Hi, Geoff Hiten I have been having issues with SQL not starting due to the
following error message:
[sqsrvres] checkODBCConnectError: sqlstate = 28000; native error = 4818;
message = [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Login failed

I know that SQL 2005 standard has clustering incorporated in it now, so you
don't need to have Enterprise version, in order to have a failover cluster.
My question is, do I still need Windows 2003 Server Enterprise, to support a
failover cluster, or can I get by with Windows 2003 ...

Hi, one of our network technicians accidently deleted both the following
registry keys on the passive side of our Active\Passive cluster
configuration for SQL 2000:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server]

We have a Virtual SQL Server(default instance) running on Windows 2003
Server Enterpise Edition Cluster,shared disk and quorum drive on SAN.
We consider implementing a Report Server by adding a second Virtual SQL
Server(Named instance) to utilize the second node,which at the ...

Has anyone set up a 4 node cluster i.e. 3 active and 1 passive ? I only want
to consider this as it may reduce cost. We have a lot of servers and the
least i want to do is have an active passive 2 node cluster for every server
thus doubling the server costs

I'm having problems installing 2005 Ent on my Win 2003 SP1 2 node cluster.
Please note this cluster has a SQL 2000 (SP4) virtual server/instance already
installed. I would like to run them side by side.
installing using the setup wizard I get error about the schedule task

I am a newbie to SQL 2005 clustering.  We are trying to set up a a SQL
cluster to be used with Sharepoint.  If anyone knows of any helpful
material, can you please point me towards it.
Thanks

I have the following cluster config:
2x HP DL585 servers (identical) - 4x Opteron 852 processors, 8GB RAM,
Win2003Enterprise, SQL 2000 Enterprise
1x HP MSA 500 SCSI shared-storage

We have a SQL 2000 server that we are about to upgrade to SQL 2005. This
server is running on Server 2003 standard. We would like to set up a second
SQL 2005 server and either do clustering or replication so that we would be
able to access our data in the event of a single server ...

(I'm posting this here as I am uncertain what other category it belongs. If
there is a more appropriate newsgroup, please let me know.)
We currently have an EMC CX300 SAN with Qlogic 5200 switches and Dell
PowerEdge Servers. As best we can tell this combination fits Microsoft's

Hi everyone. It's 0:43 in the morning and I am driven crazy by this
installation failure.
the last part of the sqlstp.log file has been posted below. Anyone has
any idea what should I post next in order to find a cure? Thanks very

I'm clustering a single node (DELL 1850 and a PowerVault). I selected it to
place the quorum log on the SAN, but after the setup, it configures it with a
Local Quorum and the SAN disk fail to come online.
So, I'm trying to add additional SAN disk as resources to see what's going

Any pros and cons between the 2
We want to implement clustering for our SQL Servers and debating whether to
use Windows clustering or Veritas Clustering
Please let me know what you all think and which one would be recommended and

I have a Windows 2003 Cluster running SQL Server 2000 SP4 in an
Active/Passive configuration.  There are 2 physical nodes and only a single
virtual SQL  Server Instance in the cluster.  There are also 2 Terminal
Servers in an NLB cluster at the front end that are running the ...

The master log file has been moved from its installed disk to a new disk.
This disk is part of the SQL server dependancies and the changes have been
made through Enterprise manager.
SQL fails to restart through the Cluster manager claiming that the log file