Ciao a tutti, Ho un problema ad installare la SP3a di SQL 2000 su un nodo di un cluster che e' stato reinstallato. Il messaggio di errore dice: 18:35:15 All cluster disks available to this virtual server are owned by other node(s). 18:35:17 Setup was unable to verify the state of the server for an upgrade. Verify the server is able to start and that you provided a valid sa password and restart setup. che sono errori generici presenti nelle SP dalla 1 alla 4. Ho già googlato e verificato tutto il verificabile. Qualcuno ha un coniglio nel cilindro ???;-) Grazie. Max [ah, si, il cluster e' ovviamente in produzione...]

A futura memoria, visto che io ci sono impazzito dietro.

La situazione e' quella riportata da un altro sventurato qui:

I have recently had to rebuild my SQL Server 2000 sp3a 2 node active/passive
cluster running on Windows 2000 AS SP4. We ran into issues about two weeks
ago after a SAN migration (I'll spare all the gory details). When my
previous cluster died, I used one of the nodes as a stand alone instance of
SQL Server (to run our production database). On the other former node, I
removed the OS clustering software and had to manually remove SQL Server. I
eventually (with the assistance of Donna L. at MS) was able to get a single
node cluster of SQL2K running on physical server PRODSQL01 (the virtual
server name is PRODSQLCL01). While the cluster was running as a single node
cluster, I applied sp3a and the 818 hotfix. I then migrated the data from
the stand alone instance to PRODSQLCL01 and started to use it for production.

I turned my attention to the other box and removed and reinstalled the
Windows 2000 cluster software. This box is now called PRODSQL02. I was able
to add PRODSQL02 to the windows cluster, and the successfully added it via
SQL Server setup to the virtual server. My issue now is that PRODSQL02 has
the RTM versions of the binaries. I am not sure if I have a setup issue or I
misunderstand point 3.10 of the sp3a readme. Currently the virtual server is
running on PRODSQL01. If I attempt follow the steps under "If you need to
rebuild a node in the failover cluster..." from PRODSQL02 I am only able to
select the Virtual Server, and if I continue setup I get this error "all
cluster disks available to this virtual server are owned by other node(s)"
and then "Setup was unable to verify the state of the server for an upgrade.
Verify the server is able to start and that you provided a valid sa password
and restart setup". I understand that the virtual resources are only
available on the currently active node, but the way I read the instructions I
should be able to run the service pack installation on the inactive node. Do
I need to rerun the SP (and hotfix) setup on SQL01 (since the virtual server
is running there)? Do I need to move the resources to SQL02 and run the SP
setup there? I just need clarification of where to run the SP setup since I
just added SQL02 to this cluster.

La Readme di SQL SP3a dice di aggiornare il nodo passivo, ed automaticamente si accorge che deve modificare solo i binari di SQL (il DB e' già a posto e non fa girare gli script).
Tuttavia compare l'errore e pare che la soluzione sia questa:

I have recently had to rebuild my SQL Server 2000 sp3a 2 node active/passive
cluster running on Windows 2000 AS SP4. We ran into issues about two weeks
ago after a SAN migration (I'll spare all the gory details). When my
previous cluster died, I used one of the nodes as a stand alone instance of
SQL Server (to run our production database). On the other former node, I
removed the OS clustering software and had to manually remove SQL Server. I
eventually (with the assistance of Donna L. at MS) was able to get a single
node cluster of SQL2K running on physical server PRODSQL01 (the virtual
server name is PRODSQLCL01). While the cluster was running as a single node
cluster, I applied sp3a and the 818 hotfix. I then migrated the data from
the stand alone instance to PRODSQLCL01 and started to use it for production.

I turned my attention to the other box and removed and reinstalled the
Windows 2000 cluster software. This box is now called PRODSQL02. I was able
to add PRODSQL02 to the windows cluster, and the successfully added it via
SQL Server setup to the virtual server. My issue now is that PRODSQL02 has
the RTM versions of the binaries. I am not sure if I have a setup issue or I
misunderstand point 3.10 of the sp3a readme. Currently the virtual server is
running on PRODSQL01. If I attempt follow the steps under "If you need to
rebuild a node in the failover cluster..." from PRODSQL02 I am only able to
select the Virtual Server, and if I continue setup I get this error "all
cluster disks available to this virtual server are owned by other node(s)"
and then "Setup was unable to verify the state of the server for an upgrade.
Verify the server is able to start and that you provided a valid sa password
and restart setup". I understand that the virtual resources are only
available on the currently active node, but the way I read the instructions I
should be able to run the service pack installation on the inactive node. Do
I need to rerun the SP (and hotfix) setup on SQL01 (since the virtual server
is running there)? Do I need to move the resources to SQL02 and run the SP
setup there? I just need clarification of where to run the SP setup since I
just added SQL02 to this cluster.

Io non l'ho provata, aspetto un OK dal supporto di Microsoft. Poi vi faccio sapere.

HTH
Wali.