Installation of SQL sp3a on Windows 2003 ent Failover Clustering

Platform: Windows 2003 ent failover cluster SQL Server 2k ent
We did installation of SQL Server 2k ent successfully. We are using Mixed
mode which allow both NT and SQL authentication. We assigned sa password. We
are able to start/stop/start SQL servrices. We are able to failover to
another node on SQL server. Right after completed SQL Server 2k ent
installation, we started to apply SP3a. But we got error in middle of serivce
pack: Setup was unable to verify the state of the server for an upgrade.
Verify the server is able to start and that you provide a valid sa password
and restart setup. We followed the instruction on article ID 330022 and
readme come with CD but it still doesn't work.
I also referenced the article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814844 but
they are not really applied to our case. Our platform is on WINDOWS 2003.
We are implementing Failover Clustering. Our MDAC is 2.8 version above. We
didn't have any problem to install sql sp3a on any other win2k or win2k3 ent
platform. Only this time is Windows 2003 ent FAILOVER CLUSTERING.
Look at
PRB: Installation of a named instance of SQL Server 2000 virtual server on a
Windows 2003-based cluster fails
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;815431
The aliases have to stay in place until SP3a is complete.
Geoff N. Hiten
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"Maggie" <Maggie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Platform: Windows 2003 ent failover cluster SQL Server 2k ent
> We did installation of SQL Server 2k ent successfully. We are using Mixed
> mode which allow both NT and SQL authentication. We assigned sa password.
We
> are able to start/stop/start SQL servrices. We are able to failover to
> another node on SQL server. Right after completed SQL Server 2k ent
> installation, we started to apply SP3a. But we got error in middle of
serivce
> pack: Setup was unable to verify the state of the server for an upgrade.
> Verify the server is able to start and that you provide a valid sa
password
> and restart setup. We followed the instruction on article ID 330022 and
> readme come with CD but it still doesn't work.
> I also referenced the article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814844 but
> they are not really applied to our case. Our platform is on WINDOWS 2003.
> We are implementing Failover Clustering. Our MDAC is 2.8 version above.
We
> didn't have any problem to install sql sp3a on any other win2k or win2k3
ent
> platform. Only this time is Windows 2003 ent FAILOVER CLUSTERING.
>