In some cases, it may be necessary to uninstall and reinstall the Windows Failover Clustering feature on a server that is currently a member of a Failover Cluster. This can be done via either Server Manager, or PowerShell. Below are the steps to complete the process using each method. These instructions document the process for Windows Server 2012 R2, however the steps are similar for other versions of Windows.
A failover cluster is a group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability and scalability of clustered roles (formerly called clustered applications and services). Managing failover clusters. Failover clustering is a Windows Server feature that enables you to group multiple servers together into a fault-tolerant cluster to increase availability and scalability of applications and services such as Scale-Out File Server, Hyper-V and Microsoft SQL Server.
Uninstall the Windows Failover Clustering feature via Server Manager
Complete the following steps with a user account that has administrative rights over the cluster, from any server that has access to the cluster. If the desired server is not listed, first add it by clicking Manage > Add Servers in Server Manager.
Install/reinstall the Windows Failover Clustering feature and add the node to a cluster via Server Manager and Failover Cluster Manager
Microsoft Failover Cluster Manager Install Server 2008 R2
Complete the following steps with a user account that has administrative rights over the cluster, from any server that has access to the cluster. If the desired server is not listed, add it by clicking Manage>Add Servers in Server Manager.
Uninstall the Windows Failover Clustering feature via PowerShell
Complete the following steps from an elevated PowerShell prompt with a user account that has administrative rights over the cluster, from any server that has local or remote access to the cluster. If necessary, run the following commands first to import the Failover Clustering and Server Manager PowerShell modules:
Import-Module FailoverClusters
Import-Module ServerManager
Once the modules have been loaded or verified:
Install or reinstall the Windows Failover Clustering feature and add the node back to the cluster via PowerShell
Complete the following steps from an elevated PowerShell prompt with a user account that has administrative rights over the cluster, from any server that has local or remote access to the cluster. If necessary, run the following commands first to import the Failover Clustering and Server Manager PowerShell modules:
Import-Module FailoverClusters
Import-Module ServerManager
Once the modules have been loaded or verified:
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I hope you find this information useful. Happy clustering!
Eriq Stern
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