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The Local Node is Not Able to Communicate With the WSFC Cluster

The Local Node is Not Able to Communicate With the WSFC Cluster

I was setting up an availability group in SQL Server 2012 on a pair of servers and came across the following error.

“the local node is not able to communicate with the wsfc cluster”

Interestingly enough, I had already installed an availability group on these two servers in another domain. I was changing domains (long story) and had decommissioned the cluster and wanted to set it back up. I knew I had already done the following:

Installed the latest Service Pack (2)
Validated the cluster

The fix was simply to remove the Availability Group option, re-apply it and then restart the SQL Server Service. After that, I was off and running.

Carlos Chacon

Director of Data Solutions

With more than 10 years of working with SQL Server, Carlos helps businesses ensure their SQL Server environments meet their users’ expectations. He can provide insights on performance, migrations, and disaster recovery. He is also active in the SQL Server community and regularly speaks at user group meetings and conferences. He helps support the free database monitoring tool found at databasehealth.com and provides training through SQL Trail events.