{"id":819,"date":"2017-02-07T16:28:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/?p=819"},"modified":"2017-02-07T16:28:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:28:21","slug":"when-pre-staging-a-computer-account-for-hv-replica-broker-does-not-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/when-pre-staging-a-computer-account-for-hv-replica-broker-does-not-work\/","title":{"rendered":"When pre-staging a computer account for HV replica broker does not work"},"content":{"rendered":"

While creating a Hyper-V replica broker in my HV cluster, I came across a problem. No matter what workaround I tried, my broker wont work. I tried pre-staging the computer account etc, as mentioned here but for my particular environment, it did not work. I read this:<\/p>\n

“https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/askpfeplat\/2012\/12\/09\/why-adding-hyper-v-replica-connection-broker-fails-in-failover-cluster-manager\/”<\/p>\n

and this<\/p>\n

https:\/\/social.technet.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/36ab7df9-a202-4493-a4a4-57b9cc8370b8\/hyperv-replica-broker-stuck-in-failed-status?forum=winserverhyperv<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here is how I resolved it :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. I deleted the pre-staged computer account in AD, (which I had created manually, earlier for the replica broker)<\/li>\n
  2. Configured the role in FCM, no errors while creation<\/li>\n
  3. After that… yes, I got errors in the log (ignore for a minute)<\/li>\n
  4. Then I recreated the AD computer name by hand and gave full control over that new account to the cluster’s computer account<\/li>\n
  5. Went to FCM > cluster name > roles<\/li>\n
  6. Noticed the HV replica role there (but it was in red, stopped)<\/li>\n
  7. clicked “start role” on the right side action menu<\/li>\n
  8. The role came online in a few seconds.<\/li>\n
  9. Done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now I can even ping the virtual IP address of this Hyper-V replica broker role!<\/p>\n

    I guess, for whatever reason, (at least in some environments) FCM cannot really use a “pre-staged” account for this role.<\/p>\n

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    While creating a Hyper-V replica broker in my HV cluster, I came across a problem. No matter what workaround I tried, my broker wont work. I tried pre-staging the computer account etc, as mentioned here but for my particular environment, it did not work. I read this: “https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/askpfeplat\/2012\/12\/09\/why-adding-hyper-v-replica-connection-broker-fails-in-failover-cluster-manager\/” and this https:\/\/social.technet.microsoft.com\/Forums\/en-US\/36ab7df9-a202-4493-a4a4-57b9cc8370b8\/hyperv-replica-broker-stuck-in-failed-status?forum=winserverhyperv   Here is how I resolved it : I deleted the pre-staged computer account in AD, (which I had created manually, earlier for the replica broker) Configured the role in FCM, no errors while creation After that… yes, I got errors in the log (ignore for a minute) Then I recreated the AD computer name by hand and gave full control over that new account to the cluster’s computer account Went to FCM > cluster name > roles Noticed the HV replica role there (but it was in red, stopped) clicked “start role” on the right side action menu The role came online in a few seconds. Done! Now I can even ping the virtual IP address of this Hyper-V replica broker role! I guess, for whatever reason, (at least in some environments) FCM cannot really use a “pre-staged” account for this role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[79,70],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-itsys","tag-cluster","tag-hyper-v-server-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions\/821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rajdude.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}