Can't add service account to domain group during SQL cluster install
- by Sam
I'm installing a 2008 instance on a Server 2003 machine which is already running SQL 2005.
I need to set up domain groups for the security setup step:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179530.aspx
On Windows Server 2003, specify domain
groups for SQL Server services. All
resource permissions are controlled by
domain-level groups that include SQL
Server service accounts as group
members.
Much more info on this here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910708
I've had problems with being able to add the windows service accounts to the groups at install time. The security admins had to make my account a domain admin - which they were hesitant to do.
The account under which SQL Server
Setup is running must have permissions
to add accounts to the domain groups.
Is there a specific security setting which would allow my account to add accounts to a group?
UPDATE: I'm looking for specific instructions. I have a global group called domain\servicegroup - what do I tell the security folks to do. I'd love to figure it out myself, but I don't have access to this stuff.
