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alakiran
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Posted - 2009-02-09 : 10:51:39
Hi,

I am trying to build a new instance on a cluster .Network people assigned me one i/p address for this .

Can i able to ping the i/p address before the SQL Install?

tkizer
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Posted - 2009-02-09 : 12:51:43
You should be able to if they set it up properly.

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alakiran
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Posted - 2009-02-09 : 14:37:41
Thanks Tara ,I am thinking this might be the issue .

But network guys are saying,you did not installed the sql server yet,How can you ping the i/p address ?

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tkizer
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Posted - 2009-02-09 : 14:50:58
Well it'll return "Request timed out" until SQL Server is installed, but through a ping you can at least verify that DNS is setup properly as it'll return the IP address associated with the virtual name.

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alakiran
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Posted - 2009-02-09 : 15:00:49
I did nslookup and got this error .

"*** server.domain.com can't find server: Non-existent domain
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tkizer
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Posted - 2009-02-09 : 15:20:24
nslookup should work without any errors. I've got a virtual server name and IP address where I haven't yet installed SQL Server on the cluster. I do not get that error. I get valid nslookup data back.

I'd talk to your network guys and let them know that DNS doesn't appear to be working.

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