Microsoft KB Archive/811054

= Virtual SQL Server 2000 installation fails on a Windows Server 2003 cluster that has eight nodes =

Article ID: 811054

Article Last Modified on 4/6/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)

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BUG #: 358425 (SHILOH_BUGS)



SYMPTOMS
The Setup screen disappears during the setup process when you are installing Virtual SQL Server 2000 on a Windows Server 2003 cluster server that has more than four nodes. All the installed SQL Server cluster resources are in offline state.

Here is a sample message that is logged in the Virtual SQL Server setup log file (Sqlclstr.log):

ClusterGroupEnum(0): enter

ClusterGroupEnum(0): [Disk O:]

ClusterGroupEnum(1): enter

ClusterGroupEnum(1): [SQL IP Address1(KBSQLCLU01)]

ClusterGroupEnum(2): enter

ClusterGroupEnum(2): [SQL Network Name(KBSQLCLU01)]

ClusterGroupEnum(3): enter

ClusterGroupEnum(3): [SQL Server]

ClusterGroupEnum(4): enter

ClusterGroupEnum(4): [SQL Server Agent]

ClusterGroupEnum(5): enter

ClusterGroupEnum(5): [SQL Server Fulltext]

ClusterGroupEnum(6): enter

[clushelp.cpp:150] : 259 (0x103): No more data is available.



CAUSE
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition and SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition support up to four nodes for failover clustering, including an Active/Active/Active/Active failover clustering configuration, up to 16 total instances. This means SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition and SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition are not supported on a cluster with more than four nodes even if SQL Server 2000 is not installed on more than four of the nodes.

