Install Sql Server 2008 On A Windows Server 2008 Cluster
Despite being an older version, some applications may require you to install a SQL Server 2008 R2 clustered instance on a Windows 2012 environment. You will quickly find out that there are a number of compatibility issues that can make this task tricky. See below for a summary of the issues you can encounter and how to work around them in order to successfully install SQL Server. Cluster service verification rule failedThe first issue you may run into is during the Setup Support Rules step of the SQL installation wizard.
How To Install Server 2008
Setup Sql Server 2008 R2
A weird issue happened to me when installing SQL 2008 on a 4-Node cluster Windows 2008 x64 cluster.After having issues installing from an extracted ISO, I had to manually install.Net framework 3.5 and Windows Installer 4.5 hotfixes from the redist directory of the SQL install. Thought I was in the clear, when 2 of the 4 nodes wouldn’t let me install SQL 2008 failing with an “Invalid SKU” error.The solution found on Microsoft’s site was:The solution to adding second time is add the additional node(s) with command line from the SQL 2008 source files:setup.exe /q /ACTION=AddNode /INSTANCENAME=”” /SQLSVCACCOUNT=”” /SQLSVCPASSWORD=”” /AGTSVCACCOUNT=””, /AGTSVCPASSWORD=””Reference:Learn more about our.