More info on SQL Server 2005 Express problem install

When I run the setup there is a System Configuration Check page. I get 13
successes and 2 warnings. The 2 warnings are:
Minimum hardware requirement - there is about 37GB free space, 512MB memory,
an Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz CPU.
IIS Feature requirement - says not installed. Is IIS REQUIRED? Help says
some features may be disabled - that's all.
Then after going through wizard it complained that the SQL Server native
client wasn't available - so ~I will try to download and install that
separately.
Then I get error SQL Server database Services - setup failed. Refer to
setup log - where is that?
There are lots of log files in c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
subdirectories.
Help please. This is proving a lot harder than I imagined.
AngusI was installing SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced and gave up on that and
installed just standard SQL Server 2005 Express - that worked without a
hitch.
"Angus" <nospam@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> When I run the setup there is a System Configuration Check page. I get 13
> successes and 2 warnings. The 2 warnings are:
> Minimum hardware requirement - there is about 37GB free space, 512MB
memory,
> an Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz CPU.
> IIS Feature requirement - says not installed. Is IIS REQUIRED? Help says
> some features may be disabled - that's all.
> Then after going through wizard it complained that the SQL Server native
> client wasn't available - so ~I will try to download and install that
> separately.
> Then I get error SQL Server database Services - setup failed. Refer to
> setup log - where is that?
> There are lots of log files in c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
> subdirectories.
> Help please. This is proving a lot harder than I imagined.
> Angus
>
>|||Hi Angus
"Angus" wrote:
> I was installing SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced and gave up on that and
> installed just standard SQL Server 2005 Express - that worked without a
> hitch.
>
The differences are shown at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/compare/default.aspx if you
wanted reporting services then you would need advanced edition and IIS, but
it should not stop the install of the other components. I am wondering if you
installed the toolkit by mistake?
John

More info on SQL Server 2005 Express problem install

When I run the setup there is a System Configuration Check page. I get 13
successes and 2 warnings. The 2 warnings are:
Minimum hardware requirement - there is about 37GB free space, 512MB memory,
an Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz CPU.
IIS Feature requirement - says not installed. Is IIS REQUIRED? Help says
some features may be disabled - that's all.
Then after going through wizard it complained that the SQL Server native
client wasn't available - so ~I will try to download and install that
separately.
Then I get error SQL Server database Services - setup failed. Refer to
setup log - where is that?
There are lots of log files in c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
subdirectories.
Help please. This is proving a lot harder than I imagined.
AngusI was installing SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced and gave up on that and
installed just standard SQL Server 2005 Express - that worked without a
hitch.
"Angus" <nospam@.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:#mrYry7kHHA.680@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> When I run the setup there is a System Configuration Check page. I get 13
> successes and 2 warnings. The 2 warnings are:
> Minimum hardware requirement - there is about 37GB free space, 512MB
memory,
> an Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz CPU.
> IIS Feature requirement - says not installed. Is IIS REQUIRED? Help says
> some features may be disabled - that's all.
> Then after going through wizard it complained that the SQL Server native
> client wasn't available - so ~I will try to download and install that
> separately.
> Then I get error SQL Server database Services - setup failed. Refer to
> setup log - where is that?
> There are lots of log files in c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server
> subdirectories.
> Help please. This is proving a lot harder than I imagined.
> Angus
>
>|||Hi Angus
"Angus" wrote:

> I was installing SQL Server 2005 Express Advanced and gave up on that and
> installed just standard SQL Server 2005 Express - that worked without a
> hitch.
>
The differences are shown at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/e...re/default.aspx if you
wanted reporting services then you would need advanced edition and IIS, but
it should not stop the install of the other components. I am wondering if yo
u
installed the toolkit by mistake?
John

monitoring tool

Are there any good monitoring tools that would notify us upon CPU,Disk
space, blocking, errors/warnings in event logs,etc..
We use Sitescope and it doesnt seem to be a robust tool
Thanks
Hi,
Have a look into Microsoft operation manager (MOM). See the below URL for
details:-
http://www.microsoft.com/mom/default.mspx
Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP
"Hassan" <hassanboy@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Are there any good monitoring tools that would notify us upon CPU,Disk
> space, blocking, errors/warnings in event logs,etc..
> We use Sitescope and it doesnt seem to be a robust tool
> Thanks
>
|||There are a lot of different monitoring tools. MOM is one
that Hari mentioned. You may also want to look at some of
the tools from idera:
www.idera.com
-Sue
On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 11:08:46 -0700, "Hassan"
<hassanboy@.hotmail.com> wrote:

>Are there any good monitoring tools that would notify us upon CPU,Disk
>space, blocking, errors/warnings in event logs,etc..
>We use Sitescope and it doesnt seem to be a robust tool
>Thanks
>
|||Take a look at AgileInfoSoftware DataStudio, under its Performance
Monitoring node, it allows user to monitor process, lock, blocking locks
etc.
"Hassan" <hassanboy@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Are there any good monitoring tools that would notify us upon CPU,Disk
> space, blocking, errors/warnings in event logs,etc..
> We use Sitescope and it doesnt seem to be a robust tool
> Thanks
>
|||Check out AgileInfoSoftware DataStudio http://www.agileinfollc.com
John King
AgileInfoSoftware
http://www.agileinfollc.com
"Hassan" <hassanboy@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OESfJu$qFHA.460@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Are there any good monitoring tools that would notify us upon CPU,Disk
> space, blocking, errors/warnings in event logs,etc..
> We use Sitescope and it doesnt seem to be a robust tool
> Thanks
>
|||Sorry to bring back an old thread, but this is of great interest to me also.
I'm doing a trial deployment of MOM and finding it a bit more than we may
need. I like the extensibility via the management packs, but it may be too
big, too expensive and to tell the truth, a bit 'finicky' in setting up and
maintaining. Right now I have more alerts about MOM itself to figure out and
fix than the SQL servers we are attempting to monitor.
I'm a network engineer, not a SQL DBA. All I really want is something that
alerts when a job fails, lets us know if the SQL Agent isn't running and a
few other server statistics.
I'm going to look into Idera and Agileinfo.
Does anyone have any other recomendations? I know vendors like to throw in
the kitchen sink when it comes to features. In this case, for me, KISS is
more like my guiding principle.
Regards,
MK
"John King" wrote:

> Check out AgileInfoSoftware DataStudio http://www.agileinfollc.com
> John King
> AgileInfoSoftware
> http://www.agileinfollc.com
> "Hassan" <hassanboy@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OESfJu$qFHA.460@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
>
|||I really like Idera's Diagnostic Manager. Great third-party tool!
Lori
"Michael Kenny" <MichaelKenny@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CA9FCD26-8BB7-4247-930F-2F803688233E@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Sorry to bring back an old thread, but this is of great interest to me
> also.
> I'm doing a trial deployment of MOM and finding it a bit more than we may
> need. I like the extensibility via the management packs, but it may be too
> big, too expensive and to tell the truth, a bit 'finicky' in setting up
> and
> maintaining. Right now I have more alerts about MOM itself to figure out
> and
> fix than the SQL servers we are attempting to monitor.
>
> I'm a network engineer, not a SQL DBA. All I really want is something that
> alerts when a job fails, lets us know if the SQL Agent isn't running and a
> few other server statistics.
> I'm going to look into Idera and Agileinfo.
> Does anyone have any other recomendations? I know vendors like to throw in
> the kitchen sink when it comes to features. In this case, for me, KISS is
> more like my guiding principle.
> Regards,
> MK
>
>
> "John King" wrote: