The management studio didn't get installed on our new two-node cluster.
When I try to do 'add feature', via 'new standalone or add features', it
fails on finding the cluster:

StandaloneInstall_HasClusteredOrPreparedInstanceCh eck
Checks if the selected instance name is already used by an existing
cluster-prepared or clustered instance on any cluster node.

Failed - The instance selected for installation is already installed and
clustered on computer xxxxx1. To continue, select a different instance to
cluster.


So, how do I add new features to the cluster?

"s_m_b" <smb20002ns (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in
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OK found the solve on this - run the add but choose 'new instance', not the
existing cluster.
Is this a bug I wonder?

Not really.

Management tools are not associated with a particular instance. They are
for the whole computer.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Principal SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP




"s_m_b" <smb20002ns (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Geoff (as always) has it. You can't install things to a virtual server as it
doesn't really exist, so applications like the admin tools and other
management tools really run on a particular server.

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Russ Kaufmann,
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How is that a workaround when I want to add reporting services to an
existing clustered 2008 instance, why would I want to create a new
virtual instance?





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How is that a workaround for something like reporting services though?

I want to add it to an existing clustered instance, not create a new
one!


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