Cant register to a named instance

2nd instance of sql was sucessfully installed on the 2nd node of the
cluster. However if i try to register on this 2nd instance it failes with
msg as sql server does not exists or access denied. I tried with the Ip
address too but it fails with same error. I havent installed sp3a on this
instance was trying to get the instance up and running but the initial step
only fails. Has anyone seen this before. any help will be greatly
appreciated. TIA
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Hive you seen
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...eInstances.asp ?
Peter
"I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if
necessary."
Ronald Reagan
"ishaan99 via SQLMonster.com" wrote:

> 2nd instance of sql was sucessfully installed on the 2nd node of the
> cluster. However if i try to register on this 2nd instance it failes with
> msg as sql server does not exists or access denied. I tried with the Ip
> address too but it fails with same error. I havent installed sp3a on this
> instance was trying to get the instance up and running but the initial step
> only fails. Has anyone seen this before. any help will be greatly
> appreciated. TIA
> --
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>
|||Hi
You might need to add an alias using the SQL Server client network utility.
You can find it in your SQL Server programs group.
What you need to put in depends on your network protocols. We use either
TCP/IP or named pipes. For TCP/IP you need to supply 'server name\instance
name' and the port that SQL Server is running on. For named pipes supply the
server name\instance name.
You then should be able to access the named instance.
Hope this helps
John
"ishaan99 via SQLMonster.com" wrote:

> 2nd instance of sql was sucessfully installed on the 2nd node of the
> cluster. However if i try to register on this 2nd instance it failes with
> msg as sql server does not exists or access denied. I tried with the Ip
> address too but it fails with same error. I havent installed sp3a on this
> instance was trying to get the instance up and running but the initial step
> only fails. Has anyone seen this before. any help will be greatly
> appreciated. TIA
> --
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|||Thanks but I did try adding an alias from client n/w . also tried using
osql with servername\instancename but i get the same error. However I could
see 2nd instance of sql server and sql agent running from 2nd node services
though. My 2nd node accesses 4 drives and i have all system files on one of
these 4 drives but MSSQL$2INSTANCE is under c:\ProgramFiles.... Has it got
anyting to do with installation? Since i am not able to isql to this server
I feel is sql itself is failing.. any thoughts on this?
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|||This what i see after trying from osql
Unable to connect: SQL Server is unavailable or does not exists. Net-
library error 2: ConnectionOpen (Connect())
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|||Have you looked at the SQL Server logs.
It should tell what types of client connections can be made (if you are
using TCP/IP what ports are being used etc).
e.g. my log has the following lines in it
SQL server listening on 127.0.0.1: 2433
SQL server listening on 169.254.151.241: 2433
...
SQL server listening on TCP, Shared Memory, Named Pipes
"ishaan99 via SQLMonster.com" wrote:

> 2nd instance of sql was sucessfully installed on the 2nd node of the
> cluster. However if i try to register on this 2nd instance it failes with
> msg as sql server does not exists or access denied. I tried with the Ip
> address too but it fails with same error. I havent installed sp3a on this
> instance was trying to get the instance up and running but the initial step
> only fails. Has anyone seen this before. any help will be greatly
> appreciated. TIA
> --
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>