Erik Edvalson (1/14/2013)
I know that this thread has gone stale without replies for quite some time. However, I was having this same problem and I figured it out. This may or may not resolve the problem that the orginal poster had but here is what I had to do.1. Open Control Panel and then double click the Windows Firewall icon to open the Windows Firewall control panel.
2. In the upper left, click Allow a program through Windows Firewall. This will open up the Windows Firewall Settings window.
3. Select the Exceptions tab, if it isn't already selected. Scroll down and make sure that Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is checked.
4. Click OK or Apply.
That's all I had to do. Hope this is helpful.
Thanks for this. We have since upgraded to ss2k8r2 and dont have 2k5 clusters anymore, so i cant test the solution. I am almost certain that the FW would have been off on all of the servers. And i have just checked my desktop pc to confirm, my FW is also off.
If the FW's were all off, would 'Exceptions' still be needed?
TIA,
Adam
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