You need to create the local users and groups on both nodes of teh cluster. Make sure the passwords are the same on both nodes.
But as dqmq mentioned it would best to use dome users and groups
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Browse All TopicsSo I just created my first cluster and everything is working great. I installed SQL 05 on the 2 nodes and the issue I'm having is I'm trying to create local users/groups on the nodes for SQL. So do I have to create the users & groups on both nodes? Are the only things "cluster aware" Microsoft apps & patches? I know i'm new to the cluster game, but you would think everything you did to the cluster would replicate to the other nodes. I guess that's not the case. Thanks in advance everyone.
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by: dqmqPosted on 2007-05-10 at 11:41:29ID: 19067514
I don't know the answer, but you do realize, that it's possible (perhaps even preferable) to use domain users/groups instead of local users/groups for SQL server, right?