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Unable to create cluster

Durga Venkata Prasad Betha 0 Reputation points
2024-10-18T10:39:06.2033333+00:00

This account may not have enough CPU cores to start a cluster. Contact your administrator to increase the limits.

Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server Clustering
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Clustering: The grouping of multiple servers in a way that allows them to appear to be a single unit to client computers on a network. Clustering is a means of increasing network capacity, providing live backup in case one of the servers fails, and improving data security.
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  1. Ian Xue 37,621 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-10-22T04:24:34.88+00:00

    Hi Durga,

    Thanks for your post. Before moving on, to narrow down the issue, can I know if the cluster creation fails with a message about a cloud provider error when you hover over cluster state?

    Cloud Provider Launch Failure: A cloud provider error was encountered while setting up the cluster.

    If so, generally speaking, Azure subscriptions have a CPU core quota limit which restricts the number of CPU cores you can use. This is a hard limit. If you try to start a cluster that would result in your account exceeding the CPU core quota the cluster launch will fail.

    As a solution, you can either free up resources or request a quota increase for your account.

    • Stop inactive clusters to free up CPU cores for use.
    • Open an Azure support case with a request to increase the CPU core quota limit for your subscription.

    Best Regards,

    Ian Xue

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