December 13, 2024
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I notice the storage space direct cluster file share witness failed for some reasons today, but when I check the file share permissions, everything looks good. It looks a bug but not sure. I am going to show you how to fix this issue.

I notice the storage space direct cluster file share witness failed for some reasons today, but when I check the file share permissions, everything looks good. It looks a bug but not sure.

I am going to show you how to fix this issue.

1.Open Failover Cluster Manager.

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2.Right-click cluster name, select More Actions, click Configure Cluster Quorum settings.

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3.On the Before You Begin page, click Next.

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4.On the Select Quorum Configuration Option page, select Select the quorum witness, click Next.

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5.On the Select Quorum Witness page, select Do not configure a quorum witness, click Next.

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6.On the Confirmation page, click Next.

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7.On the Summary page, verify configured successfully, click Finish.

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8.Verify Cluster Core Resource of Failover Cluster Manager, make sure the File Share Witness was be removed.

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9.Right-click cluster name, select More Actions, click Configure Cluster Quorum settings.

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10.On the Before You Begin page, click Next.

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11.On the Select Quorum Configuration Option page, select Select the quorum witness, click Next.

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12.On the Select Quorum Witness page, select Configure a file share witness, click Next.

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13.On the Configure File Share Witness page, click Browse.

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14.On the Browse for Shared Folders page, click Browse.

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15.On the Select Computer, type the Shared Folders server name, click Check Names.

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16.Verify the name of Server is correct, click OK.

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17.On the Browse for Shared Folders, select the existing Shared folders, click OK.

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18.On the Configure File Share Witness page, click Next.

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19.On the Confirmation page, click Next.

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20.On the Summary page, verify configured successfully, click Finish.

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21.Verify Cluster Core Resources of Failover Cluster Manager, make sure the File Share Witness back to Online again.

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