I have verified that the account it uses when scheduled (its the same account that is used to start the SQL agent) has full privlages to the database.

Is there something...

Here is the relevent data that I found in the file sqlstp.log...

13:43:28 End Action : Run setup on cluster nodes

13:43:28 SetClusterSecuritySQL (CONNECTBUILDER\clusterservice) and (CONNECTBUILDER\clusterservice) returned: 0

13:43:28 Begin Action : CreateVirtualServerResources

13:43:56...

There is a work around for SP2 and below which I have followed it allows me to install SQL if I am installing one one node only but not both....

I read that when SQL is installed on a cluster, even an active/active cluster you need to install each instance on both nodes I had not done that. So I...

Try checking aritcle (815431) on Microsofts site to work around the issue. It worked for me.

I found an answer to this myself, it was a named instance issue with SQL SP2 and below being installed as a virtual service on windows 2003. There was an...