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How about rebuilding the node completely? rather than just manually uninstall sql, could you rebuild the box itself?. might be a cleaner solution.<br />

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How about rebuilding the node completely? rather than just manually uninstall sql, could you rebuild the box itself?. might be a cleaner solution.


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Are you just missing the databases?<br />
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If so you could rebuild the master database and then maybe uninstall.<br />
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Here is an article which should guide you through rebuilding the system databases.
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Are you just missing the databases?

If so you could rebuild the master database and then maybe uninstall.

Here is an article which should guide you through rebuilding the system databases.

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I'm disappointed that I had to provide my own solution.
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I'm disappointed that I had to provide my own solution.

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After installing the first node of a SQL Server 2008 R2 failover cluster, our storage &quot;support&quot; team decided it would be a good idea to erase the disks upon which the SQL Server system disks resided. They were successful and rendered the installed node useless. The gui tools could not uninstall because Master was missing. &nbsp;Does anyone know how to manually remove SQL Server so that it can be reinstalled
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After installing the first node of a SQL Server 2008 R2 failover cluster, our storage "support" team decided it would be a good idea to erase the disks upon which the SQL Server system disks resided. They were successful and rendered the installed node useless. The gui tools could not uninstall because Master was missing.  Does anyone know how to manually remove SQL Server so that it can be reinstalled

How do I manually remove a failed SQL Server 2008 installation?

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.