An error occurred while creating the cluster and the nodes will be cleaned up. Please wait...

Question

Hey Guys

I am with a issue for create a cluster in my laboratory.

When i try create the cluster i receive this error. Someone can help me?

Answer 1

Thanks for help buddy, but this It's just a laboratory for study.

I have two host and um fileserver. The cenary is the follow;

Host Names:

host1: SV-VM001

host2: SV-VM002

FileServer: VM-FILMESERVER (iSCSI Target Installed)

I alredy create the iSCSI Target and the iSCSI Initiator in the hosts.

Now i am trying configure the Failover Cluster Manager, look bellow:

Error Mensage:

** An error occurred while creating the cluster and the nodes will be cleaned up. Please wait...*

** There was an error cleaning up the cluster nodes. Use Clear-ClusterNode to manually clean up the nodes.*

** There was an error cleaning up the cluster nodes. Use Clear-ClusterNode to manually clean up the nodes.*

** An error occurred while creating the cluster.*

An error occurred creating cluster 'cluster01'.

This operation returned because the timeout period expired

** To troubleshoot cluster creation problems, run the Validate a Configuration wizard on the servers you want to cluster.*

Answer 2

Hi Jéssian Bayard,

Based on the error message provided it is recommended to first open PowerShell and run Clear-ClusterNode -name <node name> on each node before creating the cluster.

Please refer to this link for more details about the cmdlet.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/failoverclusters/clear-clusternode

You can follow this article create a failover cluster.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/create-failover-cluster

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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Answer 3

Hey,

As mentioned, you should clear cluster node before trying to create cluster again. Try running cluster validation report. It should help identifying the cause of the issue.

The following guide should help with configuration:
[https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-for-hyper-v-2-node-hyperconverged-scenario-with-windows-server-2016/](https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-for-hyper-v-2-node-hyperconverged-scenario-with-windows-server-2016/

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Cheers,

Alex Bykovskyi

StarWind Software

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