I added a new "community content" note to the bottom of the documentation page here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179530(v=SQL.100)#5 I also sent another email message to MS Support. ...

Wow, I can't believe they didn't fix it in SP2 like they said they would. Oh wait it's MS, so maybe I can. 😉 The worst thing is...

Note that if this issue is really fixed in the latest service pack, you'd have to slipstream the SP into the main binaries to create an updated installation source to...

Thanks for the info Adam.

I was told by Microsoft that they would get the online documentation for the install changed so that people would be warned of non-default locations for...

OK, here's what we do after we remove a node from a 2008 cluster to clean it up. As you can tell this was a copy/paste:

(steps 1-10: remove node...

OK, here are my answers to your questions:

"1. I’m unclear on which node to remove it from. Node 1 is fine, and has it on the D: drive. Node...

I just saw that you said you have 2 instances on each node. So I guess you'd need to remove both instances on node #1 from the cluster, then...

I don't think you need to run that code because that code only rebuilds the path to the subsystem. The path to the subsystem should already be pointing to...

yeah, you understand the issues. :crying:

However, from your post you might be forgetting the following:

1. When you re-add node #1 to the cluster, you won't be asked for...

I don't think SP2 will retroactively fix the problem for servers that have already been installed. It will only fix it for future installs. If you've already installed...

Yes, I've worked with management who have imposed the same restrictions, so I feel for you. I wasn't really addressing your post as much as the posts from zaubut....

I would NOT just copy the files over. In addition to the registry settings being wrong after the copy, there may be COM objects that have their locations registered....

Bradley B (4/21/2010)

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...my Node2 was missing the x86 folder all together. I copied it over from Node 1 and restarted the SQL Agent from Failover Cluster Admin, and was...

btw, I told MS Support they need to change their cluster install documentation to warn people about putting the shared tools in a nonstandard (i.e. non-default) directory, and they said...

Hi everyone,

As S.K. noted above, if you install the SQL shared tools in a nonstandard directory on the 1st node in your cluster, when you add the 2nd node to...