I have the Distributed Cache service running on three servers in my 2013 farm. I was attempting to take it off of the WFE so it would only run on the two existing Application servers, or what will become the App servers once I am done loaded them with services and Scheduled Jobs. The issue I am encountering however is that when I am on any server other than the App server the Get-CacheHost command returns Service Status of Unknown for the App sever and OK for the other two servers.
I have checked and this result is consistent on both the WFE and the other App server. I have checked all the firewall rules and the AppFabric is approved for Inbound and Outbound communications and I do not see any errors in any of the event logs. The weirdest thing is that the Resource Monitor shows the DistributedCacheService connect to all of the servers in the Farm and they are all using the standard, out of the box port of 22233. I've reset the Cache, I've rebooted the App server, I've added and removed the service from the App server but nothing works, I'm stumped and I am hoping someone can drop some knowledge here.
App Server results:
PS C:\Users\sp2013_setup> Get-CacheHost
HostName : CachePort Service Name Service Status Version
Info
-------------------- ------------ -------------- ----------
SharePoint02.fs.dew.twu:22233 AppFabricCachingService UP 3
[3,3][1,3]
SharePoint03.fs.dew.twu:22233 AppFabricCachingService UP 3
[3,3][1,3]
shrPt2013.fs.dew.twu:22233 AppFabricCachingService UP 3
[3,3][1,3]
WFE Results:
PS C:\Users\sp2013_setup> Get-CacheHost
HostName : CachePort Service Name Service Status Version
Info
-------------------- ------------ -------------- ----------
SharePoint02.fs.dew.twu:22233 AppFabricCachingService UP 3
[3,3][1,3]
SharePoint03.fs.dew.twu:22233 AppFabricCachingService UNKNOWN 0
[0,0][0,0]
shrPt2013.fs.dew.twu:22233 AppFabricCachingService UP 3
[3,3][1,3]
Anyone have any ideas what might correct this or what step I have missed to fully enable this communication?
