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Windows 2003 standard server believes to be member of a cluster

We have 2 Windows 2003 Standard Server, where we tested the Terminal Services. After removing Terminal Services, the Serverwizard at Startup came up with the errormessage "Because this server is a member of a server cluster you can not configure it with the "configure your server" wizard.

When I try to connect with ClusterAdmin to a cluster, I cant connect, because I dont know a clustername, because no cluster is configured. I cant configure a cluster, because 2003 Standard Server has no clustersupport.

When I try to connect to a node, the clusteradmin claims, that the node is not member of a cluster.

Does anybody have an Idea what we can do, that these 2 server dont believe, they are member of a cluster.

Regards from Austria

Reinhold Steininger

John Gates, CISSP, CDPSE

http://www.kbalertz.com/kb_332103.aspx

Take a look at this.

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rsteini

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Thanks,

I will try it out tomorrow, when I have access to the servers. But I forgot to write, that in the eventlogs are no error.

Thanks for helping

Reinhold

rsteini

ASKER

The solution was the following:

Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Cluster Server
Value Name: ClusterInstallationState
Value Type: DWORD
Value Data: 1

This registry value is installed by default in Windows Server 2003,
regardless of the edition. If the value is corrupt/missing then Windows may
incorrectly detect the state of a machine, resulting in the error message
with the "Manage Your Server" wizard. Recreating the
registry value should resolve your issue.

Possible data of the "ClusterInstallationState" registry value:

0 = ClusterInstallStateUnknown >>>MEANS>>> Cluster Service
configuration unknown
1 = ClusterInstallStateFilesCopied >>>MEANS>>> Files Copied but Cluster
Service not configured
2 = ClusterInstallStateConfigured >>>MEANS>>> Cluster Service
configured, fresh install
3 = ClusterInstallStateUpgraded >>>MEANS>>> Cluster Service
configured, upgrade

Recreating this key solved the problem.

Thanks in advance for your input.

Regards

Reinhold

John Gates, CISSP, CDPSE

Great! Make sure you go to community and have a moderator PAQ with refund.

John Gates, CISSP, CDPSE

My vote is PAQ / Refund, rsteini thank you for posting the resolution. It helps this site provide helpful information ;-)

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