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Event ID 30821: The SMB client failed to move to a different node on a file server cluster

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The SMB client failed to move to a different node on a file server cluster.

Event 30821
SMBClient
SMBClient/Connectivity log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them) 
The SMB client failed to move to a different node on a file server cluster.

Error: …

File server cluster name: …

Guidance:
Continuous Availability (Transparent Failover) is in use and the client computer failed to move to a different node after an SMB witness request over RPC using TCP (first contacting port 135, then contacting an endpoint port above 1023). The attempt to connect to the destination server failed, which is typically due to a network configuration issue. For example, this issue may occur if the destination node's IP address cannot be resolved, if the destination node is behind a firewall, or if there is no network route from the client to the node.