Q182193: PRB: Err: Cluster Resource Dependency Can Not Be Found

Article: Q182193
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
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Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to select the "Use Network Name as Computer Name" check box for a
resource, you may receive the following error:

  The Cluster resource dependency can not be found.

This error may be generated even if your resource depends on a resource, that in
turn depends on a network name resource.

For example, if the resource being configured above is called "A" and it depends
on a resource called "B", "B" would be the resource that depends on the network
name resource:

  A --> B --> Network Name

CAUSE
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An indirect dependency, such as that shown above, will not be recognized by the
Cluster Administrator.

RESOLUTION
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If one resource uses another, there should be a direct dependency between them.
Note that it is not necessary to add a dependency for something a resource does
not directly use. For example, extending the illustration from above:

  A --> B --> Network Name --> IP Address

B does not need a dependency on the IP Address unless it uses the IP address
directly.

STATUS
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This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: mscs

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