70-223 Configuring and Administering Microsoft Clustering Services by using Windows 2000 Advanced Server Practice Exams

Demo Question 2.

You are the administrator of a Windows 2000 Advanced Server cluster. The cluster is composed of two nodes that are designated NodeA and NodeB. NodeB experiences a hardware failure. You use the Cluster Administrator to evict NodeB from the cluster. You repair the failed hardware on NodeB. When you restart the Server, however, the cluster services do not start. You examine the event log on NodeB and find the following error entry. "Microsoft Cluster Service could not join an existing cluster and could not form a new cluster. Microsoft Cluster Server has terminated." You need to join NodeB to the cluster. What should you do?

A. Remove and then reinstall the Cluster service on Node
B. Use the Cluster Administrator on NodeA to join NodeB to the cluster.
C. Delete the cluster database information files on Node Manually restart the Cluster service on Node
D. Stop the Cluster service on Node Manually start the Cluster service on Node Manually start the Cluster service on NodeA.


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Answer: A

Explanation: As you repaired a Node on a cluster you most likely made changes that change network configuration. As a result, you will need to remove and then reinstall the Cluster service on NodeB. Incorrect answers: B. As you made changes to NodeB, you will be unable to use the Cluster Administrator on NodeA to join NodeB to the cluster. C. Restarting the clustering service manually will not allow Node B to join the cluster. D. The only way for a node to join a cluster after it has been remove is to remove and reinstall Clustering Service. Microsoft Windows 2000 Advance Server Clustering Services Training Kit, pages 219- 221.