Greetings!
I have been having this nagging problem with SQL Server
2000 Enterprise Evaluation Edition setup procedure.
While finishing setup at the end, the setup Wizard is
trying to connect to SQL Server to configure it. After
some waiting period (about 30 seconds), the error message
pops up saying:
"Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server
error logs at D:\WINNT\sqlstp.log for more information."
And here is the extract from this sqlstp.log file where
this problem has been described.
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Starting Service ...
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
-m -Q -T4022 -T3659
Connecting to Server ...
driver={sql
server};server=MICHAEL;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]Connection
broken.
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]
ConnectionRead (GetOverLappedResult()).
driver={sql
server};server=MICHAEL;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]Connection
broken.
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]
ConnectionRead (GetOverLappedResult()).
driver={sql
server};server=MICHAEL;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]Connection
broken.
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]
ConnectionRead (ReadFile()).
SQL Server configuration failed.
21:33:22 Process Exit Code: (-1)
21:35:16 Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to
the server error logs and D:\WINNT\sqlstp.log for more
information.
21:35:16 Action CleanUpInstall:
21:35:16 D:\WINNT\TEMP\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -
Action 4 -Service SQLSERVERAGENT
21:35:16 Process Exit Code: (1060) The specified service
does not exist as an installed service.
21:35:16 D:\WINNT\TEMP\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -
Action 4 -Service MSSQLSERVER
21:35:16 Process Exit Code: (0)
21:35:16 StatsGenerate returned: 2
21:35:16 StatsGenerate
(0x0,0x1,0xf000000,0x200,1033,303,0x0,0x1,0,0,0
21:35:16 StatsGenerate -1,Michael Farber)
21:35:16 Installation Failed.
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As you can see my computer name is "Michael". I selected
Windows Domain account that was "Michael Farber"
Why was the connection kept broken in several attempts
using [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named
Pipes]? By the way I installed the latest version of MDAC
2.7. My O/S is Windows 2000 Professional, which is
compatible with this version of SQL Server 2K. I am trying
to install this version of SQL Server 2K on a
stand-alone computer that is not connected to any LAN
except to Internet through satellite modem setup.
I did stop IIS 5 Server before installation. I disabled my
antivirus protection and the screen saver as it was said
in preinstallation steps on MS site.
Besides the above sqlstp.log file, I found another
ERRORLOG file located in D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL\log\ERRORLOG'.
Here is the most important extract of that file where the
configuration has failed:
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2002-11-13 21:32:51.98 server Microsoft SQL Server
2000 - 8.00.194 (Intel X86)
Aug 6 2000 00:57:48
Copyright (c) 1988-2000 Microsoft Corporation
Enterprise Evaluation Edition on Windows NT 5.0
(Build 2195: Service Pack 2)
2002-11-13 21:32:52.02 server Copyright (C) 1988-2000
Microsoft Corporation.
2002-11-13 21:32:52.02 server All rights reserved.
2002-11-13 21:32:52.02 server Server Process ID is 1544.
2002-11-13 21:32:52.02 server Logging SQL Server
messages in file 'D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL\log\ERRORLOG'.
2002-11-13 21:32:52.04 server SQL Server is starting at
priority class 'normal'(1 CPU detected).
2002-11-13 21:32:52.16 server SQL Server configured for
thread mode processing.
2002-11-13 21:32:52.19 server Using dynamic lock
allocation. [2500] Lock Blocks, [5000] Lock Owner Blocks.
2002-11-13 21:32:52.30 server Attempting to initialize
Distributed Transaction Coordinator.
2002-11-13 21:32:52.68 server Failed to obtain
TransactionDispenserInterface: Result Code = 0x8004d01b
2002-11-13 21:32:52.70 spid3 Warning ******************
2002-11-13 21:32:52.71 spid3 SQL Server started in
single user mode. Updates allowed to system catalogs.
2002-11-13 21:32:52.72 spid3 Starting up
database 'master'.
2002-11-13 21:32:53.15 spid3 Server name is 'MICHAEL'.
2002-11-13 21:32:53.15 server Using 'SSNETLIB.DLL'
version '8.0.194'.
2002-11-13 21:32:53.15 spid5 Starting up
database 'model'.
2002-11-13 21:32:53.15 spid7 Starting up
database 'msdb'.
2002-11-13 21:32:53.16 spid8 Starting up
database 'pubs'.
2002-11-13 21:32:53.16 spid9 Starting up
database 'Northwind'.
2002-11-13 21:32:53.81 spid5 Clearing tempdb database.
2002-11-13 21:32:56.40 spid5 Starting up
database 'tempdb'.
2002-11-13 21:32:56.52 spid3 Recovery complete.
2002-11-13 21:32:56.54 spid3 Warning: override,
autoexec procedures skipped.
2002-11-13 21:32:58.24 server SQL server listening on
TCP, Shared Memory, Named Pipes.
2002-11-13 21:32:58.24 server SQL server listening on
10.111.49.130:1433, 127.0.0.1:1433.
2002-11-13 21:32:58.24 server SQL Server is ready for
client connections
2002-11-13 21:33:07.43 spid3 SQL Server is terminating
due to 'stop' request from Service Control Manager.
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I tried to use the PING command with 10.111.49.130 and
127.0.0.1 IP's and had a successful connection.
However, when I added ":1433" port to the IP address,
there was the error message saying "Unknown host
127.0.0.1:1433" Why is the server trying to find this
port :1433 that I don't have or hasn't been setup?
Do I need a NIC card? It should work on a stand-alone
machine also.
I am not a system administrator. I guess this problem
could be easily solved by Windows 2K system
administrator knowledgeable how to configure the
environment for this type of installation.
I did use system administration account with all rights.
Please any system administrator, help me. I will be very
grateful for any thoughts and advises.
I badly need SQL Server 2K running at home when I work
from home developing some applications based on SQL
Server 2K stored procedures and ASP pages.
Thank you very much in advance!
Michael.