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Hi,I have some problems pinging my DAG. I have 3 servers in 2 different physical locations and 2 separate Subnets.
It seems that DAG is functioning correctly, but we are going to be using DAG-Aware backup software, so I believe I need to get these nodes going in the other 2 sites.
When I go into Failover Cluster Manager - and I view Cluster Core Resources - I see the following:
Name: DAG - Online (Dag Name Resolution Not Yet Available)
IP Address: [Site A.10.65.4.108] - Offline
IP Address: [Site B.10.65.10.108] - OnlineSite A is Primary
Site B is DR SiteThere's 3 Exchange servers, let's just call them SITEA-MB01 & MB02, SITEB-DRMB03. All 3 servers have databases and users in said databases. (And I've had DAG working between the sites no problem).
Additionally:
If I try to bring the Address 10.65.4.108 online, I get an error message "The operation has failed" an error occurred while attempting to bring the resource "IPv4 DHCP Address 1 (Cluster Group)" online DETAILS: Error 0x80071397 - The operation failed because either the specified cluster node is not the owner of the resource, or the node is not a possible owner of the resource.
The event log shows no other errors than the one above (Event 1069)
I have tried rebooting the servers several times.
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 8, 2011 4:16 AM
Answers
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Hi,
Its solved I did a repair of the cluster object in managment console as below.
Regards, Kiran B.- Marked as answer by Kiran Arunkumar Babu Friday, September 16, 2011 6:19 AM
Friday, September 16, 2011 6:19 AM
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Hi,
Only one of the two IP Addresses in the cluster, can be online at any time.
Right now the DAG (Cluster Group) is active on your server in Site B.
If you want it to be online on server MB01, just use EMS or CMD and type cluster group "cluster group" /moveto:MB01Regarding ping...
It could be the Windows Firewall that is blocking it.
Martina MiskovicThursday, September 8, 2011 4:39 AM -
Hi,
Firewall is disabled on all nodes.
On cluster manager its shown as
Name: DAG - Online (Dag Name Resolution Not Yet Available)
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 8, 2011 4:57 AM -
Not sure what you mean with "Dag Name Resolution Not Yet Available", but make sure that the DAG Name isn´t created as a static record in DNS.
Martina MiskovicThursday, September 8, 2011 5:00 AM -
Its shown in the Failover cluster management console against the DAG name.
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 8, 2011 5:05 AM -
Hi Kiran,
Are you still having problems with backup?- Did you check the DNS Record for you DAG Name?
- Are the network bindings correct on the servers (MAPI Network on top of the list)?
- Did you move the cluster group to SiteA ?
Martina MiskovicSaturday, September 10, 2011 8:37 AM -
In addition to Martina's questions, ensure you are allowing Dynamic DNS registration on all the DAG members NICs.Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:45 PM
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Hi,
In the cluster its still shown as name resolution not available.
DNS name do exists.
Binding are correct.
How do u allow dynamic dns registration on DAG nics
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:08 AM -
Hi,
It´s the Serve hosting the "Cluster Group" (DAG) that registers the DAGName in DNS.
I would check the record in DNS and make sure that it isn´t a static record.
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 8:10 AM -
System error 5013 has occurred (0x00001395).
The cluster group could not be found.is the error i get on moving the dag.
dns time stamp is static.
Regards, Kiran B.- Edited by Kiran Arunkumar Babu Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:28 AM sd
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:26 AM -
Which of the servers has the Cluster Group, server in SiteA or SiteB?
Run Cluster Group "cluster group" and find out.If it is in failed state, move it to another cluster node
cluster group "cluster group" /moveto:MB01
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 8:31 AM -
Group Node Status
-------------------- --------------- ------System error 5013 has occurred (0x00001395).
The cluster group could not be found.the error even while running Cluster Group "cluster group" on the failover cluster mgmt. cluster resource for siteb is online and sitea is offline and DAG status is online
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:44 AM -
Hi,
Did you run the command from an elevated prompt (Run as Administrator)?
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 8:48 AM -
Yes....
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:59 AM -
Im not sure what you really mean with:
>Cluster Group "cluster group" on the failover cluster mgmt. cluster resource for siteb is online and sitea is offline and DAG status is online
The Cluster Group "Cluster Group" can only be online at one server.
Have you run: Test-ReplicationHealth
If there is something wrong with the cluster service, you should see it in Event Viewer. Any error or warnings there?
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 9:06 AM -
all are healthy.
I guess my problem is that DAG is not able to resolve in DNS
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:13 AM -
Can you run ipconfig /all and post the output on the node that has the Cluster Group Online?
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 9:15 AM -
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SRVDRMB03
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : CEAT.LOCAL
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : CEAT.LOCALEthernet adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Failover Cluster Virtual Adapte
r
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-15-5D-0A-6E-0B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::acea:f377:7014:2b9a%23(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.3.149(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 520230237
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-AC-F0-D0-00-15-5D-0A-6E-03DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : EnabledEthernet adapter DR DAG Repli:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus Network Ada
pter #9
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-5D-0A-6E-0E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : EnabledEthernet adapter DR DAG Public:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus Network Ada
pter #7
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-5D-0A-6E-0B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.64.10.106(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.64.10.108(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.64.10.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.64.10.101
10.65.4.101
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : EnabledTunnel adapter isatap.{16FE241A-64D8-409C-849D-3FAA5D7A094D}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : YesTunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : YesTunnel adapter isatap.{E453CD77-AE63-4DA9-AF57-1A33C810F97F}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : YesTunnel adapter isatap.{57F1F3E6-F572-48B9-AD11-805BFE48160F}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:19 AM -
Hi,
I can´t see anyting wrong.
Just to be sure, the NIC DR DAG Public is configured on top of the network bindings?
Register this connection´s addresses in DNS is checked for Tcp/Ip ?
You are allowing dynamic updates in DNS?
Is the DAG-name registered in DNS with 10.65.4.108 or 10.65.10.108
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 9:49 AM -
Public NIC is on Top.
Register this connection´s addresses in DNS is checked for Tcp/Ip ? YES
You are allowing dynamic updates in DNS? How to check this
Is the DAG-name registered in DNS with 10.65.4.108 or 10.65.10.108 . 10.65.4.108 on DNS is registered.
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:53 AM -
Since the DAG is online in SiteB, then the wrong IP Address is now registered in DNS.
It should be 10.65.10.108.
I would remove the entry in DNS and then try to bring the cluster resource online.
Setting for Dynamic Updates: You will find the settings on the general tab for your DNS-Zone CEAT.LOCAL
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 10:00 AM -
Getting the bleow error while bringing the IP online on SITE A
[Window Title]
Error[Main Instruction]
The operation has failed.[Content]
An error occurred while attempting to bring the resource 'Cluster IP Address' online.[^] Hide details [OK]
[Expanded Information]
Error Code: 0x80071397
The operation failed because either the specified cluster node is not the owner of the resource, or the node is not a possible owner of the resource
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:15 AM -
So, is the Cluster Group in SiteA now??
Only one of the IP Adresses can be online at any given time.
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 10:19 AM -
No its still in SITE B. its the error i get when i try to bring SITE A cluster IP online.
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:35 AM -
The IP Address 10.65.4.108 can only be in an online state WHEN the Cluster Group is online on one of the servers in SiteA.
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 10:45 AM -
Hi,
I tried moving the group from site A to Site B it kept on trying for few minutes and kept failing and later on it was on SITE B only.
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:48 AM -
Delete the record for the DAG in your DNS and wait for replication to take place.
Then try and move the group again.
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 10:51 AM -
10.65.4.108 is online but the dag name is in failed state, dns is not visibel agaist the dag name and 10.65.4.108
- Edited by Kiran Arunkumar Babu Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:02 AM sd
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:57 AM -
Hmm, that sound very strange in my ears.
10.65.4.108 belongs to SiteA and the node you have in SiteB, should not be able to bring that one online.
Again, I would remove the record from DNS from both the Reverse- and Forward Zone. Then run ipconfig /registerdns
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 11:04 AM -
Hmm, that sound very strange in my ears.
10.65.4.108 belongs to SiteA and the node you have in SiteB, should not be able to bring that one online.
Again, I would remove the record from DNS from both the Reverse- and Forward Zone. Then run ipconfig /registerdns
Martina Miskovic
--------Abhi----------------- Exchange Specialist------------- ------------------ Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:10 AM -
@Abhi,
It was only 12 minutes ago I posted that.
There no need to ask for an update!!
Martina MiskovicTuesday, September 13, 2011 11:17 AM -
@Abhi,
It was only 12 minutes ago I posted that.
There no need to ask for an update!!
Martina Miskovicis it board rule that we cant ask for update?
and martina.. please dont ever challenge my post. i have seen so many times you doing this
--------Abhi----------------- Exchange Specialist------------- ------------------ Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:23 AM -
Guys pls, lets focus on the issue..
Regards, Kiran B.Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:28 AM -
Hi,
For some time the my SITE A was online though DAG was shown as failed state. But the DAG IP was able to ping. But after few hours again my SITE B was online and DAG was Online but ping stopped and DNS entries are also not present.
Regards, Kiran B.Wednesday, September 14, 2011 4:36 AM -
any idea on the above issue
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:25 AM -
Did you ever try my suggestions above and delete the DNS-Records?
Martina MiskovicThursday, September 15, 2011 4:27 AM -
Yup but no luck
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:31 AM -
my earlier post
Hi,
For some time the my SITE A was online though DAG was shown as failed state. But the DAG IP was able to ping. But after few hours again my SITE B was online and DAG was Online but ping stopped and DNS entries are also not present.
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:32 AM -
Yup but no luck
Regards, Kiran B.
Ok, so you did delete both the A and PTR Record?
Is the service "DHCP Client" set to an Automatic State and started on all nodes?
Could you post some pictures of- Your network bindings
- Output from cluster group "cluster group"
- Windows Failover Cluster
...use Skydrive or similar.
Martina MiskovicThursday, September 15, 2011 4:41 AM -
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:55 AM -
Hi,
Can you also post the output from CMD--> cluster group "cluster group" /move
Do you have any entries in the Host-file?
Was the service "DHCP Client" started or not?
Martina MiskovicThursday, September 15, 2011 5:04 AM -
not host file entry.
DHCP client Started.
C:\Users\administrator.CEAT>cluster group "cluster group" /move
Moving resource group 'cluster group'...
Group Node Status
-------------------- --------------- ------
cluster group SRVDRMB03 OnlineIt keeps trying to move to site A multiple times and fails. And is online on SITE B which is DR.
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:19 AM -
Does it matter if you speciy which node you want to move the cluster group to?
(cluster group "cluster group" /moveto:MB01)
Any information in Event Viewer (check all nodes)?
Martina MiskovicThursday, September 15, 2011 5:23 AM -
You have some recent cluster error events shown in Failover Cluster Manager. What are they?
Martina MiskovicThursday, September 15, 2011 5:25 AM -
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering
Date: 15-09-2011 10:50:09
Event ID: 1069
Task Category: Resource Control Manager
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: SRVHOMB01.CEAT.LOCAL
Description:
Cluster resource 'IPv4 Static Address 1 (Cluster Group)' in clustered service or application 'Cluster Group' failed.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering" Guid="{BAF908EA-3421-4CA9-9B84-6689B8C6F85F}" />
<EventID>1069</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>3</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-09-15T05:20:09.166151000Z" />
<EventRecordID>88388</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="6228" ThreadID="5000" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>SRVHOMB01.CEAT.LOCAL</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="ResourceName">IPv4 Static Address 1 (Cluster Group)</Data>
<Data Name="ResourceGroup">Cluster Group</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering
Date: 15-09-2011 10:50:20
Event ID: 1146
Task Category: Resource Control Manager
Level: Critical
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: SRVHOMB01.CEAT.LOCAL
Description:
The cluster resource host subsystem (RHS) stopped unexpectedly. An attempt will be made to restart it. This is usually due to a problem in a resource DLL. Please determine which resource DLL is causing the issue and report the problem to the resource vendor.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering" Guid="{BAF908EA-3421-4CA9-9B84-6689B8C6F85F}" />
<EventID>1146</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>3</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-09-15T05:20:20.777163800Z" />
<EventRecordID>88389</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="6228" ThreadID="1032" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>SRVHOMB01.CEAT.LOCAL</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="NodeName">SRVHOMB01</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering
Date: 15-09-2011 10:50:20
Event ID: 1069
Task Category: Resource Control Manager
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: SRVHOMB01.CEAT.LOCAL
Description:
Cluster resource 'Cluster Name' in clustered service or application 'Cluster Group' failed.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering" Guid="{BAF908EA-3421-4CA9-9B84-6689B8C6F85F}" />
<EventID>1069</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>3</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-09-15T05:20:20.839588600Z" />
<EventRecordID>88390</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="6228" ThreadID="1032" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>SRVHOMB01.CEAT.LOCAL</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="ResourceName">Cluster Name</Data>
<Data Name="ResourceGroup">Cluster Group</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:34 AM -
if i do a node specific:
C:\Users\administrator.>cluster group "cluster group" /moveto:srvhomb02
Moving resource group 'cluster group'...
Group Node Status
-------------------- --------------- ------
cluster group SRVHOMB02 Failed
C:\Users\administrator.>cluster group "cluster group" /moveto:srvhomb01Moving resource group 'cluster group'...
Group Node Status
-------------------- --------------- ------
cluster group SRVHOMB01 Failed
Regards, Kiran B.Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:23 AM -
Hi,
Its solved I did a repair of the cluster object in managment console as below.
Regards, Kiran B.- Marked as answer by Kiran Arunkumar Babu Friday, September 16, 2011 6:19 AM
Friday, September 16, 2011 6:19 AM -
Thanks for sharing the resolution.
But this is very strage ;)
Cheers,
Gulab | MCITP: Exchange 2010-2007 | Lync Server 2010 | Windows Server 2008 | Skype: Exchange.Ranger | Blog: www.ExchangeRanger.Blogspot.comFriday, September 16, 2011 6:26 AM -
Hi Kiran,
Thanks for sharing your solution with us!
Im glad that your problem is solved.
Martina MiskovicFriday, September 16, 2011 6:26 AM -
Hi Martina,
Thanks for your continous support.
Regards, Kiran B.Friday, September 16, 2011 6:28 AM -
Thank you Martina! I had the same issue and used your suggestion of cluster group "cluster group" /move and I am back in business.
Thank you again!!
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:33 PM