CRM 7.0 installation failed on Windows 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008 SP1

Question

Hello I'm currently trying to install CRM 7.0 on a windows 2008 R2 (64B) plateform  with SQL Server 2008 SP1 as database engine
while launching sapinst.exe i'm facing this issue  that i cannot get rid of it 
Could someone Help , would really be appreciated as i'm a newby on SAP world
thanks a lot
Unable to start a service execution.  Please check the following information for the possibble reason and inform the installation development :  Opened sylib701_1.dll exe dir is C:/Users/SAPINS1/AppData/Local/Temp/2/sapinst_exe.3492.1286357336 Opened C:/Users/SAPINS1/AppData/Local/Temp/2/sapinst_exe.3492.1286357336/iaguieng701_1.dll receiving and sending on port 21200 Environment variable SAPINST_JRE_HOME set to value 'C:/Users/SAPINS1/AppData/Local/Temp/2/sapinst_exe.3492.1286357336/jre'. exe dir is C:/Users/SAPINS1/AppData/Local/Temp/2/sapinst_exe.3492.1286357336 Creating file C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\x. Removing file C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\x. Opened C:/Users/SAPINS~1/AppData/Local/Temp/2/sapinst_exe.3492.1286357336/iakdblib701_1.dll  This is SAPinst, version 701_1, make variant 701_REL, build 1015514 compiled on Oct 3 2008, 01:51:15  MessageLib initialized successfully. showing dlg diProductChoice <dialog sid="diProductChoice"> <title>Welcome to SAP Installation Master</title> <dialog/> Login in progress Connection request to guiengine backend by host 169.254.138.68 Protocol version is 3.1 Send connect information client logged on Waiting for an answer from GUI CDialogHandler: ACTION_NEXT requested <dialog sid="diProductChoice"> <dialog/> Creating file C:\Windows\System32\x. Removing file C:\Windows\System32\x. showing dlg diRestartOrCancel <dialog sid="diRestartOrCancel"> Dialog does not contain standard input handler, so the backend is not able to generate a log entry <dialog/> Waiting for an answer from GUI current working directory is C:/Windows/System32 Creating file C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\x. Removing file C:\Program Files\sapinst_instdir\x. Unable to open URL file://C:\Windows\System32\control.xml.  The execution will be terminated now.

Answer 1

Hi!
Windows 2008 R2 is not yet listed in the PAM - and hence not yet supported. The technical prerequisites are met (with a special kernel patch) but not all software is released, so you may get it to run technically but not everything is tested and so, you should not install any SAP system on it!
In fact, and just to provide you further details it is not possible to expect the 710 products released for Windows Server 2008 R2 before around four weeks; 700 products will be released even after 710.
See [SAP note 1383873|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1383873]  ("Windows Server 2008 R2 Support").
You can be always up to date with the latest Windows news at:
[SAP on Microsoft Windows|SAP on Microsoft Windows] --> Support of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Cheers!