Error Message:

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect.

Received this error after submitting an application written in C++ to the Microsoft HPC Server 2008 cluster. To fix it, simply install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package on the compute nodes. I recommend you install both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions as you may have some users compiling their applications in 32-bit and some in 64-bit.

Reference: http://docs.hp.com/en/BA683-90006/ch13s08.html