Curious, what makes you think the instance is not installed on Node B?

Did you install the instance originally?

If so,...

what do you have in the boot.ini?

Just reboot the node it will automatically failover any services, no need to do it manually!

Brian B. (10/26/2010)

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I'm trying to come up with a good migration strategy that will minimize downtime for the following scenario:

Right now we have

SQLC cluster, Active/Passive on SQLC1, SQLC2, drives D:...

there is no concept of master here, all nodes are equal!

BigSam (10/27/2010)

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I know how a 2-node active/passive cluster works. I thought I knew how a 3-node cluster works until I started reading your responses. My assumption with a 3-node cluster...

You can for diffrent instances, that is an active\active cluster.

BigSam (10/27/2010)

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Sorta renders the prospect of 3 or more...

Please try and post in the correct forum location, it avoids a...

go into add\remove programs on that node, do you see sql server installation information here?

This is a misconception, the cluster is either active\passive or active\active!

BigSam (10/25/2010)

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I'm currently running Win2k8 std, and SQL2k8 std; will I need to upgrade to...

If you really want to keep the same node configs do the following

➡ Remove one of the servers from the SQL Server clustered instance(s) by uninstalling the software.

➡ Evict\remove the...

could you post a screenshot of the logins section from SSMS

Also, did you install the instance in windows or mixed mode

previously you have said that you used a domain account for each service, so what accounts did you use domain or...

I can understand that, but you're making a whole lot of extra work for yourself. What if the...

Is it really that much...