Windows error 5017 (ERROR_RESMON_CREATE

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Description: Resource Monitor could not create the resource instance in its resource DLL.

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ERROR_HOST_NODE_NOT_GROUP_OWNER	ERROR_RESMON_ONLINE_FAILED

ERROR_RESMON_CREATE_FAILED

Resource Monitor failed before the resource could be controlled normally

The Cluster service uses Resource Monitor processes to isolate and call resource DLL entry points. Resource DLLs expose Startup and instance-management functions such as Open and Close before normal Online or Offline processing can occur. A create failure therefore points earlier than application startup.

Check resource type registration, DLL loading, and resource-specific initialization. Repeatedly bringing the resource online is unlikely to help when Resource Monitor cannot create a usable resource instance in the first place.

What to inspect

Identify the resource type and verify that its resource DLL and required runtime components are installed consistently on eligible nodes.
Correlate Resource Control Manager and Resource Monitor events with the cluster log for load or initialization failures.
For a third-party resource DLL, collect vendor diagnostics and check recent binary, service-account, or dependency changes before recreating the resource.

Get-ClusterResource -Name <ResourceName> | Format-List *
Get-ClusterResourceType

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