Failed installation to cluster

I have a 2 node cluster on which I am trying to install a
virtual SQL Server.
I am able to complete the setup process, but the
installation fails after checking the cluster resources.
In the application log I see that the ports have
automatically been disabled (as I'm installing SQL from a
CD without sp3a as yet) and the errors that follow show
that connections to the SQL Server were unable to be made.
Is there a switch for the install to stop the disabling of
ports? Has anyone else seen this issue?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Simon
Here is the workaround you need.
PRB: Installation of a Named Instance of SQL Server 2000 Virtual Server on a
Windows 2003-Based Cluster Fails
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=sql2k
Once you install SP3a you can remove the alias.
Geoff N. Hiten
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Senior Database Administrator
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"Simon Call" <Simon@.eduserv.org.uk> wrote in message
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> I have a 2 node cluster on which I am trying to install a
> virtual SQL Server.
> I am able to complete the setup process, but the
> installation fails after checking the cluster resources.
> In the application log I see that the ports have
> automatically been disabled (as I'm installing SQL from a
> CD without sp3a as yet) and the errors that follow show
> that connections to the SQL Server were unable to be made.
> Is there a switch for the install to stop the disabling of
> ports? Has anyone else seen this issue?
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
> Kind regards,
> Simon
|||Geoff,
Many thanks for this.
Kind regards,
Simon

>--Original Message--
>Here is the workaround you need.
>PRB: Installation of a Named Instance of SQL Server 2000
Virtual Server on a
>Windows 2003-Based Cluster Fails
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;815431&Product=sql2k[vbcol=seagreen]
>Once you install SP3a you can remove the alias.
>--
>Geoff N. Hiten
>Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>Senior Database Administrator
>Careerbuilder.com
>I support the Professional Association for SQL Server
>www.sqlpass.org
>"Simon Call" <Simon@.eduserv.org.uk> wrote in message
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|||You probably noticed this but you cannot disable named pipes if you want to
install on Windows 2003, because setup needs named pipes to work.
Rand
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