INSTALL REPAIR ADDNODE Use a domain account as the The specified service account is not valid. To continue, provide a SQL Server Agent service domain account for SQL Server account when installing a Agent service. clustered instance (for example, redmond\sqlcl01) REPAIR (Cluster only) ADDNODE Validate that that the SQL The service account you specify for the SQL Server service Server Agent service account must be a member of the SQL is part of the SQL Server Server Agent domain group. Agent service domain group for clustered scenarios. The SQL Agent service account When running the enterprise name and SID must be the same installation scenario (that is, across all cluster nodes. prepare on n-nodes and then run complete on one of them), ADDNODE ensure that the SQL Server Agent service accounts are the same on all prepared nodes for the particular instance. On AddNode, the SQL Server service account specified must be same as it is on the other nodes of the SQL Server cluster. The SQL Agent domain group When running the enterprise name and SID must be the same installation scenario (that is, across all cluster nodes. prepare on n-nodes and then run complete on one of them), ensure that the SQL Server Agent service domain groups are the same on all prepared nodes for the particular instance. The SQL Agent service account Use an account other than cannot be NETWORK SERVICE NETWORK SERVICE for the and a member of the SQL Agent SQL Server Agent service domain group. account when installing a clustered instance.
INSTALL REPAIR ADDNODE The specified service account is not valid. To continue, provide a domain account for SQL Server Agent service. REPAIR (Cluster only) ADDNODE Use a domain account as the SQL Server Agent service account when installing a clustered instance (for example, redmond\sqlcl01) The service account you specify for the SQL Server service must be a member of the SQL Server Agent domain group. Validate that that the SQL Server Agent service account is part of the SQL Server Agent service domain group for clustered scenarios. The SQL Agent service account name and SID must be the same across all cluster nodes. ADDNODE When running the enterprise installation scenario (that is, prepare on n-nodes and then run complete on one of them), ensure that the SQL Server Agent service accounts are the same on all prepared nodes for the particular instance. On AddNode, the SQL Server service account specified must be same as it is on the other nodes of the SQL Server cluster. The SQL Agent domain group name and SID must be the same across all cluster nodes. When running the enterprise installation scenario (that is, prepare on n-nodes and then run complete on one of them), ensure that the SQL Server Agent service domain groups are the same on all prepared nodes for the particular instance. The SQL Agent service account cannot be NETWORK SERVICE and a member of the SQL Agent domain group. Use an account other than NETWORK SERVICE for the SQL Server Agent service account when installing a clustered instance.