Fail to create the site.

Question

Hello,

I know my question is not a  new issue and might have been posted before.

I tried to create a new site on a fresh AGS 10.1 install on Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise (WMware), 
and I get the following error:

Failed to create the site. Failed to create the cluster 'default'.
One or more server machines could not be started.

Please note that the default site_name and directories are accepted and
ports 4000-4003 are open. I would be grateful if you could kindly share
your experiences and suggestions to fix this problem

Regards

Omur Saygin, PhD
Izmir Institute of Technology
School of Architecture

BubbaHey · Answer

Excellent! Glad to hear it.

FatmaŞenol · Answer

Hello,

Thank you for your reply and tips. There are no underscore or numeric characters in domain
name but your suggestion is particularly valuable for beginners like me . However, there was a 
non-English character (İ instead of I) So I modified the domain name and I was able to create 
a new site.

Best Regards

- Omur Saygin
Also:

Bug NIM-093185
http://support.esri.com/en/bugs/nimbus/TklNMDkzMTg1

ArcGIS for Server is unable to create a site if the domain name contains numeric characters. The following error message is displayed, �??Failed to create the site. Failed to create the cluster default. One or more server machines could not be started.�?� If the user clicks Finish, another error message is displayed, �??Failed to create the site.�?�

BubbaHey · Answer

Also:

Bug NIM-093185
http://support.esri.com/en/bugs/nimbus/TklNMDkzMTg1

ArcGIS for Server is unable to create a site if the domain name contains numeric characters. The following error message is displayed, �??Failed to create the site. Failed to create the cluster default. One or more server machines could not be started.�?� If the user clicks Finish, another error message is displayed, �??Failed to create the site.�?�