FEC00034

windows_s2d::create_cluster

Symptoms or Error

Quick Config Setup was configuring compute nodes before configuring Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) configuration. Some actions are applied during this step:

  • Clearing disks before adding them to S2D
  • Perform failover cluster validation before creating the cluster
  • Create the failover cluster
  • Delegate OU to Active Directory computer object

Deployment fails with one of the following errors (one of them):

  • FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: powershell_script[validate test-cluster results]

    Review the report file created by Failover cluster on C:\Windows\Cluster\Reports\Validation Report*.htm

  • FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: powershell_script[test cluster]

    Review report file created by Failover cluster on C:\Windows\Cluster\Reports\Validation Report*.htm

  • FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: powershell_script[create cluster]

    The following error can appear in error message:

    STDERR: The clustered role was not successfully created. For more information view the report file below. Report file location: C:\Windows\cluster\Reports.

    Check the HTML file and fix errors.

  • Error executing action `run` on resource 'powershell_script[create cluster]'

    STDERR: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\<some_file>: Cluster creation failed with error:

    Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatStartData

    Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupStartData

    Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData

    Contact with Flexxible IT support.

Solution

You can generate a failover cluster validation by yourself with the following command:

Test-Cluster -Node "<node01_ip>","<node02_ip>" -Include "Storage Spaces Direct","Inventory","Network","System Configuration"

After fixing the error, please resume the deployment. If the error persists, please contact Flexxible IT support.