Can't start/add Distributed Cache 2013

Question

I had SharePoint 2013 single server and got the following error when I start/add distributed cached services.

Run PowerShell:

PS C:\Windows\system32> $instanceName ="SPDistributedCacheService Name=SPCache"
$serviceInstance = Get-SPServiceInstance | ? {($.service.tostring()) -eq $instanceName -and ($.server.name) -eq $env:computername}
$serviceInstance.Provision()
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:3 char:1

• $serviceInstance.Provision()
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

When I run

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-cachehost

HostName : CachePort Service Name Service Status Version Info

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QAServer01.Parsons.com:22233 AppFabricCachingService UNKNOWN 0 [0,0][0,0]
QAServer02.Parsons.com:22233 AppFabricCachingService UNKNOWN 0 [0,0][0,0]

I see Distributed Cache service was not start in Central Admin so I started service and got the following error:

cacheHostInfo is null

QAServer02 had been disconnected and decommissioned from farm so only QAServer01 run SharePoint as single server.

What could be wrong? How can I start Distributed Cache correctly?

Thanks
Tee

Answer 1

@Nguyen, Tee ,

For SharePoint server 2013, please run the following command to start the Distributed Cache:

$instanceName ="SPDistributedCacheService Name=AppFabricCachingService"  
$serviceInstance = Get-SPServiceInstance | ? {($_.service.tostring()) -eq $instanceName -and ($_.server.name) -eq $env:computername}  
$serviceInstance.Provision()  

Please note the difference between SharePoint Server Subscription Edition and SharePoint server 2013:

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