Originally posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:19 AM.
Fairly simple error, but potentially frustrating.
When attempting to use the Surface Area Configuration tool, you get the error,
"You cannot configure surface area of clustered services by connecting to a computer name. Conect to the virtual server to configure clustered services."
I kept figuring it wanted the full path, servername\instancename, or else the name of the cluster.
What it wants is the SQL Network Name as configured in your cluster, no instance name. Hit Change Computer on the initial splash, then set that to the actual SQL Network name.
Good luck!