Microsoft KB Archive/278939

= The Cluster Administrator May Incorrectly Report That the Cluster Is Unavailable =

Article ID: 278939

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q278939





SYMPTOMS
If you stop the Cluster service on the local node by means of either the Services tool or the Cluster Administrator, you may receive the following error message, even though the cluster and its resources are functional on another node in the cluster:

Cluster  is no longer available



CAUSE
This behavior may occur if your system is connected directly to the local node using the &quot;.&quot; option in the Cluster Administrator, instead of the cluster name.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, before you stop the Cluster service, verify your system's connection in the Cluster Administrator. You can view the connection type in the title bar of the Cluster Administrator window.

If your system is connected to the local node, click File, click Open Connection, and then specify the cluster name.



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

Additional query words: MSCS CluAdmin

Keywords: kbclustering kbprb KB278939

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