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Ok, thats normal, the owner node is the only one you will see.
Looks like the PAM is online on that alternate
If you want to move it back, simply run:
Get-ClusterGroup “Cluster Group” | Move-ClusterGroup
No Primary Active Manager after Cluster Failover
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Catherine Jaszewski
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I have a DAG with two 2019 Exchange members and one Witness server (non-Exchange). This morning the Primary Exchange server (which had the PAM role) briefly lost network connection causing a cluster failover.
Now neither of the exchange members have the PAM role. Replication is working fine and all Database copies (active and passive) are healthy.
My thinking is to do a Server Switch over to the Alternative Server and restart the Primary. And then Server Switch back to the primary and restart the Alternate.
Is there a better way to get the PAM role back on the Primary Server then restarting servers?
Please advise.
Thank you,
Exchange | Exchange Server | Management
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Andy David - MVP 157.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator2021-05-05T16:17:11.017+00:00 Hi there,
what does
get-clustergroup show?Is this an IP cluster or IP-Less?
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Catherine Jaszewski 716 Reputation points
2021-05-05T16:22:32.913+00:00 Hi Andy!
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>get-clustergroup
Name OwnerNode State
Available Storage FDVA-ALT-EXCH Offline
Cluster Group FDVA-ALT-EXCH OnlineIt is an IP Cluster. FDVA-ALT-EXCH is my alternate exchange server. My primary Exchange server, FDVA-LG-EXCH, is not showing up in the Get-ClusterGroup at all.
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Andy David - MVP 157.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2021-05-05T16:45:48.83+00:00 -
Catherine Jaszewski 716 Reputation points
2021-05-05T16:58:13.063+00:00 Got it....
Thank you Andy!
Why doesn't Get-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup | fl report a Primary Active Manager?
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Andy David - MVP 157.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2021-05-05T17:00:03.307+00:00 Have to use the -status switch :)
Get-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup -status | fl -
Catherine Jaszewski 716 Reputation points
2021-05-05T17:03:45.52+00:00 Oh yeah!!! I always forget the -status switch! And there it is! PAM is showing on the ALT-EXCH.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
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