SQL Server 2012 Cluster Installation

• Sachin Nandanwar

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  May 23, 2012 at 5:06 am

  #274421

  Hi,

  I am trying to install a 2012 RC0 single node cluster on Vmware.But at this point(screenshot attached) the set up is not moving forward.Its now been almost 2 hours.

  Any inputs ?

  Thanks

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• Sachin Nandanwar

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  May 23, 2012 at 5:52 am

  #1491686

  Its still running.

  In the Task Manager "scenarioengine.exe" seems to be running and using the most memory.Not sure what that exe does.

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• Perry Whittle

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  May 23, 2012 at 12:28 pm

  #1492035

  is this VM sharing host resources?

  what version vmware?

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• Sachin Nandanwar

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  May 23, 2012 at 1:16 pm

  #1492074

  No its not sharing any of the host resources.The version is 7.1.4 build 385536

  Is there a possibility that this is happening due to corrupt installation media ?

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• Ted Zatopek

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  May 27, 2012 at 9:53 am

  #1493597

  There is some logging in the install bootstrap folder. For me this was C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log and then in the most recent folder there's a Detail.txt file.

  I found my issue(s) by searching for "error" and\or "warning". This has helped me resolve several issues.

• Sachin Nandanwar

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  May 27, 2012 at 11:37 am

  #1493604

  Thanks.

  There is absolutely nothing logged in there for that error.In fact before posting the issue on this forum I had thoroughly went through the installation steps multiple times to see if there is any logging done.

  I first thought the issue might be because of network binding which came as a warning during the cluster validation.Though I fixed that warning the installation still fails to move ahead.

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