Microsoft KB Archive/224445

= BUG: SQL Cluster Setup Wizard Fails When Path Contains Spaces =

Article ID: 224445

Article Last Modified on 9/4/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224445



BUG #: 54187 (SQLBUG_70)



SYMPTOMS
If SQL Server 7.0 Cluster Setup Wizard is run from a path that contains spaces, setup fails with the following error message:

Could not run setup on remote machine.

Followed by the message:

SQL Cluster Setup failed.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, you can either:
 * Run the SQL Cluster Setup Wizard directly from the CD.

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 * Make sure that there are no spaces in the path where the cluster setup files are located.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server 7.0.



MORE INFORMATION
Following is an example of the information that the Cluster Setup Wizard log may contain:   @@@ CopyFileIfNeeded: [H:\My Path\x86\CLUSTER\SQAGTRES.DLL] => [\\Node2\admin$\system32\SQAGTRES.DLL] XXX InstallRemote failed [reghelp.cpp:34] : 2 (0x2): The system cannot find the file specified.