MS Cluster Problems
So I was going about creating a new cluster resource on our 2 node MS Cluster this morning. Pretty straight forward. A department is running out of network storage space. I added a few disks to the CX200 SAN and represented the new 200gb LUN to the cluster. Good, the cluster sees the new F: drive. I created a folder and shared it from the F: drive.
Catch my mistake yet?
I then went about creating the new cluster SHARE resource. Created the resource and brought it online for testing. As soon as I tried to bring it online, the entire cluster group began to fail over between the two nodes! It never found a home on either one! This was causing some big issues. Here is what the sys log reported:
Source: ClusSvc Category: 2055 Event ID: 1068 Desc: Cluster file share resource XXX Files failed to start with error 5.
Source: ClusSvc Category: 2055 Event ID: 10553 Desc: Cluster File Share ‘XXX Files’ cannot be brought online because the share could not be created.
Source: ClusSvc Category: Services Event ID: 1069 Desc: Cluster resource ‘XXX Files’ failed.
Those three error were thrown. What caused all this? The cluster service wants to create the share! I looked at the F: drive and it had created a new folder and shared it. The service freaked out for about 3 minutes then defaulted at a resting point on the original node. The new resource was flagged as failed. I reformatted the 200gb LUN and created the new folder but DID NOT share it this time. Started the new resource and all is well now!