INSTALLING SQL SERVER CLIENT AGENT HOW TO
INSTALLING SQL SERVER CLIENT AGENT INSTALL

No big deal but it was good enough to send some jitters to the DBA on a lazy Saturday evening. I have connected to SQL Server installed on Ubuntu server from SSMS client.

INSTALLING SQL SERVER CLIENT AGENT INSTALL

After uninstalling Microsoft SQL Server Native Client the SQL Server installation proceeded further and completed successfully ! Step by Step method to install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Server Offline. Instead of uninstalling the SQL Server Express Edition (2005), we decided to just uninstall the Microsoft SQL Server Native Client. If we mess it up today, on a fine Monday morning the Application team will make lot of noise about their вЂњcriticalвЂќ setup having issues. It is not strange to have wacky setups on test boxes. We wanted to get rid of that instance (since it a test box) but did not want to take any chances on a weekend. But this should not stop any new installation from proceeding. He was right! There was an instance of SQL Server Express Edition already running. In order to check if any other instance of SQL Server was running, the DBA headed to services.msc console. sqlncli.msi file was present in the CD1 вЂ“> Setup folder and it was valid. This has to be something other than the corrupt installation media. The installation files were copied again to the local server still the installation failed with the same error message. Looking at this error message, the DBAвЂ™s knee-jerk reaction was to copy the installation media all over again. Try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation package вЂsqlncli.msiвЂ™. While installing the SQL Native client, the installer failed and the Summary.txt readД®rror : An installation package for the product Microsoft SQL Server Native Client cannot be found. But it wasnвЂ™t to be.ДBA started the installation and it failed at the very early stages of installation. As before, give the user account control permission to continue. Leave the default components selected for installation and click on Next until the end.

INSTALLING SQL SERVER CLIENT AGENT HOW TO

Since it was a test box, it was supposed to be a smooth sail. Heres how to run the installation, in a command prompt window: Install SQL Server Native Client 11.0 by running: C:installsqlncli.msi. Today on a test box we had to install SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition as a default instance.

Installing sql server client agent