Re: Cluster SQL 2000 errorlog problem

From: Ron Talmage (rtalmage_at_prospice.com)
Date: 01/12/05


Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:58:05 -0800

BTW, there's a webcast on troubleshooting a SQL Server 2000 cluster install
that contains a lot of detail not available elsewhere:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/servicedesks/webcasts/wcd020703/wcdblurb020703.asp

Ron

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Ron Talmage
SQL Server MVP
"Ron Talmage" <rtalmage@prospice.com> wrote in message
news:%23c46wJI%23EHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Ron,
>
> Is drive D local to the server or on the cluster's shared drives? The
error
> message could be implying that the node in question was installed with the
> data files on a local drive.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Ron
> -- 
> Ron Talmage
> SQL Server MVP
>
> "Ron" <Ron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7BABBA49-964A-4422-ACB8-B559661A5F05@microsoft.com...
> > We've recently installed a couple of Windows Server 2003 Ent Ed servers
> with
> > SQL 2000 Ent Ed and one of the active/active nodes continually gives the
> > error below in the Application Event log.
> >
> > The NT user which was used to install the server and owns the
directories
> > and files below has full rights so this should not be an issue.
> >
> > I've checked MSDN, etc. but nothing which seems to help.
> > Thanks.
> > Ron
> >
> > ---
> > 17050 :
> > initerrlog: Could not open error log file 'D:\Program Files\Microsoft
SQL
> > Server\MSSQL\log\ERRORLOG'. Operating system error = 3(The system cannot
> find
> > the path specified.).
> >
> > ---
>
>