Check that all nodes are running compatible versions of the operating system and associated software updates. One way to do this is to run selected tests in the Validate a Configuration Wizard, which is included in the Failover Cluster Management snap-in. All the nodes in a failover cluster must run the same version of Windows Server 2008, and should have the same software updates (patches) and service packs.
If you do not currently have Event Viewer open, see "Opening Event Viewer and viewing events related to failover clustering."
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.
To use the Validate a Configuration Wizard to check the versions of software on the nodes:
After updating software on a node, you might need to restart the Cluster service on the node.
To restart the Cluster service on a node:
To open Event Viewer and view events related to failover clustering:
Target | Microsoft.Windows.2008.Cluster.Monitoring.Service | ||
Category | Alert | ||
Enabled | True | ||
Alert Generate | True | ||
Alert Severity | Error | ||
Alert Priority | Normal | ||
Remotable | True | ||
Alert Message |
|
ID | Module Type | TypeId | RunAs |
---|---|---|---|
DS | DataSource | Microsoft.Windows.2008.Cluster.EventProvider | Default |
WA | WriteAction | Microsoft.Windows.Cluster.GenerateAlertAction.SuppressedByDescription | Default |
<Rule ID="Microsoft.Windows.2008.Cluster.Management.Monitoring.Potentially.incompatible.versions.of.cluster.service" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Clus2008Library!Microsoft.Windows.2008.Cluster.Monitoring.Service" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
<Category>Alert</Category>
<DataSources>
<DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.2008.Cluster.EventProvider">
<Criteria>
<RegExExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>MatchesRegularExpression</Operator>
<Pattern>^(1546|1547|1548|1570|1571)$</Pattern>
</RegExExpression>
</Criteria>
<LogName>System</LogName>
<PublisherName>Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering</PublisherName>
</DataSource>
</DataSources>
<WriteActions>
<WriteAction ID="WA" TypeID="ClusLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Cluster.GenerateAlertAction.SuppressedByDescription">
<Priority>1</Priority>
<Severity>2</Severity>
<AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.2008.Cluster.Management.Monitoring.Potentially.incompatible.versions.of.cluster.service.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>
</WriteAction>
</WriteActions>
</Rule>