Microsoft KB Archive/311799

= Cluster Network Name Does Not Come Online After You Upgrade to Windows Server 2003 =

Article ID: 311799

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)

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This article was previously published under Q311799



SYMPTOMS
Cluster resources that use a cryptographic provider from a third-party provider do not come online in a mixed-version cluster after you upgrade to Windows Server 2003 or after the nodes are upgraded.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, use the Cluster.exe utility to set the Cryptographic Service Provider private property key length and the effective key length for the third-party cryptographic provider that encrypts and decrypts data for the failing resource type. To do so:  From a command prompt, run the following command, where  is the name of the cluster,   is the name of the cryptographic provider, and   and   are the key length and the effective key lengths for the RC2 algorithm in bits:

cluster  =, :MULTISTR

This command sets the encryption levels (key lengths) for a cryptographic key that is used to export (encrypt) and import (decrypt) resource data (cluster and cluster application cryptographic checkpoints). The imported and exported resource data is saved to the quorum. For more information about how to use Cluster.exe, see the cluster Help documentation. Depending on the resource, either bring the resource online or re-create the resource to add the new cryptographic checkpoint.

The cryptographic key is generated by a cryptographic provider that uses the RC2 block encryption method. Review the documentation for your cryptographic provider to obtain valid values for the following RC2 encryption algorithm parameters:

Also review the cryptographic provider documentation for information about how to add the cryptographic checkpoint.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
To view the private properties for a cluster, use the /priv parameter without any options. For example, to see the private properties for the OpsClust cluster, type the following command at a command prompt:

cluster opsclust /priv

You can use the private property if you have a third-party resource or a program that uses a third-party cryptographic provider that is not supplied by Microsoft.

Note For information about troubleshooting this problem, see the &quot;A Third-Party Resource Fails to Come Online in a Mixed-Version Cluster or While Upgrading a Cluster&quot; section in the &quot;Group and Resource Failure Problems&quot; topic in the Help file.

If you have security concerns about the cryptographic checkpoint data that is written to the quorum when you import resource data to a cluster node before you bring the resource online, you can use this private property to change the encryption levels for any of the cryptographic providers (that are supplied by third-party developers or by Microsoft) that are used by the Cluster service.

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