I have a cluster set up with two virtual instance names
WIN2K8SQL1\INST1
WIN2K8SQL2\INST2
that was set up by the IaaS company. Now developers are complaining about the naming convention so we decided to create an alias in the DNS. But alias only works for WIN2K8SQL1 and not for INST1, so that they need to use that in the connection strings:
MEANINGFULNAME\INST1
Is there a way to name the instances on the cluster MSSQLSERVER?