Always On listener creation can fail because the cluster cannot finish its directory work. In a 2018 client case, the same failure hit three clusters. This post shows how to read the cluster event, check DNS and directory permissions, prestage the listener object and verify the result.
SQL SERVER – Install Error: Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster Verification Errors – Part 2
Part 2 of my series on the MSCS cluster verification errors rule in SQL Server setup: another cause we found in Detail.txt during install or AddNode.
SQL SERVER – Install Error: Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster Verification Errors – Part 1
Installing a SQL Server clustered instance failed the Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster Verification rule. Part 1 covers the verification report cause.
SQL SERVER – Login Failed. The Login is From an Untrusted Domain and Cannot be Used with Windows Authentication – SPN Issue
Login failed, untrusted domain, error 18452, and a cluster that would not fail over. The cause was an SPN. How to read the SPN messages.
SQL SERVER – FIX: SQL Service Does Not Start After Promoting the Machine as Domain Controller
A SQL Server machine was promoted to a domain controller and the service stopped starting. Why it broke, the workaround we used, and the real fix.
SQL SERVER – Msg 7399, Level 16 – The OLE DB Provider “ADsDSOObject” for Linked Server “AD” Reported an Error
An LDAP query through a linked server worked in one domain but failed in another with Msg 7399 from the ADsDSOObject provider. Here is the fix.
SQL SERVER – The Cluster Resource ‘SQL Server’ Could Not be Brought Online Due to an Error Bringing the Dependency Resource
Installing a second SQL Server 2012 instance on my Windows cluster failed: the cluster resource ‘SQL Server’ could not be brought online. Here is the fix.