Please let me know,How to calculate licenses of 4 cores in a virtual machine.

I have installed SQL Server Management Stuido ( June General Release) on several machines.   

My old machine's hard drive crashed, and that machine had SSMS 2016 installed.   After I got a new machine ( Company still on Windows 7 with SP1 ) and ran into problems with installing 2016 Management Studio.  Note: SSMS 2014 is installed, along with the fact that I have Administrator permissions.  

1) First the installation will not even start if you do not have .net 4.5 installed.  This was installed, which takes me to my next issue.  This took forever to figure out, because no error messages or anything.  

2)  I am running Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 installed.   I get the error message 'SETUP BLOCKED" when trying to install because "The current operating system is not supported.  This application requires at lease Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 to run.   

Below are screen shots from my install.   The first is from the computer properties, the second is from the SSMS 2016 Install.   

Any information would be great.    

I'm trying to figure out how to force my bcp command to use the ODBC Driver 13 instead of the ODBC Driver 11.  I can see them both installed but when I run a bcp command to import data in UTF-8 (something I know won't work) I'm getting the following error:

[ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server] This version of ODBC Driver for SQL Server does not support UTF-8 encoding

I've been able to do this on another of my servers that was a fresh install of SQL 2016 so it didn't have ODBC Driver 11, but when I upgraded another box from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2016 it installed the ODBC Driver 13 but doesn't appear to be using it.  Any thoughts on how to remove the ODBC Driver 11 or force bcp to use it instead?

We have an old web server running on a Microsoft Windows 2003 server running IIS 6 with classic asp and VB 6 com components which talks to a Microsoft Windows 2003 server with Microsoft 2000 SQL database installed.

We are currently looking to upgrade both servers to the latest versions and have started with the database server first.  We've setup a Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Datacenter server and have installed Microsoft SQL server 2008 R2 on it with the intention of getting our sql setup working before upgrading again to SQL server 2012 or 2016.

We have spent some time testing our website with the new database and have had to fix a few minor sql syntax issues (mainly index hints) but on the whole things are working very well.  However, we do have one issue that we can't seem to solve which occurs when a transaction is started on a web page by a call to one of our VB 6 components.  The code in the component runs ok but when the call ends and IIS 6 attempts to commit the transaction we get the following error:

  Error Number:-2147168246, Error Description: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Distributed transaction error

I have compared the MSDTC settings on the web server to our production environment web server and they look fine and have also compared the MSDTC settings on the 2008 database server with our production environment 2000 sql server and these look fine as well even though the settings screen does look a little different. 

I have downloaded and run dtctester on the webserver and the following is the output I got:

Obviously I know there is nothing wrong with the ODBC database DSN and the two servers can communicate as the COM components are able to query and retrieve data from the database as the rest of the website is working fine, it's just the transaction side of things that does not seem to work. 

I've looked at various solutions found on the net but so far nothing is working.  Any help in solving this issue would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

Hi,

Suppose if I have one physical host machine with ESX (not Hyper-v). On that physical machine there are 4 VM's 
I have SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition-Per Core and SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition-Per Core. I want to install SQL Server 2012 on all 4 VM servers. 

SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition on 3 VM servers and 
SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on one VM server

Will this become a compliance issue if different SQL Server 2012 Editions are installed on all VM server having only one physical host.

Regards,

Nikhil P Desai

In a new installation of SQL Server 2008R2 Standard in a windows Server2012R2, we have mixed-mode authentication enabled. Using Windows authentication, we are able to authenticate using SQL Management Studio as expected. Using SQL authentication, SQL Management Studio will not let me authenticate. Two strange symptoms:

• Typing in the password field on the SQL Management Studio Connect To Server dialogue has a long lag of about 3 seconds per character typed
• Authentication fails, even though the password is entered correctly

Using SQL Authentication and using another SSMS that is installed in a different server we are able to connect to the instance.

Any Idea in what to do in this cases?

 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Setup

The following error has occurred:

Unable to open Windows Installer file 'D:\en_sql_server_2016_enterprise_x64_dvd_8701793\redist\VisualStudioShell\VC10SP1\x64\vc_red.msi'.

Windows Installer error message: 1: 2203 2: D:\en_sql_server_2016_enterprise_x64_dvd_8701793\redist\VisualStudioShell\VC10SP1\x64\vc_red.msi 3: -2147286960 .

Click 'Retry' to retry the failed action, or click 'Cancel' to cancel this action and continue setup.

Hi everybody,

I am having trouble install SQL Server 2012 on my Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machine. The install gets to around 90% until it fails and says "External component has thrown an exception"

I have provided the error logs below

Overall summary: Final result: Failed: see details below Exit code (Decimal): -2147467259 Start time: 2016-07-09 21:06:27 End time: 2016-07-09 21:32:54 Requested action: Install

Setup completed with required actions for features. Troubleshooting information for those features: Next step for SQLEngine: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.

Machine Properties: Machine name: WIN-3DMN5R57F2T Machine processor count: 1 OS version: Future Windows Version OS service pack:
OS region: United States OS language: English (United States) OS architecture: x64 Process architecture: 64 Bit OS clustered: No

Product features discovered: Product Instance Instance ID Feature Language Edition Version Clustered SQL Server 2012 MSSQLSERVER MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER Database Engine Services 1033 Express Edition 11.0.2100.60 No
SQL Server 2012 MSSQLSERVER MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER SQL Server Replication 1033 Express Edition 11.0.2100.60 No

Package properties: Description: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 ProductName: SQL Server 2012 Type: RTM Version: 11 SPLevel: 0 Installation location: c:\c7bd354eef89efa3ef28cec15bbfabf5\x64\setup\ Installation edition: Express

Product Update Status: User selected not to include product updates.

User Input Settings: ACTION: Install ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN: true AGTSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE AGTSVCPASSWORD: ***** AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Disabled ASBACKUPDIR: Backup ASCOLLATION: Latin1_General_CI_AS ASCONFIGDIR: Config ASDATADIR: Data ASLOGDIR: Log ASPROVIDERMSOLAP: 1 ASSERVERMODE: MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSVCACCOUNT: <empty> ASSVCPASSWORD: <empty> ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS: <empty> ASTEMPDIR: Temp BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic CLTCTLRNAME: <empty> CLTRESULTDIR:<empty> CLTSTARTUPTYPE: 0 CLTSVCACCOUNT: <empty> CLTSVCPASSWORD: <empty> CLTWORKINGDIR: <empty> COMMFABRICENCRYPTION: 0 COMMFABRICNETWORKLEVEL: 0 COMMFABRICPORT: 0 CONFIGURATIONFILE:
CTLRSTARTUPTYPE: 0 CTLRSVCACCOUNT: <empty> CTLRSVCPASSWORD: <empty> CTLRUSERS: <empty> ENABLERANU: true ENU: true ERRORREPORTING: false FEATURES: SQLENGINE FILESTREAMLEVEL: 0 FILESTREAMSHARENAME: <empty> FTSVCACCOUNT: <empty> FTSVCPASSWORD:<empty> HELP: false INDICATEPROGRESS: false INSTALLSHAREDDIR: c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\ INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR: c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\ INSTALLSQLDATADIR: <empty> INSTANCEDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\ INSTANCEID: SQLEXPRESS INSTANCENAME: SQLEXPRESS ISSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\Network Service ISSVCPASSWORD: <empty> ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic MATRIXCMBRICKCOMMPORT: 0 MATRIXCMSERVERNAME: <empty> MATRIXNAME: <empty> NPENABLED: 0 PID: ***** QUIET: false QUIETSIMPLE: false ROLE: AllFeatures_WithDefaults RSINSTALLMODE: DefaultNativeMode RSSHPINSTALLMODE: DefaultSharePointMode RSSVCACCOUNT: <empty> RSSVCPASSWORD: <empty> RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic SAPWD: ***** SECURITYMODE: SQL SQLBACKUPDIR:<empty> SQLCOLLATION: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS SQLSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE SQLSVCPASSWORD: ***** SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS: SA\Administrator, NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE SQLTEMPDBDIR: <empty> SQLTEMPDBLOGDIR:<empty> SQLUSERDBDIR: <empty> SQLUSERDBLOGDIR: <empty> SQMREPORTING: false TCPENABLED: 0 UIMODE: AutoAdvance UpdateEnabled: false UpdateSource: MU X86: false

Configuration file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20160709_205901\ConfigurationFile.ini

Detailed results: Feature: Database Engine Services Status: Failed: see logs for details Reason for failure: An error occurred during the setup process of the feature. Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again. Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features Component error code: -2147467259 Error description: External component has thrown an exception. Error help link: (unable to post due to account not verified)

Rules with failures:

Global rules:

Scenario specific rules:

Rules report file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20160709_205901\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm

Hi,

I am going to Install SQL Express 2012 on deployment environment. As i know i can install the SQL Express 2012 visually.

Click on setup file then next....

Is it possible that i can install the SQL Express 2012 in one double click and installation process will read like; Server name, Mixed Mode password from a configuration file?

Thank you

Regards atik sarker

Hi,

We have License of SQL Server Standard Edition as follows

Microsoft®SQLSvrStandardCore Sngl License/SoftwareAssurancePack OLP 2Licenses NoLevel CoreLic Qualified

Please guide me on meaning of

NoLevel

CoreLice

Qualified

Regards,

Nikhil Desai

I am trying to install Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2 in Windows 10 Operating System.

After the initial steps, I see this error, when I get into the main part of the installation:

--------------------------------

TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure

SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error:

There was an error generating the XML document.

Error code 0x84B10001.

--------------------------------

I have installed service pack 3 for SQL Server 2008 R2 already, and have also installed Cumulative Update package 5 for SQL Server 2008 R2.

Is there any quick solution you can provide me ? I need to sort this out ASAP.

OS:  Windows 10  note: Was upgraded from windows 7 to 10  

Problem: Installation fails  

I have tried the following:

a.Giving "c:\users\{user}\AppData\local\Temp" and "c:\users\{user}\AppData\local\Microsoft\Windows" Full Authority

b.unregistered and registered c:\windows\system32\msiexec  and  c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec

c.Removed all installations of SQL Server including directories and registry entries (no trace what so ever)

d.sfc / scan

Nothing is working. I read lost of articles and follow the instructions, yet not relief in sight. I want to reinstall windows 10, but the product key has been over written when the auto upgrade went through(Thank you MS). 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

thank you in advance,

SQL Hell

Hello everyone,

I come here with a problem that generates me the installation of SQL Server 2014, the message shows me the following errors:

- Database Engine Services

- SQL Server Replication

And try various methods that are seen after googling, but still can not get to start the service. come to you in search of a solution, I've uninstalled and installed, I tried downloading the .exe again. Please let me know if more information is needed.

I have another question, what is the correct method for a complete uninstall SQL Server? in some forums mention Remove all SQL Server components from 'Programs and Features' but what are these?

Beforehand thank you very much


Regards!!


Caractaristicas

- Windows Server 2012 R2 Essential.
- SQL Server 2014 Express.


Error Log:

I have a SQL Server RC2 instance that has expired. When I try to go into Windows Services and start the SQL Server instance it fails to start and an error log entry in the Windows Application event log indicates this is due to "trial expiration". I see RC3 was release late last month and I'd like to upgrade to RC3. I've downloaded the SQL Server 2016 RC3 ISO and made it through all the wizard questions only to have it give me the following error

It appears an upgrade cant occur unless the SQL Server instance to be upgraded is running. In this case the SQL Server instance to be upgraded can not be started because the trial is marked as expired. What can I do? I have quite a bit of data in this database that needs to be preserved.

Thank you.

Have an interesting situation.

I have a NeverFail cluster on which I loaded SQL Server 2005 and SP1.

All was great. Both nodes had no issues with the initial setup or the SP1 update.

When I forced a failover to the inactive node, MOST of the services like SSIS, Full-Text and SQL Browser came up like a champ.

BUT ... the SQL Server service and the SQL Agent did not come up (or shall I say not fully).

I am now looking at the SQL Server Configuration Manager and I see the following for the SQL Server service:

"Name"      shows the RED block icon for the SQL Server

"State"       shows "Change pending ..."

"Start Mode" is set to Manual

"Log on as"   has my domain account listed

"Process ID"   has the number 2956 (so it has started somewhat).

I then click open the SQL Service item and it shows that it is stopped.

I am given the option to START the service. When I try to start it, the meter bar comes up and moves slowly to the end and then an error returns of ...

"The request failed or the service did not respond in a timely manner. Consult the event log or other applicable errors logs for details"

If I look under windows Services in the Admin Tools section... I see the services for SSIS, FT and Browser listed and started BUT I see SQL Server says its "starting".

If I click open the service from here, once again it show "starting" and all of the option buttons to Stop-Start-Pause-Resume are grayed out and I am not able to use them.

I have looked in the Windows Event Logs for any events but none are present. 

Now I know why the SQL Agent is not running, and of course that is due to is dependency on SQL Server being up and running.

First off WHAT does the "Change pending" message mean?

Then what other logs can I look at for some help or is there someone who has the answers to this dilemma.

Thanks and have a great evening

I have Signed up for SQL sever on Linux evaluation.

On March 16th, I received a download link from SQL server community for release candidate of SQL Server 2016.

But the link takes me to regular SQL server download page.

Was anyone able to successfully install SQL server on linux using the link provided in community newsletter?

I have tried cleaning, then installing 2008 SQL server Express on Vista Ultimate 3 times and spent hours on this. I have installed regular SQL server on 2003 server with no issues many times, but I have huge issues with 2008 SQL server Express. I keep getting the proceeding errors.

Any ideas?

Configuration file:            C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081202_010008\ConfigurationFile.ini

Detailed results:
  Feature:                       Database Engine Services
  Status:                        Failed: see logs for details
  MSI status:                    Passed
  Configuration status:          Failed: see details below
  Configuration error code:      0x0A2FBD17@1211@1
  Configuration error description: A MOF syntax error occurred.
  Configuration log:             C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081202_010008\Detail.txt

  Feature:                       SQL Client Connectivity SDK
  Status:                        Passed
  MSI status:                    Passed
  Configuration status:          Passed

  Feature:                       SQL Server Replication
  Status:                        Failed: see logs for details
  MSI status:                    Passed
  Configuration status:          Failed: see details below
  Configuration error code:      0x0A2FBD17@1211@1
  Configuration error description: A MOF syntax error occurred.
  Configuration log:             C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081202_010008\Detail.txt

  Feature:                       Management Tools - Basic
  Status:                        Failed: see logs for details
  MSI status:                    Passed
  Configuration status:          Failed: see details below
  Configuration error code:      0x0A2FBD17@1211@1
  Configuration error description: A MOF syntax error occurred.
  Configuration log:             C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081202_010008\Detail.txt

Rules with failures:

Global rules:

Scenario specific rules:

Rules report file:               C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20081202_010008\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm