Event ID - 1242

Event Id	1242
Source	Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering
Description	Lease of IP address '%2' associated with cluster IP address resource '%1' has expired or is about to expire, and currently cannot be renewed. Ensure that the associated DHCP server is accessible and properly configured to renew the lease on this IP address.
Event Information	According to Microsoft : Cause : This event is logged when Lease of IP address associated with cluster IP address resource has expired or is about to expire, and currently cannot be renewed. Resolution : Check DHCP lease Ensure that the DHCP server is accessible and properly configured to renew the lease on this IP address. If you do not currently have Event Viewer open, see "Opening Event Viewer and viewing events related to failover clustering." To perform the following 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. 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. Verify : 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. Verifying that an IP Address resource can come online To verify that an IP Address resource can come online: 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, in the console tree, make sure Failover Cluster Management is selected. Then under Management , click Validate a Configuration . If the console tree is collapsed, expand the tree under the cluster you want to manage, and then expand Services and Applications . In the console tree, click the clustered service or application that uses the IP Address resource that you want to check. In the center pane, expand the Name listing for the clustered service or application that uses the IP Address resource that you want to verify. View the status of the IP Address resource. If an IP Address resource is offline, to bring it online, right-click the resource and then click Bring this resource online . To perform a quick check on the status of a resource, you can run the following command. Using a command to check the status of a resource in a failover cluster To use a command to check the status of a resource in a failover cluster: On a node in the cluster, click Start , point to All Programs , click Accessories , right-click Command Prompt , and then click Run as administrator . Type: CLUSTER RESOURCE ResourceName /STATUS If you run the preceding command without specifying a resource name, status is displayed for all resources in the cluster.
Reference Links	Event ID 1242 from Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering

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