SQL Server Setup has determined that the following account properties are not specified: 'SQLBROWSERACCOUNT'

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SQL Server Setup has determined that the following account properties are not specified: 'SQLBROWSERACCOUNT'

Mani-584606

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June 23, 2010 at 5:29 pm

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Hi,
I'm installing SQL Server 2005 in 2 node cluster setup and I'm getting the below error:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup
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SQL Server Setup has determined that the following account properties are not specified: 'SQLBROWSERACCOUNT' . The properties specify the startup account for the services that are installed. To proceed, refer to the template.ini and set the properties to valid account names. If you are specifying a windows user account, you must also specify the password for the account.
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1399.06&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=28006&EvtType=sqlca%5csqlguica.cpp%40SetUnattendedSvcAccountProp%40SetUnattendedSvcAccountProp%40x6d66
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On node1, before installing SQL Server 2005 on this 2 node cluster setup, I have installed a stand alone SQL Server 2008 instance & installed SQL Server 2005 backward compatibility components to run a DTS package
Please advice that where can I specify the properties for 'SQLBROWSERACCOUNT' to resolve the issue. I have installed SQL Server 2005 many times but I did not get any issues. But this time I'm already tried several times installing SQL Server 2005 with no luck!!
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calvo SSChampion Points: 12930 More actions · Answer 1

I think you're having the same problem I ran into a while ago.

I had a 2005 standalone on server A. I then wanted to install a 2005 cluster on server A and B. I got a similar/same error.

This is because installing the standalone on server A creates a browser service which makes the cluster install THINK the browser is already created on server B.

I resolved this issue by installing a 2005 standalone on server B, which creates the browser service. I Then installed the 2005 cluster on A and B. It worked fine.

An alternative could be that you try to remove the install on server A then try to install the cluster.

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Mani-584606 SSChampion Points: 11788 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks Clavo,

I have resolved this issue as below:

Went through the link http://nothinginparticularsid.blogspot.com/2007/08/sql-server-2005-express-advanced.html

Provided the Browser service account Local\NetworkServcie in template.ini (which will exist in the SQL Server setup media)

And run the setup from command prompt by going to the folder where setup files exist as below (In my case, I have the installation media on C drive)

setup.exe /settings C:\template.ini

Thanks

Mani-584606 SSChampion Points: 11788 More actions · Answer 3

anybody had this issue and tried the solution that worked for me?

calvo SSChampion Points: 12930 More actions · Answer 4

I had tried that when I ran into the same problem. Unfortunately, that fix didn't work for me. That's the reason I installed the standalone to get the browser account.

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