Install fails with a "..path specified...is invalid"

After running through all the pre-install questions, it begins by saying that
it is performing operations on the cluster nodes and then fails with the
message:
"The path specified in a command line argument is invalid:
\\<servername>\admin$\<servername>_MSSQLSERVER.iss "
Any thoughts?
Either the administrative shares have been disabled or you are running under
an account that does not have access to the administrative shares on all
nodes of the cluster.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas

"Isaac Story" <IsaacStory@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After running through all the pre-install questions, it begins by saying
that
> it is performing operations on the cluster nodes and then fails with the
> message:
> "The path specified in a command line argument is invalid:
> \\<servername>\admin$\<servername>_MSSQLSERVER.iss "
> Any thoughts?
|||Actually I found the problem in a KB article. I had Terminal Services
installed on two of the nodes. SQL Clustering cannot be installed on a node
or nodes that have terminal services installed. Just thought I would post
that for anyone else how might run across the same problem.
"Anthony Thomas" wrote:

> Either the administrative shares have been disabled or you are running under
> an account that does not have access to the administrative shares on all
> nodes of the cluster.
> Sincerely,
>
> Anthony Thomas
>
> --
> "Isaac Story" <IsaacStory@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7FCDAF81-7BCF-4E99-9A74-5F564D090E63@.microsoft.com...
> that
>
>

Install

Need some help.
Install says my instance is invalid.
What does this mean? I also installed sql2kdesksp3.exe
Hi,
I think there is a instance conflicts. THis occurs if an instance of SQL
Server is already
installed on the target machine. To overcome this issue, you have to specify
the Instance name while running the setup.
Setup.exe INSTANCENAME=<name> SAPWD=<sapassword > /l*v c:\log.txt
Create a verbose log usinfg /l*v so that you can determine if installation
was successful or not.
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"emxz03" <emxz03@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Need some help.
> Install says my instance is invalid.
> What does this mean? I also installed sql2kdesksp3.exe
|||Also, were you trying to install or upgrade it to sp3?
Thanks,
Vikram Jayaram
Microsoft, SQL Server
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|||Also, were you trying to install or upgrade it to sp3?
Thanks,
Vikram Jayaram
Microsoft, SQL Server
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