"Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> You have to give each virtual server a new network name and IP address.
>
> You only get one default instance per cluster. The two part name is based
> on how SQL stores binaries on host nodes.
>
> If you want to get away from that name structure, use DNS SRV records to
> map a short name to the clustered instance name.
>
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
>
> "Hassan" <hassan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uirEljE6HHA.5184@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Say I am setting a 2 node cluster. One node is physically named ServerA
>> and the other physically named ServerB.
>> Now when i install MSCS, I take it we need to give it a cluster name
>> right.. say we called it "ServerCluster". Now when we install SQL on top
>> of it, is the SQL Clustername now "ServerCluster" or do we have to give
>> it another name altogether ?
>>
>> When we install more than one instance on this node, why do we have to
>> build them as named instances say
>> "ServerCluster\Inst1","ServerCluster\Inst2",etc..
>>
>> Why does MS not allow you to created instance names like default
>> instances say "Inst1","Inst2",etc.. ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>

"Hassan" <hassan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Are you saying that the Windows Cluster and the SQL Cluster have 2
> different names ?
>
> "Geoff N. Hiten" <SQLCraftsman@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uW$e1cK6HHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You have to give each virtual server a new network name and IP address.
>>
>> You only get one default instance per cluster. The two part name is
>> based on how SQL stores binaries on host nodes.
>>
>> If you want to get away from that name structure, use DNS SRV records to
>> map a short name to the clustered instance name.
>>
>> --
>> Geoff N. Hiten
>> Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
>> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>>
>>
>> "Hassan" <hassan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uirEljE6HHA.5184@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Say I am setting a 2 node cluster. One node is physically named ServerA
>>> and the other physically named ServerB.
>>> Now when i install MSCS, I take it we need to give it a cluster name
>>> right.. say we called it "ServerCluster". Now when we install SQL on top
>>> of it, is the SQL Clustername now "ServerCluster" or do we have to give
>>> it another name altogether ?
>>>
>>> When we install more than one instance on this node, why do we have to
>>> build them as named instances say
>>> "ServerCluster\Inst1","ServerCluster\Inst2",etc..
>>>
>>> Why does MS not allow you to created instance names like default
>>> instances say "Inst1","Inst2",etc.. ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>
>