Error message when you run SQL Server Setup on a failover cluster: "Setup failed to perform required operations on the cluster nodes" (818548)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Evaluation Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you install a default or a named instance of SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 on a failover cluster, the setup might fail, and you receive the following error message:

Setup failed to perform required operations on the cluster nodes.

This problem may also occur when you install SQL Server service packs on a default or a named instance of SQL Server.

You may also notice that the SqlstpX.log (suffixed with an incremental number) is not created on the inactive node of the failover cluster.

CAUSE

The inactive node of the failover cluster cannot access the SQL Server or SQL Server service pack installation folder.

WORKAROUND

To work around the problem, copy the SQL Server or SQL Server service pack installation folder to the local drive of the active node, and then share the installation folder.

REFERENCES

For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

321063 How to troubleshoot the "Setup failed to perform required operations on the cluster nodes" error

318672 BUG: Error message: "Setup failed to perform the required operation on the cluster nodes"



For more information about how to install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 on a failover cluster, visit the following Microsoft Web site: SQL Server version 2000 Service Pack 3a Readme.htm

For more information about how to install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2 on a failover cluster, visit the following Microsoft Web site: SQL Server version 2000 Service Pack 2 Readme.htm

For more information about how to install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1 on a failover cluster, visit the following Microsoft Web site: SQL Server version 2000 Service Pack 1 Readme.htm

For more information about how to install SQL Server 2005 on a failover cluster, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189134.aspx
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/7/2006
Keywords:kbUpgrade kbsetup kbSysAdmin kbClustering kbprb KB818548 kbAudDeveloper
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