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by guruofdos 2 views

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I just acquired a Compaq Proliant 1600 server and have been playing with it. As a strictly 'desktop' man, I've never had any experience, but you're never too old to learn, right?!!

I obtained Windows Server 2003 Standard, and installed it on this beast. Everything installed well, except the integrated Compaq Netelligent 10/100TX controller. I downloaded the drivers from the HP website and got all the hardware working. I then click the Manage Server Wizard or Configure Server Wizard, and get a message teling me that this computer is a node on a cluster, and that I cannot manage the server.

Why does 2003 Server think this computer is part of a cluster? I haven't even hooked in a single network cable yet so it is stand-alone right now.

When I try to follow the link for Cluster Administration, I end up going round in circles and getting nowhere. I eventually ran the Cluster Administration Wizard (having expanded the appropriate files from the 2K3 CD into the system32 folder) and it asks me for a computer name or cluster name to connect to. As this computer is currently on it's own, I can't connect to anything, I cannot find the name of the cluster it is 'alleged' to be part of, and if I enter the name of the computer (test) the wizard just thows an error.

Why is 2K3 thinking it's a cluster node (it isn't!) and how do I tell the system it's a stand alone server so it will allow me to administer it?!!!

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by guruofdos

In System Services, Clustering Service is not even installed. All errors generated by the clustering wizard generate this error. I can't even work out how to install or uninstall services!!

by cg it

humm not seen this one before. I know that if you install ALL the network tools on the CD that in the admin tools, you'll get a cluster Icon but that Icon is invalid. It just shows up. I would ask this question over on Microsoft's Newsgroups for Windows 2003 Server. See if someone over there has seen this. Also, periodically, some techs at Microsoft post to those boards.

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