Manage MSMQ is missing from Failover Cluster Manager when configured using powershell

Hi,
I am hoping someone would be able to help me as I have looked on the internet for an answer to this. We deploy a number of servers that are configured using Powershell. I am in the process of creating a clustered WIN2K8R2 cluster with MSMQ. I am able to
do this successfully through the Failover Mgr with no issues. In addition, I can do this via Powershell (code listed below) with one caveat.
However, when I create the same exact MSMQ in Powershell, I am unable to right click on the MSMQ service to manage it as the "Manage MSMQ" is missing when I right click on it. The settings are the same, including dependencies. The only difference
I have been able to find is the icon in the Failover Manager shows the Service as a Generic Service icon when created in Powershell, but when it is created in the GUI it shows up as the MSMQ icon. I was able to verify this in the registry in HKLM\Cluster\Groups\<GUID>\:
GroupType HEX: 68 for msmq icon. When it is the Generic Service icon it is HEX: 270f. When I change it from 270f to 68, the icon changes in Failover Manager and I am able to open, but then I get an invalid handle and I am unable to manage it.
This is causing an issue, because I want to automate this build and hand it over, but they would be unable to manage it except by programming which the operators are not ready for.
Here is the code which I have created in Powershell:
    Write-host "Configuring MS MSMQ Cluster Failover..."
    $CluName = "Cluster Name"
    $ClsMSMQName = $CluName.Name + "MSMQ"
    $ClsMSMQResourceName = "MSMQ-" + $ClsMSMQName
    $Response = Read-host "Enter the IP Address of the Clustered MSMQ"
    $ClsIpRes = get-clusterresource "Cluster IP Address"
    $MSMQIpAddr = New-Object Microsoft.FailoverClusters.PowerShell.ClusterParameter $ipres,Address,$Response
    Add-ClusterServerRole -Name $ClsMSMQName -Storage "Cluster Disk" -StaticAddress $MSMQIpAddr.value
    # Add the MSMSMQ Service to the new Server Role
    Get-ClusterGroup $ClsMSMQName | Add-ClusterResource -Name $ClsMSMQResourceName -ResourceType "MSMQ"
    # Create Dependencies for the MSMQ group
    Add-ClusterResourceDependency $ClsMSMQResourceName $ClsMSMQName
    Add-ClusterResourceDependency $ClsMSMQResourceName "Cluster Disk"
    # Start MSMQ group
    Start-ClusterGroup $ClsMSMQName
You would just have to change "Cluster Disk" and "Cluster Name".
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Cluster resource 'File Share Witness (\\\WITNESS_SERVER\SHARE_NAME)' in clustered service or application 'Cluster Group' failed. (EventID 1069)
The Cluster service is shutting down because quorum was lost. This could be due to the loss of network connectivity between some or all nodes in the cluster, or a failover of the witness disk. Run the Validate a Configuration wizard to check your network
configuration. If the condition persists, check for hardware or software errors related to the network adapter. Also check for failures in any other network components to which the node is connected such as hubs, switches, or bridges. (EventID 1177)
The Cluster Service service terminated with service-specific error A quorum of cluster nodes was not present to form a cluster. (EventID 7024)
The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 5000 milliseconds: Restart the service. (EventID 7031)
Looking at the Cluster Events in the Failover Cluster Manager Snap-In i see a heap of Event ID 47 (cannot activate the DAG databases as the server is not up according to Windows Failover Cluster Service) and:
Node status could not be recorded. This could prevent some network failure logic from functioning correctly. NodeStatus:IsHealthy=True,HasADAccess=True,ClusterErrorOverrideFalse,LastUpdate=5/2/2011 8:25:42 AMUTC Failure:An Active Manager operation failed.
Error: An error occurred while attempting a cluster operation. Error: Cluster API '"ClusterRegSetValue() failed with 0x6be. Error: The remote procedure call failed"' failed.. (EventID 184)
Forcefully dismounting all the locally mounted databases on server 'BACKUP_MAILBOX_SERVER. (EventID 307).
Our Comms team doesn't believe it is a comms issue as they did not log any network communication errors between the servers in the two sites (using icmp). So if it is not a comms issue, how can I configure the Failover Cluster Manager to be resilient to
this type of network failover event.
Thanks
Dan

Isn't it also true that in a stretched DAG with even numbered nodes, the PAM needs to be in the same site as the active DAG node? If the connection between both nodes goes down, and the PAM is in the "passive" site, the primary node will
dismount the databases since it can't check with the PAM to make sure its safe for it to be up.
In a even-numbered node stretched DAG, the PAM changes to the DR/passive site everytime a failover occurs, but doesn't automatically switch back when you reactivate the primary node.

2008R2 to 2012R2 = Failover Cluster Manager not found ..gray out feature.

Hello everyone,
I just upgraded from our Hyper-V host running Windows Server 2008R2 to 2012R2,
I didn't get any errors during the upgrade and everything looked fine except that the failover cluster manager is no longer exist ..I went to add it from the server manager and found that the feature already exist but it is grayed out, I can not remove it and
add it again!
how to get the failover manager cluster working again ?
Thanks
Misbah

ok, the fix seems simple,
I needed to go from server manager and select remove role/features and then re-add it.
going to add roles/feature will not allow me to remove any feature ..it is just for adding features.

Failed VM in Failover Cluster Manager

We have a problem that seems to be caused by 3 VMs in our cluster that have failed.
The cluster is a server 2012 R2 cluster.
The VMs are not in Hyper-V anymore, but they still appear in the Failover Cluster Manager. We have tried removing each VM and we receive the following error message, "The file cannot be opened because it is in the process of being deleted."
We have tried moving the failed VM to another server in the cluster but receive the same message.
Is anyone aware of a way to manually delete a specific VM from a cluster or know a solution to our problem?
Thanks

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SCVMM created VMs not displayed in Failover Cluster Manager

I have a 2012 Hyper-V failover cluster setup and recently added SCVMM 2012 SP1 to the mix so I could perform some P2V migrations and familiarize myself with its other many capabilities. I noticed that if I create a VM inside SCVMM it doesn't show up in the
FCM UI with the other VMs I created from FCM. VMs that you create in FCM do get picked up by SCVMM however. Is this by design?
Thanks,
Greg

For my issue above, this was because I'd not noticed and thus not ticked the box on the Live Migrate wizard that says "Make this VM highly available".
I moved the VM out of the cluster, manually deleted the failed "SCVMM <VMName> Resource", then moved the VM back onto the cluster again but this time ticking the box to make the VM highly available. All looked fine in failover cluster manager.
I do rather wonder why SCVMM designers think I might want to migrate a VM onto a Hyper-V cluster and NOT want it to be highly available...? Likewise, to be able to move the VM back out again to a standalone host once it's correctly in the cluster, you have
to untick the "Make this VM highly available box". Surely this should just be done automatically in the background?

Unable to create a clustered VM using Remote Server Administration Tools - Failover Cluster Manager

Hi
I am using two Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 and a single WS2012 Datacenter Edition with GUI Interface for management purpose.
I have installed Failover Clustering feature on these two Hyper-V servers and remote server administration tools for Failover Clustering on WS2012 DC Edition with GUI.
I have created cluster using powershell cmdlets on Hyper-V server because I was unable to create a cluster using RSAT-Failover Clustering (May be some privileges issues).
The problem is " I am still not able to create a Hyper-VM using Failover Cluster Manager on WS2012 DC Edition server". It gives me an error "Invalid operation"
Any Help regarding this issue will be very appreciated.
Thanks in Advance.....
Abhinav | MCTS-Server Virtualization

Thanks Tim for your response but atleast I should be able to create and configure VMs for high availability.
I think this is not the issue which I am facing. It gives me an error "invalid class". There is something missing.
Please check and let me know if it can be solved. Any help will be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Abhinav | MCTS-Server Virtualization

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