Error running unsigned driver inventory and test

Question

I’m working a challenge where the cluster validation tool on a Server 2008 R2 SP1 based cluster throws an error running the unsigned driver inventory/validation. It doesn’t say that there are any unsigned
drivers but rather says:
An error occurred while executing the test.
There was an error getting information about the unsigned drivers installed on the nodes.
There was an error retrieving information about the Unsigned Drivers from node 'someclusternode.contoso.com'.
Shutting down
If we run the tool from other nodes it will always pass itself and 4 out of the 5 other nodes, but there will be one node that will trigger this. And the node that it fails on is not consistent.
All of the other tests run just fine, and I can’t find anything in any KB that points me in a troubleshooting direction.

Answer 1

Hi,
Before you install the failover cluster you need confirm your hardware meet the Windows failover cluster hardware requirements. You can from the following website to confirm
your server has been authenticated.
Windows Sever Catalog:
http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/
More information:
Failover Clustering Overview
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831579.aspx
At same time some incompatible issue have found on the specified type of HP ProLiant® Server and the HP have already update the ACPI driver.
HP has driver update for W2K8, specific for this ACPI-Compliant Power Meter Device Identifier
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&swItem=MTX-24c4d70d491b40628c0b73dd99&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
More information:
Implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 on HP ProLiant servers
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01639594/c01639594.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
read under:
Power Management Features
-> Power Metering and Budgeting (PMB)
Hope this helps.
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