Help - SQL 2008 - SP4 Install Fails - Server is in script upgrade mode - Server Down

Question

Login failed for user 'CS\XXXXXXXXXXX'. Reason: Server is in script upgrade mode. Only administrator can connect at this time. [CLIENT: <local machine>]
Clearing tempdb database.
Bits:
Windows 2003 Server Std SP2
SQL Server 2008 SP3
SQL Server has been running without issue.  Installed on another SS2K8 SP3 and worked fine.
Any assistance would be appreciated as this issue is causing problems for my user applications.
Thank You
Mark Covian

Answer 1

Set Trace Flag -T902
Start the SQL Server and it shuts down
2015-01-28 09:41:00.00 Server Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP4) - 10.0.6000.29 (Intel X86)
Sep 2 2014 22:55:13
Copyright (c) 1988-2008 Microsoft Corporation
Standard Edition on Windows NT 5.2 <X86> (Build : )
2015-01-28 09:41:00.00 Server (c) 2005 Microsoft Corporation.
2015-01-28 09:41:00.00 Server All rights reserved.
2015-01-28 09:41:00.00 Server Server process ID is 6564.
2015-01-28 09:41:00.00 Server Authentication mode is MIXED.
2015-01-28 09:41:00.00 Server Logging SQL Server messages in file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG'.
2015-01-28 09:41:00.00 Server This instance of SQL Server last reported using a process ID of 7580 at 1/28/2015 9:32:48 AM (local) 1/28/2015 4:32:48 PM (UTC). This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2015-01-28 09:41:00.00 Server Registry startup parameters:
-d C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf
-e C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG
-l C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ldf
-T902
The ALL permission is deprecated and maintained only for compatibility. It DOES NOT imply ALL permissions defined on the entity.
Adding user 'CS\X910401' to SQLAgentUserRole msdb role...
Performing replication job security meta-data upgrades...
Attempting to load library 'xprepl.dll' into memory. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
Using 'xprepl.dll' version '2007.100.1600' to execute extended stored procedure 'xp_repl_encrypt'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
Error: 515, Severity: 16, State: 2.
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'owner_sid', table 'msdb.dbo.sysjobs'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
Error: 912, Severity: 21, State: 2.
Script level upgrade for database 'master' failed because upgrade step 'sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql' encountered error 515, state 2, severity 16. This is a serious error condition which might interfere with regular operation and the database will be taken offline. If the error happened during upgrade of the 'master' database, it will prevent the entire SQL Server instance from starting. Examine the previous errorlog entries for errors, take the appropriate corrective actions and re-start the database so that the script upgrade steps run to completion.
Error: 3417, Severity: 21, State: 3.
Cannot recover the master database. SQL Server is unable to run. Restore master from a full backup, repair it, or rebuild it. For more information about how to rebuild the master database, see SQL Server Books Online.
SQL Trace was stopped due to server shutdown. Trace ID = '1'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
The SQL Server Network Interface library successfully deregistered the Service Principal Name (SPN) [ MSSQLSvc/ ] for the SQL Server service.
The SQL Server Network Interface library successfully deregistered the Service Principal Name (SPN) [ MSSQLSvc/R:1433 ] for the SQL Server service.
Mark Covian