Sql Server 2005 SP2 Unattended Install For Failover Cluster
Jan 17, 2008
Hello All, I am trying the following script to upgrade SQL Server 2005 SP1 to SP2. I have an Active Passive cluster configuration. I have default instances of SQL Server. I am using the following script.
The sql server install fails to run. When I used the above command with just
start /wait c:1sqlserversp2SQLSERVER2005SP2-KB921896-x86-ENU.exe /quiet still the summary.txt file came with authentication success and that is all. I changed the above script and did
start /wait c:1sqlserversp2SQLSERVER2005SP2-KB921896-x86-ENU.exe /instancename=instancename of the cluster
This worked, however the install patched the passive node (DB engine, all the cluster unaware components) but failed to patch the DB engine on the Active node. I had to run the SQL Server sp2 install manually but still it did not patch the DB engine on the primary node
1. Can someone please help me with this issue as I want the unattended install to work. so it installs both active and passive node. I will post the final output and also the ADS script to do this as a bonus if this works.
Here is the summary.txt file.
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Processes Locking Files
Process Name Feature Type User Name PID
msftesql Database Services Service 5152
MSSQLSERVER Database Services Service 4412
ResrcMon.exe Database Services Application SHOMSCSService 4688
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Product Installation Status
Product : Setup Support Files
Product Version (Previous): 3042
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Not Selected
Log File :
Error Description :
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Product : Database Services (MSSQLSERVER)
Product Version (Previous): 2153
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Failure
Log File : C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup BootstrapLOGHotfixSQL9_Hotfix_KB921896_sqlrun_sql.msp.log
Error Number : 29506
Error Description : MSP Error: 29506 SQL Server Setup failed to modify security permissions on file D:Microsoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData for user sqlservice. To proceed, verify that the account and domain running SQL Server Setup exist, that the account running SQL Server Setup has administrator privileges, and that exists on the destination drive.
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Product : Integration Services
Product Version (Previous): 3042
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Not Selected
Log File :
Error Description :
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Product : SQL Server Native Client
Product Version (Previous): 3042
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Not Selected
Log File :
Error Description :
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Product : Client Components
Product Version (Previous): 3042
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Not Selected
Log File :
Error Description :
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Product : MSXML 6.0 Parser
Product Version (Previous): 1129
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Not Selected
Log File :
Error Description :
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Product : SQLXML4
Product Version (Previous): 3042
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Not Selected
Log File :
Error Description :
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Product : Backward Compatibility
Product Version (Previous): 2004
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Not Selected
Log File :
Error Description :
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Product : Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer
Product Version (Previous): 3042
Product Version (Final) :
Status : Not Selected
Log File :
Error Description :
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Summary
One or more products failed to install, see above for details
Exit Code Returned: 29506
Hi we have a two node windows 2003 x64 cluster, each running a SQL 2005 instance. I've added a new node to the cluster and am now trying to set up a new instance of SQL 2005 on the new node (node c). During the install i am getting a failure just after the stage where you choose the features to install. I'm selecting SQL database engine with Failover Cluster. When i click next i get a message which states:
"The drive specified cannot be used for program location. Program Files must be installed on a valid local disk available on all cluster nodes. The valid values are"
I've read a number of articles about possible causes for this and i've checked all the suggested causes but none of these have made a difference. The cluster disk resource is healthy and can be failed between all nodes in the cluster. No errors are generated. I am using an account which has domain admin rights and I can access all admin shares on all nodes. Some of the articles i have referenced are here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907261
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=913815
http://blogs.technet.com/mbaher/archive/2007/03/23/clustering-sql-2005-and-administrative-shares.aspx I've tried uninstalling all components etc but still i can't get it to work. The next step is rebuilding the server completely so does anyone have any suggestions?
I am tying to set up an SQL 2005, SP1 failover cluster on a new set of hardware. Everytime I try to run the install, I get this error
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup ------------------------------
Setup failed to start on the remote machine. Check the Task scheduler event log on the remote machine.
I've gone through this doc (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189910.aspx) and checked all of the applicable cautions:
I don't have an antivirus package running.
All of the SQL setup pre-checks run fine.
I have a SQL Group created, with the shared drive as a resource.
NBT is disabled on both heartbeat NIC's.
NBT is explicitly enabled on both external NIC's.
While I do have DDNS running, just to be safe I've pre-created an A record for my SQL VR.
Both nodes are registered in DNS and Setup correctly finds the second node.
In the Application event log on the second node (the one failing...), I get MSI Installer 'Install Started' successes (and sometimes I even get "Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -- Installation completed successfully.")
I am running the install as myself, a Domain Admin and am explicitly added to the Administrators group on both servers.
Remote Registry is running.
Task Scheduler is running.
There is plenty of space everywhere.
All of the Admin shares are enabled.
The node I am running the install from is the owner of all of the cluster groups and resources:
Cluster group
MSDTC group
SQL group
This is all that is in my setup log:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 9.00.1399.06 ============================== OS Version : Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family, Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 3790) Time : Tue Nov 06 16:45:52 2007
Task did not appear to start on machine: \ERLEW01B: 267013
I'm at a total loss and I'm getting very frustrated...
Our product ships with a bootstrapper that installs SQL Server 2005 silently for our clients - basically it's a pre-req which we load for them if it's not already installed.
The bootstrapper supplies the service account identity parameters for the SQL Server install command line in English. It supplies the local system account (NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM).
The problem occurs when we tried to install the product onto a French version of XP. We got the error message "SQL Server setup could not validate the service accounts. Either the service accounts have not been provided for all the services being installed, or the specified username or password is incorrect. For each service, specify a valid username, password, and domain, or specify a built-in system account."
Having read the page http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143504.aspx#Localized_service_names we have discovered that the system account identity has a different name for French (AUTORITE NTSYSTEM) along with some other languages ... but we're not sure how to resolve the problem.
Can anyone out there tell me whether we ... 1) Can get the machine being installed on to tell us the local system account identity so we can substitute it into our command line in the bootstrapper? 2) Have to write a different bootstrapper for each language that names the local system account identity differently? 3) Have overlooked some other solution?
Also, does anyone know how many languages and which they are that give the local system account a name that's different to "NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM"??
Thanks, Sara
<EDIT>
Sorry, omitted a vital bit of information. The bootstrapper is written in C++. We know the .NET code to retrieve an NT account given a well known SID. Can we do the same in C++ somehow?? </EDIT>
I have a script that performs an unattended installation of SQL Server and works fine.
However, if I un-install via the control panel all the files are removed apart from the databases that are created by me when SQl server was installed. This is good and ensures data is not deleted.
The files left over are in the following directory: C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData and contains: MyDatabase.mdf MyDatabase_log.LDF
The problem I have is after performing the re-installtion of SQL server (unattended) I am unable to create a new database with the same name (in this instance called "myDatabase").
The actual files are physically there so this is the reason a new database with the same name cannot be creacted.
Again this is ok again because it ensures I cannot overwrite existing data. However I am unable to re-attach this database to SQl server so I can continue to use it!
The question is:
How do I make this database usable again after an unattended install? Is there a parameter I am missing?
Below are the commands I use that are passed to the installation of SQL Server as command line parameters:
The last four commands I have played around with but for some reason SQL Server service will not start when these are used! (This is a different issue though!).
When trying to install SQL 2005 as a failover cluster in a Windows 2003 64 bit SP 2 cluster, I receive the following error when trying to select the installation path after choosing to install as a failover cluster.
_________________________ TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Setup ------------------------------ The drive specified cannot be used for program location. Program files must be installed on a valid local disk available on all cluster nodes. The valid values are __________________________
There is a knowledge base artical that says this can be from not installing the software with an account with admin permissions on all the servers in the cluster with the 64 bit install, but the account I used is an admin on both servers.
The only thing that I can think is causing the problem is that it is setup to boot from our SAN and it is using one fabric. By default Microsoft Clustering doesnt like this, but we use the newest storeport driver and applied the registry key supplied in KB article 886569 to resolve this. I could not find any documentation showing that this would limit a SQL 2005 Failover Cluster from seeing the shared storage.
We have sql server 2005 installed locally on 2 servers and want to set up failover clustering. Do we need to uninstall what we have then install as failover cluster? Thanks.
When using this connection string, the connection to MAIN is alrigth, but when we simulate a unavailability situation on "MyBase" or on the entire MAIN instance, the new connection are joining the MAIN and not the BCKUP SQL Server.
We tryed several Connection Strings including Failover_Partner, Initliag Catalog instead of database... but no one succed in joining the BCKUP SQL Server.
I precise that the DNS on the PC that connect to SQL server is configured and both MAIN and BCKUP are resolved in command line or in explorer.
Is there an other driver that must be used, or is there an other parameter to set in the connection string ?
When using this connection string, the connection to MAIN is alrigth, but when we simulate a unavailability situation on "MyBase" or on the entire MAIN instance, the new connection are joining the MAIN and not the BCKUP SQL Server.
We tryed several Connection Strings including Failover_Partner, Initliag Catalog instead of database... but no one succed in joining the BCKUP SQL Server.
I precise that the DNS on the PC that connect to SQL server is configured and both MAIN and BCKUP are resolved in command line or in explorer.
Is there an other driver that must be used, or is there an other parameter to set in the connection string ?
1. Once fail over to secondary replica, what will happen to connected session in primary node? can the session fail over to secondary seamlessly or need to re-login. what happen committed transactions which has not write to disk. 2. Assume I have always on cluster with three nodes, if primary fails, how second node make write/ read mode. 3. after fail over done to 2nd secondary node what mode in production(readonly or read write). 4. how to rollback to production primary ,will change data in secondary will get updated in primary.
Curious on how this will work.. if i install sql 2005 standard edition on one virtual server.. to a fixed disk (actually 2 fixed disks.. one for C, one for D).. then install another 2005 standard edition on another virtual server.. do i just rerun the setup and suddenly the failover cluster option will NOT be greyed out?
I am intsalling SQL 2005 in an activepassive cluster. The OS is Windows 2003 with SP1. Everything installs OK but the sql server service cannot start afterwards. There are many access errors in the Security Event log - see example below - and numerous "SSPI handshake failed with error code 0x8009030c while establishing a connection with integrated security; the connection has been closed. " errors in both the SQL and Application event logs. I have tried installing SQL in both mixed mode and under Windows Authentication and get the same errors. I can install SQL 2005 outside of the cluster on both nodes. Other items of note: This was a SQL 2000 cluster. I uninstalled SQL 2K, the virtual name was changed (IP remained the same) and the DNS entry was updated to reflect the new name. Early in the installation process - 3 or 4 days ago - I got a few errors about the Server Principal Name had to be updated but when I do a setspn -l the both nodes are listed and the entries look fine, though there are no entries for the sql service (MSSQLSvc). Not sure if there should be entries for the virtual name, but there aren't any for either the old or new name. Does the new virtual name need to be added to AD? Here is the security error - Event ID is 560 and it looks like there's a problem with Remote Access and is generated when trying to access either node: Category: Object Access Type: Failure Audit Event_ID: 560 User: NT AuthorityNetwork Service Object Open: Object Server: SC Manager Object Type: SERVICE OBJECT Object Name: RemoteAccess Handle ID: - Operation ID: {0,134558507} Process ID: 1516 Image File Name: C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe Primary User Name: CM-OHCO-DS006B$ Primary Domain: SWNA Primary Logon ID: (0x0,0x3E7) Client User Name: NETWORK SERVICE Client Domain: NT AUTHORITY Client Logon ID: (0x0,0x3E4) Accesses: Query status of service
One other informational message that may be of use - looks like there's a problem with dll's for remote access, though this isn't pertaining to SQL: The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( srmservice ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: srmservice error: 0, Started the agent (srmagent.exe)..
I am trying to install SQL Server 2012 onto an already configured and validated windows failover cluster (server 2012) but the process is hanging after installing the setup files.
The last entry in the log is:
running discovery on remote machine
and I've left it hanging like this for 4 hours and nothing happens.
I am having an issue with SQL 2005 unattended install, I cannot see where in the template.ini file you can specify the TCP port number for SQL 2005 to listen to I want to change it to a specific port number, I know you can do this in an unattended install on SQL 2000.
Also in an unattended install of SQL 2000 and 2005 is there any way you can specify the database and transaction logs location for new databases to be installed on another drive then the system databases. I know you can change this later in SQL server properties but I wanted this to be done during the install or is there a T-SQL script which can do this after?
I am trying to create an un-attended SQL 2005 Express install. I have successfully made my own template.ini file to install SQL the way I like but I cannot find a way to make it install with the "Ad hox remote queries" option enabled.
Is there anyway to do this? I can't seem to find any switches in the INI file to allow this.
I noticed in installing a SQL2005 failover cluster instance,that it is not necessary to install on both servers. Installing on the primary node automagically installs to the secondary node. Does this constitute a COMPLETE install? It all seems to work. BUT this process does not intall client pieces (SSMS, for instance) on the secondary node. If you want that stuff there, do you then go to that box and just do a client install?
I am trying to install SQL failover cluster on one of my nodes so it should install sql on the 2nd node. It keeps coming back saying setup failed to start on the remote machine. When I look in scheduled tasks it is listed as could not run. Can someone please help.
I am trying to install SQL 2005 in a 2-node virtual Windows 2003 cluster. I set the cluster up through Virtual Server 2005 with 2 virtual nodes and one virtual domain. The nodes can connect to each other as well as the physical machine. When I try to install a fresh copy of SQL 2005 on my cluster, I get an error every time. The error stops the installation while checking system configuration after installing prerequisites. The log file entry is as follows:
******************************************* Setup Consistency Check Report for Machine: --SERVERNAME-- ******************************************* Article: WMI Service Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: MSXML Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: Operating System Minimum Level Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: Operating System Service Pack Level Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: SQL Compatibility With Operating System, Result: CheckPassed Article: Minimum Hardware Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: IIS Feature Requirement, Result: Warning Description: IIS is not installed, therefore Report Server feature will be disabled Action: Install IIS in order for Report Server feature to be enabled Article: Pending Reboot Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: Performance Monitor Counter Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: Default Installation Path Permission Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: Internet Explorer Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: Check COM+ Catalogue, Result: CheckPassed Article: ASP.Net Registration Requirement, Result: CheckPassed Article: Minimum MDAC Version Requirement, Result: CheckPassed <Func Name='PerformDetections'> 1 Loaded DLL:C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90Setup Bootstrapsqlsval.dll Version:2005.90.1399.0 Error: Action "InvokeSqlSetupDllAction" threw an exception during execution. Error information reported during run: Source File Name: datastorecachedpropertycollection.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:49 2005 Function Name: CachedPropertyCollection::findProperty Source Line Number: 130 ---------------------------------------------------------- Failed to find property "ComputerList" {"SqlComputers", "", ""} in cache Source File Name: datastoreclusterinfocollector.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Sep 16 13:20:12 2005 Function Name: ClusterInfoCollector::collectClusterVSInfo Source Line Number: 883 ---------------------------------------------------------- Failed to detect VS info due to datastore exception. Source File Name: datastoreclustergroupsproperties.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:49 2005 Function Name: ClusterGroupScope.SharedDisks Source Line Number: 56 ---------------------------------------------------------- Failed to find a cluster group that owned shared disk: J: WinException : 2 Error Code: 0x80070002 (2) Windows Error Text: The system cannot find the file specified. Source File Name: datastoreclustergroupsproperties.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:49 2005 Function Name: ClusterGroupScope.SharedDisks Source Line Number: 56
I'm currently trying to develop an unattended installation of the Client Tools to be distributed to developers workstations.
All is well on 'clean' machines, but the problems arise when an instance of SQL Server Express is already present. The install fails, and the reason isn't clear from the log files.
I know Express installs a couple of the Client Components (like Config Manager), and I believe this is what it blocking me.
Has anyone tried this scenario?
Would I be best to REMOVE the Client_Components first, and then re-install them with SSMS etc.? Or is there a better method?
I have to leave the Express Database instance untouched as I'm not responsible for its installation or maintenance.
1. In alwaysON fail over cluster, Once fail over to secondary replica, what will happen to connected session in primary node? can the session fail over to secondary seamlessly or need to re-login. what happen committed transactions which has not write to disk.
2. Assume I have always on cluster with three nodes, if primary fails, how second node make write/ read mode.
3. After fail over done to 2nd secondary node what mode in production(readonly or read write).
4. How to rollback to production primary ,will change data in secondary will get updated in primary.
I am trying to install multi instances on my server cluster 2003 R2 Sp2. Because of the compatibility issues with my services I need to install both SQL 2000 and 2005. With 2000 I can easily specify the instance and servername. The server name can be the same, but the instance has to be different. Is this true for 2005? I have found so far that for every new instance that you create that you need to have a different virtual server name. How can you utilize the same virtual name and have multi insances
I would like to install SQL server 2005 cluster on Windows 2003 cluster. Is domain controller (AD and DNS) necessary for the SQL server 2005 cluster? If yes, may I install it on one of the SQL server 2005 cluster nodes? Thanks in advance
When I tried to SQL Server 2005 (Standard) to two-node Windows 2003 servers, the Remote Setup task on the 2nd node hang. Here is the SQL Setup log. Please help figure out the cause of the problem. Thanks in advance.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup beginning at Tue Apr 24 16:17:14 2007 Process ID : 2864 \irv144C$SQL2005Std-x64disc1setup.exe Version: 2005.90.1399.0 Running: LoadResourcesAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14 Complete: LoadResourcesAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14, returned true Running: ParseBootstrapOptionsAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14 Loaded DLL:\irv144C$SQL2005Std-x64disc1xmlrw.dll Version:2.0.3604.0 Complete: ParseBootstrapOptionsAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14, returned false Error: Action "ParseBootstrapOptionsAction" failed during execution. Error information reported during run: Could not parse command line due to datastore exception. Source File Name: utillibpersisthelpers.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:55 2005 Function Name: writeEncryptedString Source Line Number: 124 ---------------------------------------------------------- writeEncryptedString() failed Source File Name: utillibpersisthelpers.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:55 2005 Function Name: writeEncryptedString Source Line Number: 123 ---------------------------------------------------------- Error Code: 0x80070002 (2) Windows Error Text: The system cannot find the file specified.
Source File Name: cryptohelpercryptsameusersamemachine.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Mon Jun 13 14:30:00 2005 Function Name: sqls::CryptSameUserSameMachine:rotectData Source Line Number: 50
2 Could not skip Component update due to datastore exception. Source File Name: datastorecachedpropertycollection.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:49 2005 Function Name: CachedPropertyCollection::findProperty Source Line Number: 130 ---------------------------------------------------------- Failed to find property "InstallMediaPath" {"SetupBootstrapOptionsScope", "", "2864"} in cache Source File Name: datastorepropertycollection.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:50 2005 Function Name: SetupBootstrapOptionsScope.InstallMediaPath Source Line Number: 44 ---------------------------------------------------------- No collector registered for scope: "SetupBootstrapOptionsScope" Running: ValidateWinNTAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14 Complete: ValidateWinNTAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14, returned true Running: ValidateMinOSAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14 Complete: ValidateMinOSAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14, returned true Running: PerformSCCAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14 Complete: PerformSCCAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14, returned true Running: ActivateLoggingAction at: 2007/3/24 16:17:14 Error: Action "ActivateLoggingAction" threw an exception during execution. Error information reported during run: Datastore exception while trying to write logging properties. Source File Name: datastorecachedpropertycollection.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:49 2005 Function Name: CachedPropertyCollection::findProperty Source Line Number: 130 ---------------------------------------------------------- Failed to find property "primaryLogFiles" {"SetupStateScope", "", ""} in cache Source File Name: datastorepropertycollection.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:50 2005 Function Name: SetupStateScope.primaryLogFiles Source Line Number: 44 ---------------------------------------------------------- No collector registered for scope: "SetupStateScope" 0000000000EDAF90Unable to proceed with setup, there was a command line parsing error. : 2 Error Code: 0x80070002 (2) Windows Error Text: The system cannot find the file specified.
Source File Name: datastorepropertycollection.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:50 2005 Function Name: SetupBootstrapOptionsScope.InstallMediaPath Source Line Number: 44
When doing a unattended install of Microsoft SQL Server Express, I have a problem specifing the service to installed to be run under the as local system account.
I'm using: SQLACCOUNT & SQLPASSWORD parameters but it just won't work.
As default SQL Server is installed using the NETWORK SERVICE account, this causes the database to be read-only. What I want is to specifiy in the script that the service should run under the LOCAL SYSTEM account instead. This must also be OS-language independent.
I've tried:
SQLACCOUNT=NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM SQLACCOUNT=NT AUTHORITYLOCAL SYSTEM SQLACCOUNT=NT AUTHORITYLOCAL SERVICE SQLACCOUNT=SYSTEM
SQLACCOUNT=BUILT-INSYSTEM
etc.
and even some different SID as:
S-1-5-18 S-1-5-19
All with no password with the SQLPASSWORD parameter:
SQLPASSWORD=
I still getting the same error while validating the service account.
Is there someone else who knows what I'm doing wrong?
We have 2 nodes window Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Version cluster setup. We can switch roles and Node to one node to another and revert back to previous node with out any issues. But we are facing when one Node is restarted. We could not restart that Node in cluster Service start in Failover cluster Manager. Error Details is displayed as below inside double code."Cluster node NODE1 could not to join the cluster because it failed to communicate over the network with any other node in the cluster. Verify the network connectivity and configuration of any network firewalls."
I checked windows firewall. windows firewall is all of in Node1, Node2, SAN and DC.I have disabled and enabled the Internal and private network of Node 1. I have validated the cluster. it is showing no error though.
Node1: Public IP: 10.10.0.11 SubNet Mask:255.255.255.0 Default Getway: 10.10.0.1 Prefered DNS: 10.10.0.10 (Ip of DNS)
[code]....
Private Network: Not configured.pinging to each other ip is successful from one node to another.
I have a production failover cluster running SQL Server 2000 at SP3that I want to upgrade to SP4. I do not have a test failover clusterto test with so I need the install on the primary server to work thefirst time. Per the information I have I just install the patch on theprimary server and it will install both on the primary and on thesecondary.However, I remember when I did the initial install and it failed. Thefirst problem traced to the fact that the install uses temporary filesunder the profile of the installing administrator and the id had neverlogged into the second server so the install failed on creating thetemporary file. The was a second problem that related to an OS featurethat had to be off for the install to work.If anyone out there has done this upgrade and remembers encountering aproblem and its fix/workaround I would appreciate a head up warning.Thank you-- Mark D Powell --
I have installed 2 node windows Fail-over clusters successfully. But QUARUM Configuration is not appearing in Failover cluster manager instead "Witness: Disk (Disk Cluster 4)". I have also configured quarum configuration from Quarum "Configure Cluster QUARUM Settings". I have attached the snapshots of windows cluster configuration. Is it the issue or not. I have not got any warning and error during cluster validation while installing Windows failover cluster. I am assuming it is okay and i can move ahead to installation of SQL Failover cluster setup.
Products used for installation in Virtual Machine: Windows Server 2012 R2 SQL Server 2012 R2 Note: Service Pack is not installed.
I am new to SQL Server 2012 clustering.I added a new instance to one of the two nodes.when I try to move it to the other node it fails.Do I need to install it on both?If so, what options do you install on the second node?
