MS SQL Server Clustering - Cluster Service remain on starting state after quorum log corrupti

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Cluster Service remain on starting state after quorum log corrupti

francisco - Portugal

2005-06-09, 8:23 pm

Hi

I have a 2 node windows 2000 Cluster with a problem. I think the quorum log
became corrupted and now on both nodes the cluster service cannot start.
Without the cluster service running i cannot access any of the resources. On
the event viewer i have some error messages indicating that the quorum log is
corrupted, is there a way of getting the cluster service to start?
I already tried starting the service with the -noquerylogging parameter, the
service started and i could clear the old log from the quorum disk, but after
that i'm trying to restart the service and he just stays on starting state
indefinetly. Is there anything i can do to save my neck...because i noticed a
few minutes ago that bmy backups were not running properly.
Please help me out, i have to start cluster on the next 8 hours!!!!
Thanks a lot

My messenger is f_batista69@hotmail.com

Mike Epprecht \(SQL MVP\)

2005-06-09, 8:23 pm

Hi

Look at

"To recover from a corrupted quorum log or quorum disk"
http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...cluad_pr_70.htm

and

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;872970

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"francisco - Portugal" <francisco - Portugal@discussions
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wrote in message news:48441502-D241-488E-A26F- CB9E6C1F5FC3@microso
ft.com...
> Hi
>
> I have a 2 node windows 2000 Cluster with a problem. I think the quorum
> log
> became corrupted and now on both nodes the cluster service cannot start.
> Without the cluster service running i cannot access any of the resources.
> On
> the event viewer i have some error messages indicating that the quorum log
> is
> corrupted, is there a way of getting the cluster service to start?
> I already tried starting the service with the -noquerylogging parameter,
> the
> service started and i could clear the old log from the quorum disk, but
> after
> that i'm trying to restart the service and he just stays on starting state
> indefinetly. Is there anything i can do to save my neck...because i
> noticed a
> few minutes ago that bmy backups were not running properly.
> Please help me out, i have to start cluster on the next 8 hours!!!!
> Thanks a lot
>
> My messenger is f_batista69@hotmail.com
>
>

Charles Tolento

2005-06-10, 7:23 am

Francisco

Have you tried this.

Power off one of the nodes.

On the remaining NODE start cluster service with -noquorumlogging

Delete Everything inside of the MSCS directory on the Quroum drive (I know
you stated you deleted the quolog.log file previously).

Stop the cluster service and then start it with the -resetquorumlog

If this works then stop the cluster service and start it normally. I have
seen quorum logs become so corrupt that resetquorumlog does not work this
usually fixes it. If this does not work I would recommend the following:

Reboot the only node that is powered up with the cluster service set to
manual.

Go to the command promp c:\Windows\Cluster\c
lussvc -debug >c:\debug.txt

cut and paste the output into the news groups.

Regards

CT

"francisco - Portugal" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a 2 node windows 2000 Cluster with a problem. I think the quorum log
> became corrupted and now on both nodes the cluster service cannot start.
> Without the cluster service running i cannot access any of the resources. On
> the event viewer i have some error messages indicating that the quorum log is
> corrupted, is there a way of getting the cluster service to start?
> I already tried starting the service with the -noquerylogging parameter, the
> service started and i could clear the old log from the quorum disk, but after
> that i'm trying to restart the service and he just stays on starting state
> indefinetly. Is there anything i can do to save my neck...because i noticed a
> few minutes ago that bmy backups were not running properly.
> Please help me out, i have to start cluster on the next 8 hours!!!!
> Thanks a lot
>
> My messenger is f_batista69@hotmail.com
>
>

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