I have a recently built pair of W2012 R2 servers with all of the applicable updates applied via WSUS. They are clustered servers but are not using shared storage. Instead they are using Vision Solutions' "High Availability for Windows" to replicate several drives. Also installed is SQL 2012 (clustered) and all available updates. I have used this solution several times previously on other clusters. The servers are performing as expected but are not yet in production. A few days ago I began to see the following notifications approximately every 20 seconds on the "owning" node (PCSCALEA) of the cluster:
Log Name: WitnessClientAdmin
Source: Microsoft-Windows-SMBWitnessClient
Date: 3/26/2015 9:54:23 AM
Event ID: 8
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: NETWORK SERVICE
Computer: PCScaleA.rms.org
Description:
Witness Client failed to register with Witness Server PCSCALEB for notification on NetName\\Pcscale with error (The parameter is incorrect.)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-SMBWitnessClient" Guid="{32254F6C-AA33-46F0-A5E3-1CBCC74BF683}" />
<EventID>8</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-03-26T13:54:23.951194200Z" />
<EventRecordID>114860</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="1624" ThreadID="9612" />
<Channel>WitnessClientAdmin</Channel>
<Computer>PCScaleA.rms.org</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-20" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="WitnessServerIP">PCSCALEB</Data>
<Data Name="NetName">Pcscale</Data>
<Data Name="Error">87</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
The following errors appear approximately every 20 seconds on the "non-owning node" (PCSCALEB):
Log Name: WitnessServiceAdmin
Source: Microsoft-Windows-SMBWitnessService
Date: 3/26/2015 9:51:43 AM
Event ID: 5
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: SYSTEM
Computer: PCScaleB.rms.org
Description:
Witness Service registration request from Witness Client (PCSCALEA.RMS.ORG) for NetName\\PCSCALE failed with error (The parameter is incorrect.)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-SMBWitnessService" Guid="{CE704B50-B105-4BC8-A24F-1792C0401C2A}" />
<EventID>5</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-03-26T13:51:43.906614200Z" />
<EventRecordID>153093</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="5252" ThreadID="5368" />
<Channel>WitnessServiceAdmin</Channel>
<Computer>PCScaleB.rms.org</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="ClientName">PCSCALEA.RMS.ORG</Data>
<Data Name="NetName">PCSCALE</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorCode">87</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Any ideas? Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Ryan