Disk resource could not be moved error when installing SQL Server 2012 failover cluster

SQL Server 2012 failover cluster installation fails with the following error:

"The resource 'Disk Z' could not be moved from cluster group 'Available Storage' to cluster group 'SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)'. Error: There was a failure to call cluster code from a provider. Exception message: Generic failure . Status code: 183. Description: Cannot create a file when that file already exists."

This comes up when you are installing the SQL instance onto mount points under a root mount point. The cluster install has trouble adding these disk resources to the SQL Server cluster group and setting its dependencies.

To fix:

1. The failed installation may have partially installed the SQL instance. If that is the case, uninstall the instance first. Do this by using the "Remove node from a SQL Server failover cluster" option.

2. In the Failover Cluster Manager, right click on Roles and select Create Empty Role:

3. Rename the role to your desired instance name, eg. "SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)"

4. Right click on the role and click Add Storage

5. Select the mount points to be used for this instance, including the root mount point, and add them to this role.

Now when you re-run the cluster installation, it should complete successfully.

Setup.rll error when installing SQL Server 2012

Error when trying to run setup.exe for SQL Server 2012:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\SQLServer2012\resources\1033\setup.rll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support."

To fix, copy the following:

%InstallMedia%\resources\1033\setup.rll

to:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\SQLServer2012\Resources\1033

.NET Unhandled Exception error when running installing SQL Server 2012

Error when launching setup.exe for SQL Server 2012:

"Unhandled exception has occurred in your application.  If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue.  If you click Quit, the application will close immediately."

This was resolved by deleting the following folder:

C:\Users\%username%\appdata\local\Microsoft_Corporation