SQL Server Error Code – 41196 failed to create availability group ‘%.*

In this blog post, you’ll learn more about the SQL Server Error Code 41196 and the error message description that is shown

SQL Server Error Code

41196

SQL Server Error Description for the Code :41196

Failed to create availability group ‘%.*ls’, because a Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) group with the specified name already exists.  An attempt to rollback the operation failed.  Check the SQL Server error log for more details.  To manually clean up the partially created availability group, run the DROP AVAILABILITY GROUP command.  Reenter your CREATE AVAILABILITY GROUP command specifying a unique availability group name.