What does Windows error code 5081 (ERROR_CLUSTER_NO_RPC_PACKAGES_REGISTERED) mean?

 
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ERROR_CLUSTER_NO_RPC_PACKAGES_REGISTERED

No authentication package could be registered with the RPC server.

ERROR_CLUSTER_NO_RPC_PACKAGES_REGISTERED is Win32 error 5081 (0x13D9) and belongs to Failover clustering cluster RPC authentication initialization.

Troubleshooting steps

  • Record cluster service startup events.
  • Record LSA and RPC authentication package state.
  • Record security policy and credential-provider changes.
  • Record system and cluster logs from service initialization.

What to verify

Verify whether the cluster RPC server could not register any authentication package. Check cluster service startup events together with LSA and RPC authentication package state.

Handling, retry, and recovery

Restore supported authentication packages and security configuration, then restart the cluster service in a controlled maintenance window.

Practical example

A hardened image removes required authentication support, causing cluster RPC startup to fail until policy is corrected.

References


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