Recovery :: FCI Number Of Cluster Nodes Supported For Edition Failed

Nov 22, 2015

I have encountered issue by add a node to SQL cluster

Server 2012 R2 Datacenter version
SQL 2012 Enterprise edition

Error Status>
number of cluster nodes supported for edition - failed

I have failed to bypass with Setup /SkipRules=Cluster_VerifyForErrors /Action=AddNode

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IP change for:

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[URL] ....

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Server : Windows server 2008
DB Server : SQL Server 2008 (SP1)
 
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2.) Event ID: 1049
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3.) Event ID: 1069
Cluster resource 'SQL IP Address 1 (XYZ)' in clustered service or application 'SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)' failed.

4.) Event ID: 1049
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5.) Event ID: 1069
Cluster resource 'Cluster IP Address' in clustered service or application 'Cluster Group' failed.

6.) Event ID: 1066
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7.) Event ID : 1066
Cluster disk resource 'Cluster Disk 26' indicates corruption for volume '?Volume{88552e05-aea2-11df-9790-0026b92fffa7}'. Chkdsk is being run to repair problems. The disk will be unavailable until Chkdsk completes. Chkdsk
output will be logged to file 'C:WindowsClusterReportsChkDsk_ResCluster Disk 26_Disk4Part1.log'. Chkdsk may also write information to the Application Event Log.

8.) Event ID: 1049
  (Same message as point 2)

9.) Event ID: 1069
     (Same message as point 3)

10.) Event ID : 1049
(same message as point 4)

11.) Event ID :1069 
(same message as point 5)

12.) Event ID :1205
The Cluster service failed to bring clustered service or application 'Cluster Group' completely online or offline. One or more resources may be in a failed state. This may impact the availability of the clustered service or application.

13.) Event ID: 1069
Cluster resource 'Cluster Disk 17' in clustered service or application 'SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)' failed.

14.) Event D : 1049
(same message as point 2)

15.) Event ID: 1069
Cluster resource 'SQL IP Address 1 (XYZ)' in clustered service or application 'SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)' failed.

16.) Event ID : 1205
 The Cluster service failed to bring clustered service or application 'SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)' completely online or offline. One or more resources may be in a failed state. This may impact the availability of the clustered service or application.
 
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| /
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 9.00.1399.06
OS Version      : Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family, Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 3790)
Time           
: Thu Jun 04 13:04:38 2015

[code]....

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Microsoft.SqlServer.BestPracticesAnalyzer.UpgradeAdvisor.dll
Microsoft.SqlServer.DTS.UpgradeAdvisor.dll
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