Unable to start the cluster service

Check the following

•    Symptom - Unable to start the cluster service on 2nd node.

•    Possible Cause - NoLMHash Policy was enabled and the password was less that 15  characters.

•    Resolution - Suggested either to disable the policy or change the password to more than 15 characters which resolved the issue

More information http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299656

• Check MSDTC error is there or not, if yes rebuild MSDTC

  

RESOLUTION: 

%windir%\system32\msdtc.exe -uninstall

msdtc –remove

msdtc –resetlog

Renamed C:\Windows\dtcinstall.log to dtcinstall.log.old

Removed the Enable COM+ and Enable DTC from Add removed Windows components. Deleted the MSDTC keys and restarted the server.