"Homam" wrote:

> I'm trying to install SQL Server on a two-node cluster. The setup program
> fails with the following error message:
>
> -- QUOTE --
> Setup failed to start on the remote machine. Check the Task scheduler event
> log on the remote machine.
>
> For help, click:
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1399.06&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=70043
>
> -- UNQUOTE --
>
> When I try to run the scheduled task on the remote machine (the other node),
> it fails without returning any error. The command on the scheduled task is
> this:
>
> \\SRVGPIDB4\C$\DVD\setup.exe /qn /remote ENCCMD={a very big binary value in
> hex}
>
> When the I try to run this command in the command line, it seems to spawn a
> setup.exe process and returns immediately. Then that process terminates
> shortly after (I see that in Task Manager).
>
> It's not leaving any error messages in the event log on either machines, nor
> is it leaving any Scheduled Task log.
>
> Any ideas?
>