I am installing a SQL Server 2008R2 cluster on Windows 2008R2.
After installation, the Agent won't start. In the SQLAGENT.LOG I see:
Startup error: Unable to initialize error reporting system (reason: The EventLog service has not been started)
The group SQLServerSQLAgentUser$ComputerName$MSSQLSERVER
was not created. Maybe that causes the error?
I do see the service account running the Agent was added to the required security policies.
When I add the service account to the local admin group, the Agent starts fine.