The Real MTCS SQL Server 2008 Exam 70/432 Prep Kit- P18: Congratulations on your journey to become certified in SQL Server 2008. This book will help prepare you for your exam and give you a practical view of working with SQL Server 2008. | Installing SQL Server 2008 Chapter 2 67 Nodes configured as domain controllers are not supported in a SQL Server 2008 failover cluster configuration. Mounted disk drives are not supported in an installation of SQL Server 2008 in a clustered configuration. .NET Framework applications such as Microsoft Management Studio require that the cluster have access to the Internet. Prior to performing a SQL Server 2008 upgrade to an existing SQL Server clustered environment collect and save the list of resources associated to the SQL Server clustered instance. Run resource on one of the nodes of the cluster and save the output. As part of the upgrade process you may need to remove these accounts. This list will provide you with the information to restore the account information. Unattended Installations As in SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2008 does not have an unattended installation mechanism but a command line interface that provides parameters and the ability to use a configuration file to develop scripts to install update and repair scenarios. The command-line interface provides a robust set of keywords and parameters for customizing and creating repeatable processes for installations. For more details on the command line options refer to How to Install SQL Server 2008from the Command Prompt on the MSDN Web site at http msdn. en-us library . Configuring Implementing. Command-Line Install Tips To reduce the logging and prompting of the installer you have a couple of options. To suppress messages use the Q command-line switch for quiet mode. Use QS parameter in conjunction with the Action install command parameter for quiet simple mode. This option will show progress but does not accept any input and displays no error messages if errors are found. In either case this will require review of the installation log upon completion of the process to ensure that the installation was successful. 68 Chapter 2 Installing SQL Server 2008 .
