I have an existing, two-node Windows 2003 cluster running four instances of
SQL Server 2000, SP3a. I have two additional nodes that I now want to merge
into the cluster. I connected the existing cluster disks to the new servers.
I ran SQL2K setup and successfully laid down the binaries. I ran SP3a
setup, and received the following error:

all cluster disks available to this virtual server are owned by other node(s)

I don't understand this error. I have test equipment hooked up to the same
SAN (NetApp 920c), and cannot reproduce the error. (The only major
difference between the production and test environments is that production
connects over FCP, whereas test uses iSCSI.)

Any suggestions? Do I need to suspect the fibre channel connections and/or
disk interface? Or is it a config problem with respect to SP3a?

Thanks in advance.
--
Ken Jensen
Database Jockey

Ken,

As such one does not have to move the SQL Server resources to the new node where you want to install SQL SP. If you want to troubleshoot and find the root cause you
may want to open a case with Microsoft PSS.

Best Regards,

Uttam Parui
Microsoft Corporation

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