Win2K Cluster recognition

[Ayman Altounji]

I've got two DL580s in an active/active cluster running Win2K AS and SQL2000 Enterprise. Insight Manager recognises the cluster, but rather than recognising it as "ClusterName" with nodes Node1 and Node2, it detects a cluster named Node1, with a single node, Node2. Hence, EX shows Node1's IP address as being the cluster's IP address, and doesn't show the cluster's virtual IP address at all.

Anybody had this problem?

Cheers,

Jon

[Ayman Altounji]

Did you have CIM XE discover the virtual IP? That is the most likely cause of this problem.

[Ayman Altounji]

Scott, I have CIM XE autodiscovering all IP devices, including the cluster's virtual IP address. Should I add this manually?

Jon

[Ayman Altounji]

You shouldn't have to. Are the cluster management agents all running properly on the cluster nodes? That would be the next place to check. Make sure there aren't any error messages in the eventlog.

[Ayman Altounji]

Scott, I get the following error on node1:- "The Compaq Foundation Agents service could not start agent "CPQCLUS". Event ID 267. Any ideas?

[Ayman Altounji]

Well, that explains the problem. We need to find the CPQCLUS agent running to be able to manage the cluster. As for why it can't start, I'm not sure. Does that agent log any events in the eventlog that might help? Have you tried installing the latest (4.9) agents and seeing if that fixes the issues?

I wish I could more helpful than "install the latest" but it's hard to diagnose these sorts of thing in a forum.

[Ayman Altounji]

Hi, We came into similar situations with both Win2k Clustering and NLB....

Can someone confirm if we should or should not auto discover the virtual IP address... Thanks !!

John.

[Ayman Altounji]

Hi, I just checked the event log and found that there was problem starting the clustering agent. Here is a copy of the event, I would appreciate if you can shed some light on the possible cause to the event... John

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Foundation Agents
Event Category: Cluster
Event ID: 3871
Date: 3/22/2001
Time: 11:17:57 AM
User: N/A
Computer: CNN12
Description:
Component: Compaq Cluster Agent
Error: The Agent could not open the Cluster service registry key.
Cause: The Cluster service may have not been installed, a corrupt registry or a low memory condition. Rebooting the server may correct this error, or try to reinstall the Cluster service.
Data:
0000: 02 00 00 00 ....

[Ayman Altounji]

I would uninstall and reinstall the agent set. For some reason the registry isn't setup right and this is the best way to get it back in shape.