Hi,

I'm trying to build a cluster for the 1st time using CE manager and the "Configure CE cluster" option fails immediately after confirming the two node names with an InvalidClass error.

Any help much appreciated.

Verbose log follows ....

014/04/25-14:24:43.040 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ConfigWizard Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:43.087 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ActivatePage Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:43.087 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ActivatePage Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:43.087 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS WinUtils::ReadRegistryValue Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:43.087 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ConfigWizard Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.696 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardConnect::configureBtn_Click Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.696 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardConnect::connectToCluster Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.696 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardConnect::validatePage Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.712 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS WinUtils::GetPingStatus Entering N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.712 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS WinUtils::GetPingStatus Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.790 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS ClusUtils::GetClusterServiceState Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.790 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS ClusUtils::GetClusterAndNodeNames Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.790 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS ClusUtils::ConnectToClusterNameSpace Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.790 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS ClusUtils::ConnectToClusterNameSpace Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.821 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS ClusUtils::GetClusterAndNodeNames Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.821 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ClusterGetResourceProperty Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.821 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ClusterGetResourceProperty ClusterName=[MFDEWDB004]. NodeName=[NULL]. ResourceName=[NULL]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardConnect::validatePage An error occurred when getting CECluster from cluster properties with status 997 N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardConnect::validatePage ReplaceStorage = [False]. isCeCluster = [0]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS WinUtils::CheckAdminPrivilege Entering N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS WinUtils::CheckAdminPrivilege The current user [RR_AERO\u10859x] is in the local Administrators group on cluster member nodes.  N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS WinUtils::CheckAdminPrivilege Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE Quorum MFDEWDB004C01 ARB_LIBRARY CEServiceArbLibrary::CEStorageArbitration::ReadClusterCustomResTypeList Enter 476
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ResGetListProperty Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ResGetListProperty Property=[CustomResourceTypes]. ResourceType=[1]. ClusterName=[MFDEWDB004]. NodeName=[NULL]. GrpName=[NULL]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ClusterGetResourceProperty Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.837 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ClusterGetResourceProperty ClusterName=[MFDEWDB004]. NodeName=[NULL]. ResourceName=[NULL]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.852 4760 4480 u10859x INFORMATION Quorum MFDEWDB004C01 ARB_LIBRARY CEServiceArbLibrary::CEStorageArbitration::ReadClusterCustomResTypeList Custom Resource Type List:System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.String] 512
2014/04/25-14:24:59.852 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetOSVersion Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.884 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetOSVersion Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.884 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetOSVersion Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.899 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetOSVersion Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.899 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_BL CeCluster::AreAllNodesConfigured Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.899 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE Quorum MFDEWDB004C01 ARB_LIBRARY CEServiceArbLibrary::CEStorageArbitration::ReadClusterSiteList Enter 312
2014/04/25-14:24:59.899 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ResGetListProperty Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.899 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ResGetListProperty Property=[SiteList]. ResourceType=[1]. ClusterName=[MFDEWDB004]. NodeName=[NULL]. GrpName=[NULL]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.899 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ClusterGetResourceProperty Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.899 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 CLUSPROP ClusterGetResourceProperty ClusterName=[MFDEWDB004]. NodeName=[NULL]. ResourceName=[NULL]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.915 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS ClusUtils::ReadSiteList No site list found in cluster properties for cluster [MFDEWDB004]. CEServiceArbLibrary.ClusterPropertyException: Parsing XML string from SiteList failed for cluster [MFDEWDB004]. Message: Root element is missing. InnerException:  Source: System.Xml StackTrace:    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)

   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()

   at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)

   at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)

   at System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml(String xml)

   at CEServiceArbLibrary.CEStorageArbitration.ReadClusterSiteList(String strClusterName) TargetSite: Void Throw(System.Exception)

   at CEServiceArbLibrary.CEStorageArbitration.ReadClusterSiteList(String strClusterName)

   at CE_Utils.ClusUtils.ReadSiteList(String strClusterName, List`1& sites) N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.915 4760 4480 u10859x ERROR N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_BL CeCluster::AreAllNodesConfigured ReadSiteList failed to read site list from cluster properties.  N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.915 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_BL CeCluster::AreAllNodesConfigured Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.915 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardConnect::validatePage Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.915 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ActivatePage Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.915 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardNodeList::validatePage Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.915 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetNodeData Entering. Node name [MFDEWDB004C01]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.915 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetNodeData GetObject from WMI: [CE_ComputerSystem.CreationClassName="CE_ComputerSystem",Name="MFDEWDB004C01"].  N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.931 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetNodeData Exiting. Node name [MFDEWDB004C01]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.931 4760 4480 u10859x ERROR N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_BL Node::Node(string) Cannot retrieve node information. Error 'Invalid class ' occurred while retrieving CE_ComputerSystem object from MFDEWDB004C01. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.931 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetNodeData Entering. Node name [MFDEWME004C01]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:24:59.931 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetNodeData GetObject from WMI: [CE_ComputerSystem.CreationClassName="CE_ComputerSystem",Name="MFDEWME004C01"].  N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:00.009 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::GetNodeData Exiting. Node name [MFDEWME004C01]. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:00.009 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardNodeList::validatePage Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:00.009 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ActivatePage Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:00.009 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardConnect::connectToCluster Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:00.009 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardConnect::configureBtn_Click Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.259 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ActivatePage Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.274 4760 968 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardValidateSetup::TimeConsumingOperation Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.274 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ActivatePage Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.274 4760 968 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS WinUtils::GetPingStatus Entering N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.274 4760 968 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS WinUtils::GetPingStatus Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.274 4760 968 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::VersionCheck Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.290 4760 968 u10859x ERROR N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::VersionCheck ManagementException: Message: Invalid class  ErrorCode: InvalidClass N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.290 4760 968 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI_UTILS StorUtils::VersionCheck Exiting.  Node [MFDEWDB004C01] didn't pass the version check. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.290 4760 968 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardValidateSetup::TimeConsumingOperation Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.290 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardValidateSetup::AddNewPages Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:01.290 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizardValidateSetup::worker_RunWorkerCompleted Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:02.665 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ActivatePage Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:02.680 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::ActivatePage Exiting. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:05.399 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::Finish Entering. N/A
2014/04/25-14:25:05.399 4760 4480 u10859x VERBOSE N/A MFDEWDB004C01 GUI ConfigWizard::Finish Exiting. N/A