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QuestionWindows 2008 R2 Cluster Validation fails on Fibre Channel

  • Friday, October 02, 2009 8:25 PMTheEPL Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I'm trying to create a cluster with 2 VM's connected to shared storage via iSCSI. When I run the validation, it fails on inventory, specifically it gets an error trying to detect the Fibre Channel adapters. Well... I don't have any Fibre Channel adapters. If I dont select that test, it tells me that Microsoft wont support it because it hasn't passed all validation tests.

    What's the deal?
     

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  • Saturday, October 03, 2009 2:42 AMElden ChristensenMSFT, OwnerUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Can you please post the exact error Validate is returning?
     
  • Saturday, October 03, 2009 5:25 AMTheEPL Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Here is the snip from the validation test

    Gathering Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter information for fileclst-01.domain.lan
    An error occurred while executing the test.
    There was an error getting information about the Fibre Channel controllers installed on the nodes.
    There was an error retrieving information about the Fibre Channel host bus adapters from node 'fileclst-01.domain.lan'.
    Invalid object

     

     
  • Monday, October 05, 2009 8:05 AMTim Quan - MSFTMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi,

     

    It seems this is caused by the incompatible Fibre Channel controller driver. Please contact its manufacturer to obtain the latest driver and then check the result.

     

    Hope it helps.

     

    Tim Quan - MSFT

     
  • Friday, October 09, 2009 11:10 PMTheEPL Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Thats the problem... I don't have a Fibre Channel hba. This is a VM.
     
  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009 6:33 PMRandy in Marin Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I have the same problem on a two node failover cluster (6.0.6001) in VMWare (ESX).  I ran the validation tool from both nodes and get different results for the same machine.  

    Here are the results from the active node xDev2.x: 

    List Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

      List Fibre Channel host bus adapters on each node.

      xDev1.x

      Gathering Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter information for xDev1.x
      ManufacturerModelDescriptionDriver NameDriver VersionFirmware VersionHardware VersionSerial NumberOptional ROM VersionUnique Adapter ID
      Value Not Found Value Not Found Value Not Found Value Not Found Value Not Found Inc. Value Not Found Value Not Found Value Not Found 18446738026514753400



      xDev2.x

      Gathering Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter information for xDev2.x
      An error occurred while executing the test. There was an error getting information about the Fibre Channel controllers installed on the nodes. There was an error retrieving information about the Fibre Channel host bus adapters from node 'xDev2.x'. Invalid object
    Here are the results from the passive node: 

    List Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

      List Fibre Channel host bus adapters on each node.

      xDev1.x

      Gathering Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter information for xDev1.x
      An error occurred while executing the test. There was an error getting information about the Fibre Channel controllers installed on the nodes. There was an error retrieving information about the Fibre Channel host bus adapters from node 'xDev1.x'. Invalid object


    Is there a resolution to this.  Can it be ignored if there is no Fibre Channel. 

    Thanks,
    Randy
     
  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:29 PMThorsten Wujek Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Can you check to which adapter the id belongs to. Maybe it is hidden?
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  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:17 PMRandy in Marin Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    I did not find that ID in the registry.  Perhaps the format is not the same.  I looked in the device manager, but did not see what it could be.  How do I find the unique adapter id?