SAP BPC 5.1 multi-tier installation

We are implementing SAP BPC 5.1 as a multi-tier installation with 2 Windows servers.
Server 1 - SQL Server 2000 Database , OLAP & Reporting Services
Server 2 - Web / Application & Fileshare
Are there any issues that i need to be aware of with a multi-tier install ?
Service-level accounts for BPC - Do these accounts need to be the same between DEV and Prod. The install giude do not seem to indicate that these accounts have to be the same, however I just want to confirm
We did a trial installation and I get the following error :
Job name : http://wdsectest01vm/osoft/Launch.aspx
Detail : Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1). -- error CS2001: Source file C:Tempa71qdytz.0.cs could not be found -- error CS2008: No inputs specified --
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Subha

Hello Subha,
You can test the PTR dns records using nslookup.
I will use db.example.com and app.example.com as the fully qualified domain names below.
Open a command prompt (Start -> Run and type cmd) and type the following
nslookup
app.example.com
note - this should return the ip address of the application server and represents
the host (A) record in DNS. Lets assume it returns an ip of 1.1.1.10
set type=PTR
1.1.1.10
note - this will return the reverse lookup (PTR) record for the ip address and
in this example should resolve to app.example.com
exit
After you complete the nslookup for the appserver do the same for the database servers fqdn (db.example.com).
You should perform this test on each tier. If you run into any inconsistencies then your network/DNS administrator should be able to assist you in getting the appropriate records created.

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