SQL 2008 MSCS cluster verification error

This error confused me for a while and Google didn't come up with many hits so I thought I write something out there to help others that may hit on this seemingly rare issue. I ran into this problem on my 2nd or 3rd SQL 2008 x64 install on a Windows 2008 x64 cluster and they were running on the same hardware (Dell R900). Only thing I didn't do this time was do the actual install of Windows. I figured how different can someone else install Windows?....

SQL 2008 x64 Enterprise installing on Windows 2008 x64 Enterprise Microsoft Cluster Server.

During SQL install verification, it fails a cluster check even thought you've ran a Cluster Verification on your 2008 x64 cluster.



Rule "Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) cluster verification errors" failed.

The cluster either has not been verified or there are errors or failures in the verification report. Refer to KB953748 or SQL Server Books Online for more information.