Phil,

I have seen this before, but really you need to investigates why the cluster
service is not starting in the first place.
I would start by analyzing the system event log for any messages related to
cluster as well as the cluster.log file.

furthermore, you might want to think of posting in the
microsoft.public.windows.server.clustering group, this is where the cluster
guru's are hanging out, and I am sure someone will be able to help you out
further.

Rgds,
Edwin
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering.

"Phil" wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I'm having a strange issue with our HP DL380 Storage Server - running
> Windows Storage Server 2003. The two nodes are in a cluster, but when one
is
> rebooted, a message appears on the one that has been rebooted saying that
a
> service has not started. When you log in and check, it is the cluster
> service. However, by the time you have logged in the checked, the service
has
> started itself. I guess it keeps trying until it starts - but I wondered
if
> there was a way of getting rid of the message on reboot. It doesn't look
> good on the live system to have to say, "Oh, ignore that message, it has
> really started". Anyone seen this before? I applied all the latest
Storage
> Server updates in October 2006 - so unless there has been anything
> subsequently, I think its up to date. We are also running Veritas Volume
> Manager to shadow data disks - if that helps.
> Thanks,
> Phil