Upgrading SQL Server from 2008 to 2012 doesn't respect existing install / instance paths
Basic Information : Running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with MS SQL Server 2008 (version 10.0.5869), trying to upgrade to SQL Server 2012. Currently working in a cloned
VM of our production server (so I can try things and not worry about affecting our production system).
Current server setup:
C Drive: Operating System (About 7 GB of 50 GB free)
J Drive: Program Files (About 65 GB of 78 GB free)
F Drive: SQL Databases (About 120 GB of 195 GB free)
Issue: I am trying to do an upgrade of our existing MS SQL Server 2008 install. I am using the GUI method, and choosing "Upgrade from SQL Server, 2005, SQL Server
2008, or SQL Server 2008 R2" in the Setup GUI:
All the checks & rules run with no issues. When I get to the "Instance Configuration" screen in the setup GUI, it is not respecting where my SQL Server instance is already installed (which is on the J drive). Instead it wants to install EVERYTHING
(including Instance Directory, which should be on the F drive, and the install folder, which should be on the J drive) on the C drive under C:\Program Files\ and there is no option in the GUI to change that, as it's grayed out.
I tried using a Configuration File to do the upgrade, but when I tried to specify the specific paths, it says those variables are not allowed to be used in an upgrade. If I allow the install to go through, it seems to install fine, but only leaves me with about
1.5 GB free on the OS drive (Drive C) and all of SQL Server is now installed on Drive C, which is not what I want or need.
Looking in the Registry Editor, I can see that under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft
SQL Server\MSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\ that the SqlProgramDir key
has changed from "F:\" to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\" and that the SQLPath and SQLDataRoot have
changed from "F:\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL" to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL". SQLBinRoot has
also been changed "F:\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn" to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn".
It doesn't seem to want to follow where the existing Install and Instance Directories are. Am I missing something here? I've done a decent amount of research, but can't find anything that talks about this. So I'm at a loss as to what to do from here.
I haven't touched the registry. Here is the ConfigurationFile.ini from the original install (I've scrubbed sensitive info out of it) showing the paths:
;SQLSERVER2008 Configuration File
[SQLSERVER2008]
; Specify the Instance ID for the SQL Server features you have specified. SQL Server directory structure, registry structure, and service names will reflect the instance ID of the SQL Server instance.
INSTANCEID="MSSQLSERVER"
; Specifies a Setup work flow, like INSTALL, UNINSTALL, or UPGRADE. This is a required parameter.
ACTION="Install"
; Specifies features to install, uninstall, or upgrade. The list of top-level features include SQL, AS, RS, IS, and Tools. The SQL feature will install the database engine, replication, and full-text. The Tools feature will install Management Tools, Books online, Business Intelligence Development Studio, and other shared components.
FEATURES=SQLENGINE,AS,RS,BIDS,CONN,IS,BC,SDK,BOL,SSMS,ADV_SSMS,SNAC_SDK,OCS
; Displays the command line parameters usage
HELP="False"
; Specifies that the detailed Setup log should be piped to the console.
INDICATEPROGRESS="False"
; Setup will not display any user interface.
QUIET="False"
; Setup will display progress only without any user interaction.
QUIETSIMPLE="False"
; Specifies that Setup should install into WOW64. This command line argument is not supported on an IA64 or a 32-bit system.
X86="False"
; Specify if errors can be reported to Microsoft to improve future SQL Server releases. Specify 1 or True to enable and 0 or False to disable this feature.
ERRORREPORTING="False"
; Specify the root installation directory for native shared components.
INSTALLSHAREDDIR="J:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server"
; Specify the root installation directory for the WOW64 shared components.
INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR="J:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server"
; Specify the installation directory.
INSTANCEDIR="F:"
; Specify that SQL Server feature usage data can be collected and sent to Microsoft. Specify 1 or True to enable and 0 or False to disable this feature.
SQMREPORTING="False"
; Specify a default or named instance. MSSQLSERVER is the default instance for non-Express editions and SQLExpress for Express editions. This parameter is required when installing the SQL Server Database Engine (SQL), Analysis Services (AS), or Reporting Services (RS).
INSTANCENAME="MSSQLSERVER"
; Agent account name
AGTSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
; Auto-start service after installation.
AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"
; Startup type for Integration Services.
ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"
; Account for Integration Services: Domain\User or system account.
ISSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
; The name of the account that the Analysis Services service runs under.
ASSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
; Controls the service startup type setting after the service has been created.
ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"
; The collation to be used by Analysis Services.
ASCOLLATION="Latin1_General_CI_AS"
; The location for the Analysis Services data files.
ASDATADIR="F:\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Data"
; The location for the Analysis Services log files.
ASLOGDIR="F:\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Log"
; The location for the Analysis Services backup files.
ASBACKUPDIR="F:\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Backup"
; The location for the Analysis Services temporary files.
ASTEMPDIR="F:\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Temp"
; The location for the Analysis Services configuration files.
ASCONFIGDIR="F:\MSAS10.MSSQLSERVER\OLAP\Config"
; Specifies whether or not the MSOLAP provider is allowed to run in process.
ASPROVIDERMSOLAP="1"
; Specifies the list of administrator accounts that need to be provisioned.
ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS=""
; Startup type for the SQL Server service.
SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"
; Level to enable FILESTREAM feature at (0, 1, 2 or 3).
FILESTREAMLEVEL="0"
; Set to "1" to enable RANU for SQL Server Express.
ENABLERANU="False"
; Specifies a Windows collation or an SQL collation to use for the Database Engine.
SQLCOLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"
; Account for SQL Server service: Domain\User or system account.
SQLSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
; Windows account(s) to provision as SQL Server system administrators.
SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS=""
; The default is Windows Authentication. Use "SQL" for Mixed Mode Authentication.
SECURITYMODE="SQL"
; Provision current user as a Database Engine system administrator for SQL Server 2008 Express.
ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN="False"
; Specify 0 to disable or 1 to enable the TCP/IP protocol.
TCPENABLED="1"
; Specify 0 to disable or 1 to enable the Named Pipes protocol.
NPENABLED="0"
; Startup type for Browser Service.
BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Disabled"
; Specifies which account the report server NT service should execute under. When omitted or when the value is empty string, the default built-in account for the current operating system.
; The username part of RSSVCACCOUNT is a maximum of 20 characters long and
; The domain part of RSSVCACCOUNT is a maximum of 254 characters long.
RSSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"
; Specifies how the startup mode of the report server NT service. When
; Manual - Service startup is manual mode (default).
; Automatic - Service startup is automatic mode.
; Disabled - Service is disabled
RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"
; Specifies which mode report server is installed in.
; Default value: “FilesOnly”
RSINSTALLMODE="DefaultNativeMode"
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2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server Server named pipe provider is ready to accept connection on [ \\.\pipe\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS2008A\sql\query ].
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server Dedicated administrator connection support was not started because it is disabled on this edition of SQL Server. If you want to use a dedicated administrator connection, restart SQL Server using the
trace flag 7806. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server The SQL Server Network Interface library could not register the Service Principal Name (SPN) for the SQL Server service. Error: 0x54b, state: 3. Failure to register an SPN may cause integrated authentication
to fall back to NTLM instead of Kerberos. This is an informational message. Further action is only required if Kerberos authentication is required by authentication policies.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.11 Server SQL Server is now ready for client connections. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.29 spid10s Clearing tempdb database.
2014-03-26 08:50:41.89 spid10s Starting up database 'tempdb'.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.09 spid13s The Service Broker protocol transport is disabled or not configured.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.09 spid13s The Database Mirroring protocol transport is disabled or not configured.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.14 spid13s Service Broker manager has started.
2014-03-26 08:50:42.14 spid7s Recovery is complete. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:53.48 spid51 Attempting to load library 'xpstar.dll' into memory. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:50:53.48 spid51 Using 'xpstar.dll' version '2007.100.1600' to execute extended stored procedure 'xp_enumerrorlogs'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2014-03-26 08:51:35.68 spid54 Starting up database 'Web TimeSheet2'.
2014-03-26 08:51:38.47 spid54 Recovery is writing a checkpoint in database 'Web TimeSheet2' (6). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
Note: the lines referring to xpstar.dll is new after this porblem. Previous logs do not have this,Any help will be appreciated.Hi,
>>Server is listening on [ 'any' <ipv4> 1026].
Your sql server is not listening on default port 1433 but on 1026.When you connect to instance like hostname\instancename you should specify post no also.
like hostname\instancename ,1026
Can you try this.Makes sure TCP/IP and named pipes protocol is enabled
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How to connect to SQL Server from Forms 10g?
Hello all,
How do we connect to SQL Server database from Forms 10g?
In Oracle Metalink site they have suggested using Transparent Gateway for SQL Server as a solution.
But is there a way we can connect directly to SQL Server from Forms using an ODBC connection
without installing anything on the database server?
Pls help!
Regards,
SamHello all,
I was able to connect to SQL Server from Oracle using Generic Connectivity (HSODBC).
Transparent gateway was not required.
Followed metalink note 109730.1
So, after I created a dblink to SQL Server, I created a synonym for the dblinked SQL Server table.
When I used the synonym as the table source in Oracle Forms, I got the following error while querying.
"ORA-02070 - ROWID is not supported in this context."
This is because Forms has an invisible ROWID field and when data is fetched from SQL Server table
no Rowid is fetched since SQL Server table doesn't have one.
Is there a way to overcome this issue or do we have populate the block manually using a SQL query ?
Pls suggest.
Regards,
Sam -
SQL Server express 2008 fails due to no useable instance
hi I am trying install a piece of software which requires SQL server express 2008. The server software comes with my software and is installed first but I cannot get it to install correctly. My operating system is Win7 64bit. Any ideas?.
thx
markHi nield,
According to your description, before you installing SQL Server 2008 Express version on Windows 7 64bit, we need to verify if you install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 successfully on servers. After SQL Server setup completes, you need to apply SQL Server
Service Pack1(SP1) or a later service pack before you run SQL Server 2008 on the Window 7. There is detail about how to install SQL Server 2008 on Windows 7, you can review the following article.
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/305113/How-to-Install-SQL-server-on-Windows
In addition, as other post, if you install failed, I recommend you help us to collect the detailed error message from the following error log. It is very useful for our research.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Summary.txt.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log\<YYYYMMDD_HHMM>\Detail.txt
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