| Event Information | According to Microsoft :
Cause :
This event is logged when node failed to join failover cluster.
Resolution :
Confirm that the node can form or join with a cluster
Review the event log for other events associated with this issue. You might be able to correct this issue by restarting the Cluster service. For more information, see "Restarting the Cluster service on a node."
If you do not currently have Event Viewer open, see "Opening Event Viewer and viewing events related to failover clustering." If the event contains an error code that you have not yet looked up, see "Finding more information about error codes that some event messages contain."
To perform the following procedures, you must be a member of the local Administrators group on each clustered server, and the account you use must be a domain account, or you must have been delegated the equivalent authority.
Restarting the Cluster service on a node
To restart the Cluster service on a node: - To open the failover cluster snap-in, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Failover Cluster Management . If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue .
- In the Failover Cluster Management snap-in, if the cluster you want to manage is not displayed, in the console tree, right-click Failover Cluster Management , click Manage a Cluster , and then select or specify the cluster that you want.
- If the console tree is collapsed, expand the tree under the cluster you want to manage.
- Expand the console tree under Nodes .
- Right-click the node that you want to restart, click More Actions , and then click Stop Cluster Service .
- Right-click the node that you want to restart, click More Actions , and then click Start Cluster Service .
Opening Event Viewer and viewing events related to failover clustering
To open Event Viewer and view events related to failover clustering: - If Server Manager is not already open, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Server Manager . If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue .
- In the console tree, expand Diagnostics, expand Event Viewer , expand Windows Logs , and then click System .
- To filter the events so that only events with a Source of FailoverClustering are shown, in the Actions pane, click Filter Current Log . On the Filter tab, in the Event sources box, select FailoverClustering . Select other options as appropriate, and then click OK .
- To sort the displayed events by date and time, in the center pane, click the Date and Time column heading.
Finding more information about the error codes that some event messages contain
To find more information about the error codes that some event messages contain: - View the event, and note the error code.
- Look up more information about the error code in one of two ways:
- Search System Error Codess.
- Click Start , point to All Programs , click Accessories , click Command Prompt , and then type:
NET HELPMSG errorcode
Verify :
Confirm that the nodes are running and that the backup or restore process succeeded.
To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the local Administrators group on each clustered server, and the account you use must be a domain account, or you must have been delegated the equivalent authority.
Verifying that the Cluster service is started on all the nodes in a failover cluster
To view the status of the nodes in a failover cluster: - To open the failover cluster snap-in, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Failover Cluster Management . If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue .
- In the Failover Cluster Management snap-in, if the cluster you want to manage is not displayed, in the console tree, right-click Failover Cluster Management , click Manage a Cluster , and then select or specify the cluster that you want.
- If the console tree is collapsed, expand the tree under the cluster you want to manage, and then click Nodes .
- View the status for each node. If a node is Up , the Cluster service is started on that node.
Another way to view node status is to run a command on a node in the cluster.
Using a command to view the status of the nodes in a failover cluster
To use a command to view the status of the nodes in a failover cluster: - On the node that you are checking, click Start , point to All Programs , click Accessories , right-click Command Prompt , and then click Run as administrator .
- Type:
CLUSTER NODE /STATUS
If the node status is Up , the Cluster service is started on that node. |