If the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 installation dialog box appears, select the check box to accept the .NET Framework 2.0 License Agreement. Click Next. To quit SQL Server 2008 installation, click Cancel. When installation of .NET Framework 2.0 is complete, click Finish.

Windows Installer 4.5 is also required, and may be installed by the Installation Wizard. If you are prompted to restart your computer, restart, and then start SQL Server 2008 setup.exe again.

When prerequisites are installed, the Installation Wizard will launch the SQL Server Installation Center. To add a node to an existing failover cluster instance, click Installation in the left-hand pane. Then, select Add node to a SQL Server failover cluster.

The System Configuration Checker will run a discovery operation on your computer. To continue, click OK. Setup log files have been created for your installation. For more information about log files, see How to: View SQL Server 2008 Setup Log Files.

On the Product key page, specify the PID key for a production version of the product. Note that the product key you enter for this installation must be for the same SQL Server 2008 edition as that which is installed on the active node.

On the License Terms page, read the license agreement, and then select the check box to accept the licensing terms and conditions. To continue, click Next. To end Setup, click Cancel.

The Installation Wizard will install SQL Server prerequisites if they are not already on the computer. They include the following:

• .NET Framework 2.0
  
• SQL Server Native Client
  
• SQL Server Setup Support Files
  

To install prerequisites, click Install.

The System Configuration Checker will verify the system state of your computer before Setup continues. After the check is complete, click Next to continue.

On the Cluster Node Configuration page, use the drop-down box to specify the name of the SQL Server 2008 failover cluster instance that will be modified during this Setup operation.

On the Server Configuration — Service Accounts page, specify login accounts for SQL Server services. The actual services that are configured on this page depend on the features you selected to install. For failover cluster installations, account name and startup type infromation will be pre-populated on this page based on settings provided for the active node. You must provide passwords for each account. For more information, see SQL Server Configuration - Service Accounts and Setting Up Windows Service Accounts.

Security Note   Do not use a blank password. Use a strong password.

When you are finished specifying login information for SQL Server services, click Next.

The Disk Space Requirements page calculates the required disk space for the features you specify, and compares requirements to the available disk space on the computer where Setup is running. For more information, see Disk Cost Summary.

On the Error and Usage Reporting page, specify the information you would like to send to Microsoft that will help to improve SQL Server. By default, options for error reporting and feature usage are enabled. For more information, see Error and Usage Report Settings.

The System Configuration Checker will run one more set of rules to validate your computer configuration with the SQL Server features you have specified.

The Ready to Install page displays a tree view of installation options that were specified during Setup.

During installation, the Installation Progress page provides status so you can monitor installation progress as Setup proceeds.

After installation, the Complete page provides a link to the summary log file for the installation and other important notes. To complete the SQL Server installation process, click Close.

If you are instructed to restart the computer, do so now. It is important to read the message from the Installation Wizard when you are done with Setup. For information about Setup log files, see How to: View SQL Server 2008 Setup Log Files.