What does Windows error code 5041 (ERROR_CLUSTER_JOIN_IN_PROGRESS) mean?

 
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ERROR_CLUSTER_NODE_EXISTS ERROR_CLUSTER_NODE_NOT_FOUND

ERROR_CLUSTER_JOIN_IN_PROGRESS

Failover Clustering serializes membership changes. Starting another join, eviction, or configuration operation while a node is joining can make diagnosis harder and can abort the original operation.

What to check

  • Wait for the current join to finish or fail and then inspect the first failure in the cluster log.
  • Confirm that no administrator, automation job, or deployment tool is attempting the same add-node action concurrently.
  • Verify stable connectivity, DNS, and matching cluster prerequisites before retrying the join.
Get-ClusterLog -UseLocalTime -Destination C:\ClusterLogs

Microsoft: Get-ClusterLog

Microsoft: Test-Cluster

Microsoft: Create and manage a failover cluster


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