I am trying to run the 'SQL Server Surface Area Configuration' for our SQL
2005 Cluster Server (passsive/active). The Configuration does point to the
Virtual IP of SQL cluster. I still have the following error message. I try to
run the Configuration on active node, passive node, remotely, all the same
error message. Any idea ?

You cannot configure surface area of clusted services by connecting to a
computer anme. connect to the virtual server to configure clustered services.
(SQLSAC)

thanks

Faced same problem and got the solution.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/lib...8(SQL.90).aspx

SQL Server Surface Area Configuration is available on the SQL Server start menu:

On the Start menu, point to All Programs, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Configuration Tools, and then click SQL Server Surface Area Configuration.

The first page to appear is the SQL Server Surface Area Configuration start page. On the start page, specify which server you want to configure:

Click the link adjacent to Configure Surface Area for. The default value is "localhost". If you previously selected a named server, you would see the server name.

In the Select Computer dialog, do one of the following:

To configure SQL Server 2005 on the local computer, click Local computer.

To configure SQL Server 2005 on another computer, click Remote computer and then enter the computer name in the text box.

To configure a failover cluster, click Remote computer and then enter the virtual server name in the text box.

Click OK.