PRB: Error While Running SQL Cluster Setup.exe

• Microsoft SQL Server, Enterprise Edition, version 6.5
• Microsoft Cluster Server
• Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

While running "SQL Cluster Setup.Exe" you may receive the following error:

The local Server entry in master.dbo.sysservers could not be updated.
SQL Cluster Setup failed.

CAUSE

This error message may occur if the computer name of either cluster node contains dashes or other characters that are not valid SQL identifier symbols.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you must specify both computers with names that are valid SQL Server identifiers. If you decide to change the computer names in the domain, you must remove and reinstall Microsoft Cluster Server before reinstalling SQL Server, Enterprise Edition 6.5.

Additional query words: install instal installation set up dash hyphen extended special
char chars

Keywords          : SSrvInst 
Version           : winnt:4.0,6.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: April 15, 1999