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“The data is invalid” warning pops up on Heartbeat setting for virtual machine resource in Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster Manager.

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Symptoms

When you try un-checking [Enable heartbeat monitoring for the virtual machine] checkbox in the properties dialog of a VM Resource from Failover Cluster Manager in Windows Server 2012, “The data is invalid” warning dialog comes up and you are not able to complete the process.

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Cause

This is a known issue with Failover Cluster Manager in the way that it implements the checkbox. The cluster property that this checkbox is supposed to set remains unchanged.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, follow one of these options below:

< Option 1 >
If you determine to change the settings from GUI, follow these steps:

Open Failover Cluster Manager.
Click Roles and find the Virtual Machine Resource.
Select the Resources tab and Right-click the Virtual Machine.
Click Properties and then select the Settings tab.
In Heartbeat Setting, un-check the Enable automatic recovery for application health monitoring first.
Continue un-check the Enable heartbeat monitoring for the virtual machine, and then click OK.

< Option 2 >
If you determine to change the settings from Windows PowerShell, follow these steps:

Start Windows PowerShell.
Check the Virtual Machine Name.
PS C:\> Get-ClusterResource
Check the Value of Enable heartbeat monitoring for the virtual machine and Enable automatic recovery for application health monitoring.
PS C:\> Get-ClusterResource < Virtual Machine Name > | Get-ClusterParameter CheckHeartbeat
When the CheckHeartbeat Value is 1, both of Enable heartbeat monitoring for the virtual machine and Enable automatic recovery for application health monitoring is checked. To un-check both of them, change the value to 0.
PS C:\> Get-ClusterResource < Virtual Machine Name > | Set-ClusterParameter CheckHeartbeat 0

Note: If you determine to un-check only Enable automatic recovery for application health monitoring, run the cmdlet below.
PS C:\> (Get-ClusterResource <Object>).EmbeddedFailureAction = 1

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