The Gatherer object in project <SQLServer SQLxxxxxxx>cannot be

I have bumped into something similar to this on a cluster. Can you try this
first and then I'll let you know a hack which worked for this media giant I
used to work for.


http://www.indexserverfaq.com/clusterfailure.htm


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> Hi Team,
>
> Configuration:
> SQL Server 2000 SP4
> Clustered - Active / Passive
> Windows 2000 SP4
>
> Issue:
> Full Text is not working when there is a cluster failover to the
> passive node2 from active node1. When the cluster is again switched
> back to the original node1, full text search is working properly!
>
> Error Message:
> Event ID: 3028
> Message: The Gatherer object in project cannot
> be initialized. Error:0 - The operation complete successfully
>
> I'm getting this message three times in the even viewer when the
> failover happens! There is no info in internet for SQL Full Text
> Search for this message but similair issue is posted regarding
> Exchange server as there is no registry values corresponding to these
> indexes so recreate it... But the concept is different here since it
> is a shared disk so FTData is there... Not sure what is the issue. Let
> me know if anything can be done!