The problem I am having is when I change the service account password on one node using config manager, the other nodes are not updated with the password change.

When I...

Thanks, I have looked in the log and it indicates there is a problem with the account.

I know there is no problem with the account.

What I don't understand...

Thanks for all the replies.

The "expert" indicated he had IIS installed because it makes for a "Clean install". Meaning an install with no errors, even informational ones. Hard to imagine...

I know during the preliminary check SQL will indicate that it did not detect IIS and that some services will not be available but I'm being told IIS is required...

Thanks for the info. Strange that our so called "SLQ 2005 expert" would say it was required for the installation. What about if it's being installed on a cluster (i.e....

Thanks for the advice but I would like to solve the problem at hand. I have other servers configured with links the same way that work fine.

An additional note: I...

Thanks for the reply. It turns out that what I'd read didn't go far enough about not using the control panel/services to change the password. In order to use the...

Thanks.

Would these steps work in a clustered environment also?

JC III

Thanks all for the replies....

I was finally able to track down someone who knew the password. Since I was able to ensure the password was complex I am postponing the...

Vladan, The database it fails on it about 5GB in size. There are about 15 other databases that total maybe 20GB. I would think 1.8GB for the data would be...