Register-ClusteredScheduledTask fails with The RPC server is unavailable

Question

Trying to run on windows server 2016:

$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'Powershell.exe' -Argument '-file C:\Supportfiles\scripts\bes\monitorSQLConnection.ps1' -WorkingDirectory C:\Supportfiles\scripts\bes
$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Once -At (Get-Date) -RepetitionInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 10)
Register-ClusteredScheduledTask –Cluster MyCluster –TaskName 'EMI Check SQL Port 1600' –TaskType ResourceSpecific –Resource 'BES Root Server' –Action $action –Trigger $trigger -Description 'Checking SQL port 1600 every 10 minutes to make sure SQL connection is alive.'

Then I get:

Register-ClusteredScheduledTask : The RPC server is unavailable.
At line:1 char:1

• Register-ClusteredScheduledTask –Cluster MyCluster –TaskName 'EMI Che ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (PS_ClusteredScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/...edScheduledTask) [Register-ClusteredScheduledTask], CimException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x800706ba,Register-ClusteredScheduledTask

Why?

Answer 1

Hello @Joe Bruns

"The RPC server is unavailable" error message you would get this typically when Cluster Service is down on the node where the PowerShell command is being run. Please check the state of the cluster service is running on that node.

Hope this helps with your query,

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Answer 2

Unfortuntely, cluster service is up and happy.

PS C:\Users\xxxxxxx> Get-Service ClusSvc

Status Name DisplayName

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Running ClusSvc Cluster Service