SQL Server - Problems with sql 2k8 on windows 2k8 install

Asked By Mark Broadbent

18-Nov-09 07:29 AM

Installed the first node and it appeared that the installation only
installed to the first physical node?! dont remember seeing a physical node
selection (as per sql2k5 clustering) so have uninstalled (via remove node)
and then add/remove programs to try again. uninstall fine but now when
attempting to install, cluster still thinks the network name is already in
use -as I type I think this might be old entries in DNS perhaps.
However should I resolve that issue, am I missing the node selection screen?
Is there a simple doc I could reference for sql 2k8 -Im pretty much an
expert in sql 2k5/w2k3..

cheers.

18-Nov-09 10:47 AM

The installer for SQL 2008 clustering is very different than the previous
versions.  Short version is the installer only installs one node at a time.
There are installer options to create the failover cluster instance and to
add a node to a failover cluster instance.  The remote install that created
the other nodes is not in SQL 2008.

BOL goes over this in pretty decent detail.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP

19-Nov-09 07:26 AM

Geoff thanks. I guess it was a case of RTFM, but unfortunately everyone else
had overrun the project which left me a couple of days to get this all
sorted.

I arrived at your conclusion unfortunately after blowing away the first node
install but its finally all going after running into a few other issues.