluster. still can't solve the problem

I have a question. What if I want to add node 004 back to the cluster? Do I need to resolve the issue of failing to start cluster node 004 service first?

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Answer 3

Please see error as attached file after validation cluster