Hello Experts!
I'm having issues creating a new cluster on a Windows Server 2012 machine. The validation results do not include any errors. However, the installation fails without much explanation to the cause.
Here is the PowerShell command I'm executing:
PS C:\Windows\system32> new-cluster -name VMHOST -StaticAddress 10.200.1.80 -IgnoreNetwork 10.200.16.0/20 -node VMHOST01 -nostorage
Beginning to configure the cluster VMHOST.
Initializing Cluster VMHOST.
Validating cluster state on node VMHOST01.*******.com.
Searching the domain for computer object 'VMHOST'.
Creating a new computer account (object) for 'VMHOST' in the
domain.
domain.
Configuring computer object 'VMHOST in organizational unit
CN=Computers,DC=********,DC=com' as cluster name object.
CN=Computers,DC=********,DC=com' as cluster name object.
Validating installation of the Network FT Driver on node
VMHOST01.********.com.
VMHOST01.********.com.
Validating installation of the Cluster Disk Driver on node
VMHOST01.********.com.
VMHOST01.********.com.
Configuring Cluster Service on node VMHOST01.********.com.
Waiting for notification that Cluster service on node
VMHOST01.inontime.com has started.
VMHOST01.inontime.com has started.
Forming cluster 'VMHOST'.
Adding cluster common properties to VMHOST.
Creating resource types on cluster VMHOST.
Creating resource group 'Cluster Group'.
Creating IP Address resource 'Cluster IP Address'.
Creating Network Name resource 'VMHOST'.
Searching the domain for computer object 'VMHOST'.
Verifying computer object 'VMHOST' in the domain.
Unable to successfully cleanup.
An error occurred while creating the cluster and the nodes will
be cleaned up. Please wait...
be cleaned up. Please wait...
An error occurred while creating the cluster and the nodes will
be cleaned up. Please wait...
be cleaned up. Please wait...
There was an error cleaning up the cluster nodes. Use
Clear-ClusterNode to manually clean up the nodes.
Clear-ClusterNode to manually clean up the nodes.
An error occurred while creating the cluster.
An error
occurred creating cluster 'VMHOST'.
Unknown error (0xc000018b)
An error
occurred creating cluster 'VMHOST'.
Unknown error (0xc000018b)
To troubleshoot cluster creation problems, run the Validate a
Configuration wizard on the servers you want to cluster.
The Application and System event logs show no errors. The FailoverClustering-Manager eventlog shows an error Id 4657 with the details stating the handle is invalid.