Monday, October 31, 2016

Error 'The network address is invalid' Intalling Clustered SQL Server on VirtualBox VMs

Hi there,

While I was trying to set up a lab for testing out SQL Server 2016 on clustered two node Windows Server Failover cluster running Windows Server 2012 R2, I kept getting the error in the screen shot below.  I had no problem setting up the AD Domain controller, and two windows server nodes which will take part in the cluster.  DNS worked just fine, long story short there was no issue at all.  I tried two options where one was granting additional permissions  to windows cluster network object (CNO) which did not work, and other one was to pre-stage  the SQL Cluster  prior to installation which did not work either.









Further search came up with the solution from Jonathan Kehayias's blog dated September 19, 2011. The simple solution was  to remove 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions'.  I un-installed that software rebooted the servers and was able to install the SQL Server Cluster successfully.  If you're not already following not only Jonathan's blog but everyone at SQLskills, I recommend to do so since you will benefit from their contribution immensely.

HTH,
Bulent