In the end of August 2010 I helped to deploy SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster running on the top of Windows Server 2008 R2. All hardware were made by Fujitsu include SAN hardware. All systems were configured. While I was deploying SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster I got an error, WMI service, on cluster validation as picture below I checked WMI service on Windows Services It was running well. It’s a strange. After I checked on Event Log and did “simple debugging” I found what happening. The problem was Fujitsu ServerView Agent “block” WMI query on so you should uninstall ServerView agent on all Windows Cluster machines After you deploy all SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster you can reinstall Fujitsu ServerView agents I hope this information is useful for you. For Fujitsu engineer team, I hope your team can resolve this issue;) or is there any updated Fujitsu ServerView? Let me know

While you’re deploying SQL Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster running on the top of Windows Server 2008 R2 you get a warning message “Network binding order”. Look at this picture below. It’s not an error but it doesn’t recommend to continue your deployment because it will degrade SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster performance. Solution This problem occurs because your network binding adapters don’t order properly. You can check on Network Connection (see picture below). On Windows Server 2008 R2 you don’t see a Menu so you can activate a Menu with clicking on Menu Organize->Layout->Menu bar. After do that, you can see all menu on Network Connections. Now you can configure network binding order with clicking on menu Advanced –> Advanced Settings… You’re going to get a Advanced Settings dialog, see picture below. Make sure network adapters that you use for SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster place on the top of Connection. Click OK button to finish your configuration. Now you can install SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster again.