Error Message:

Access to the specified cluster has been denied.

Explanation:

The most probable cause is an authentication failure. Authentication occurs twice while an RPC connection is being set up: \r\n1. When RPC creates a security context in which to digitally sign the packets. \r\n2. When the Cluster service is called back by RPC to validate the new connection. \r\nEither activity could produce an access-denied failure.

User Action:

If the access-denied failure occurred while RPC was creating a security context: \r\n1. To check basic connectivity between the nodes, use the ping utility. \r\nTo check basic connectivity between a node and its DC: run nltest /sc_query:<machine domain name>. \r\n2. To check the DC: If you are running Windows 2000, run Nettest. If Nettest indicates a problem, base your recovery action on the Nettest output. \r\nIf you are running Windows NT 4.0, check the status of the secure channel to the DC. \r\n3. To check the channel status, run nltest /sc_query: machine domain name . If that command reports an error, you can try to reset it: nltest /sc_reset: machine domain name . \r\nIf the access-denied failure occurred when the Cluster service is called back by RPC to validate the new connection, make sure that the account under which you are running setup has sufficient privileges to manage the cluster.