"Setup Failed to Start on the Remote Machine. Check the Task Scheduler Event Log on the Remote Machine." Error While Installing Microsoft Sql Server 2005 in Failover Cluster

Last few days I was installing failover cluster in MsSql 2005 and whille installing it I got this error and installation wouldn’t continue.

In error logs there is a message:

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Running: ScheduleActionAction at: 7d8/8/19 b:c:2a
Complete: ScheduleActionAction at: 7d8/8/19 b:c:2b, returned true
Skipped: InstallASAction.11
Waiting for actions from remote setup(s)
Breaking wait state and aborting package due to cancel code received: 642
Remote setup(s) are ready
Notify package action is determined: 642
Error Code: 0x800700e9 (233)
Windows Error Text: No process is on the other end of the pipe.

Source File Name: remotemessagelib\overlappedpipelistener.cpp
Compiler Timestamp: Fri Jul 29 01:13:51 2005
Function Name: sqls::OverlappedPipeListener::writePipe
Source Line Number: 294

Fix for this error is simple. Log out any users on another node in cluster and that’s it. So simple.

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