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 Installing SQL Srv 2005 on Win2008 Server

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ewomack
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Posted - 2009-12-18 : 09:20:29
Hello,

I'm installing SQL Srv 2005 on a Windows 2008 x64 server box and coming across some strange issues (which I've heard is to be expected with this combination).

The server itself installed, but when I installed SP3 I received network error #1316 (MSP Error: 1316 A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\Cache\sqlncli_x64.msi) for the following components: SQL Server Native Client, SQLXML4, Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer.

One of the proposed fixes I've seen around for this is to install Windows Installer v4.5. The server has 4.0. When I tried to upgrade I get "not enough storage is available to process this command" error.

Now the fix (at least the ones I've seen)for this involves updating the registry, but Microsoft has a page that says this fix opens up huge vulnerability issues and recommends NOT doing it (unfortunately I lost the reference to this and don't have time right now to dig it up).

I did notice that the windows installer page (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5a58b56f-60b6-4412-95b9-54d056d6f9f4&displaylang=en) does not have a Win 2008 Server version, so I downloaded the Win 2003 x64.

I feel like I'm missing something fundamental here... is there some underlying issue with installing/configuring SQL Srv 2005 on a Win2008 Server box?

Thank you!
   

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