SQL 2000 Server - clean uninstall

[kizziebutler]

There was a sql 2000 server installed on server with a cluster. However the cluster crashed and failed. I am now trying re-install sql 2000 on the server but it is trying to find the previous sql 2000 database attached to the server. Please can anybody tell me how I can uninstall sql 2000 removing the previous version of sql 2000 and install a clean install of sql 2000.

SQL 2000 install but only shows the snap in mmc and cannot let you create a datatabase.

 

[mrdenny]

You can't uninstall SQL from a cluster. You have to manually uninstall it.

Here is the KB doc on how to manually remove SQL.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290991&sd=tech

Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000)

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