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Install SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 R2
Introduction
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Release to Manufacturing (RTM) was released in the April
2010. There are different versions of SQL Server 2008 R2 available such as Datacenter
Edition, Parallel Data Warehouse Edition, Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition, Web Edition,
Workgroup Edition, Developer Edition, SQL Azure, Compact Edition and Express Edition. You
can download the trial version of SQL Server 2008 R2 from the following link. In this article
we will take a look at how to install SQL Server 2008 R2 on a Windows Server 2008 R2
Server. However, the steps mentioned in this article can be followed while installing SQL
Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008.
If you are new to SQL Server 2008 R2 then I would recommend you to start with the
following article New Features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and New Features in
Microsoft SQL Server 2012.
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Prerequisites for SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 requires Windows Installer 4.5 and .Net Framework 3.5
Service Pack 1 to be installed on the server. You can download Windows Installer 4 from the
following link and you can download Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 from the
following link. Once you have installed the prerequisites you may be asked to restart the
operating system.
Installing SQL Server 2008 R2
1. Database Administrator should log on to the server with administrative privileges and
then right click Setup.EXE file and choose Run as administrator option from the drop down
list as shown in the below snippet.
2. As a Prerequisite SQL Server 2008 R2 setup will require Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
and the latest version of Windows Installer 4.5 to be installed. You can install the same by
clicking the OK button.
3. In Windows Update Standalone Installer popup, click OK button to install Windows
Installer 4.5. You can even install Windows Installer 4.5 by downloading it from the
following link.
4. Once Windows Installer 4.5 is installed successfully the setup may ask you to restart the
server. Once the server is up after the restart once again run the Setup.EXE file. This time
setup will ask you to install .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 incase if it is not installed on the server.
Once the installation of .Net Framework has completed successfully the SQL Server
Installation Center will open up as shown in the snippet below. You need to navigate to
the Options screen as shown in the snippet below to choose the appropriate Processor
Type to specify the architecture of SQL Server 2008 R2 to be installed.
5. In SQL Server Installation Center’s Installation Screen you need to choose New
Installation or add features to an existing installation option as highlighted to install a
standalone instance of SQL Server 2008 R2
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6. It will open up Setup Support Rules window which will identify problems that might
occur when you install SQL Server Setup support files. You must correct the failures if there
are any before the setup can continue. If there are no issues identified then click OK to
continue with the installation.
7. In Product Key window you can choose to install SQL Server 2008 R2 as an evaluation
edition or else you can enter the Product Key to install the version specific to the Key. If you
are installing the Evaluation Edition then you can upgrade to another edition using
the Edition Upgrade Wizard. As like in SQL Server 2008 even SQL Server 2008 R2 also has
a single installation for all editions of SQL Server 2008 R2. Once you have entered the
Product Key or choose the free edition (Evaluation) then click Next to continue with the
installation.
8. In the License Terms screen, you can go through the license agreement and then select
the check boxes at the bottom of the screen to accept the license terms and conditions and
then click Next to continue with the installation.
9. In Setup Support Rules screen it will identify problems that might occur when you install
SQL Server Setup support files. In case if there are any issues identified then you need to fix
the same before continuing with the installation. If you want to avoid getting Windows
Firewall error then you can disable the windows firewall before the installation and enable
the same once the installation is complete.
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10. In Setup Role screen you can click the SQL server Feature Installation option to
individually select which feature components to install or you can click a feature role to
install a specific configuration. The different chooses available in this screen are:-
SQL Server Feature Installation: - Install SQL Server Database Engine Services, Analysis
Services, Reporting Services, Integration Services and other features.
SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint: - Install PowerPivot for SharePoint on a new or
existing SharePoint 2010 server to support PowerPivot data access in the farm. To use the
New Server option, SharePoint must be installed but not configured.
All Features With Defaults: - Install all features using default values for the services
accounts.
In the above snippet you need to choose SQL Server Feature Installation option and click
Next to continue with the installation.
11. In Feature Selection screen you need to choose the features which you would like to
install. The different components which are available for installation with SQL Server 2008
R2 are:-
Database Engine Services: - Includes the Database Engine, the core service for storing,
processing and securing data. The Database Engine provides controlled access and rapid
transaction processing and also provides rich support for sustaining high availability. The
Database Engine also provides support for the utility control point in the SQL Server Utility.
Only Database Engine Services and Analysis Services can be clustered.
SQL Server Replication: - Includes the Database Engine, the core service for storing,
processing and securing data. The Database Engine provides controlled access and rapid
transaction processing and also provides rich support for sustaining high availability. The
Database Engine also provides support for the utility control point in the SQL Server Utility.
Only Database Engine Services and Analysis Services can be clustered.
Full – Text Search: - Includes the Full-Text Search engine, for fast text search on content
stored in SQL Server.
Analysis Services: - Includes Analysis Services and tools used to support online analytical
processing (OLAP) and data mining. Only Database Engine Services and Analysis Services
can be clustered.
Reporting Services: - Includes Reporting Services, a server-based application for creating,
managing, and delivering reports in paper-oriented and interactive Web-based formats.
Reporting Services cannot be clustered.
Integration Services: - Includes the designer, runtime, and utilities that enable Integration
Services to move, integrate, and transform data between data stores.
Shared Features: - Some shared features are shared across all versions of SQL Server on a
computer. Shared features for a major release are used only by multiple instances of the
same version of SQL Server; other features are shared only across minor version instances.
Redistributable Features: - SQL Server redistributable and shared features are installed
when needed: Error and Usage Reporting, SQL Server Native Client, MSXML version 6.0, SQL
Server Compact Workbench, SQL Server Compact Runtime, Sync Services for ADO.NET, and
SQL Server Browser
12. In Installation Rules screen the setup is running rules to determine if the installation
process will be blocked. Click Next to continue with the
installation.
13. In Instance Configuration screen you need to specify the name and the instance ID for
the instance of SQL Server and click Next to continue with the installation.
14. In Disk Space Requirements screen you will be able to see the amount of disk space
which is required for the installation of SQL Server 2008 R2. Click Next to continue with the
installation.
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15. In Server Configuration screen you can specify the Service Account and the Collation.
In the Service Accounts tab, you need to specify the Service Account under which SQL
Server Services should be running. Here you can also specify the Startup Type for each of
the SQL Server Services.
In the Collations tab, you can specify the collation for Database Engine and Analysis
Services or else you can leave the default values as per the operating system. Click Next to
continue with the installation screen.
16. In the Database Engine Configuration screen, you can specify authentication
mode and administrators for the Database Engine, Data Directories and FILESTREAM.
In the Account Provisioning Tab you can specify the Authentication Mode. It is always a
best practice to choose Mixed Mode (SQL Server and Windows Authentication). You can
then specify the password for the SQL Server system administrator (SA) account and also
add Specify SQL server administrators as shown in the snippet below.
In the Data Directories tab, you can specify the path of where user database data and log
file should be stored. You can also specify the path where TempDB data and log file should
be stored. It is always a good practice to store TempDB data and log file on different drives
to improve performance. In this screen you can also specify the database backup directory
as shown in the below snippet.
In the FILESTREAM tab, you can configure the FILESTREAM feature of SQL Server 2008 R2.
There are basically three different FILESTREAM configuration options such as:-
• Enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL access
• Enable FILESTREAM for file I/O streaming access; here you can specify the windows
shared folder name
• Allow remote clients to have streaming access to FILESTREAM data.
17. In the Analysis Services Configuration screen you can specify the analysis services
administrators and data directories. In the Account Provisioning tab you can specify which
users have administrative permissions for Analysis Services
In the Data Directories tab, you can specify the Data directory, Log file directory, Temp
directory and Backup Directory for analysis services. Click Next to continue with the
installation.
18. In the Reporting Services Configuration screen there are three different choices
available to specify the reporting services configuration mode.
Install the native mode default configuration: - Setup will install the report server and
configure it in Native mode to use the default values. The report server is usable as soon as
setup is finished.
Install the SharePoint integrated mode default configuration: - Setup will create the
report server database in SharePoint integrated mode and configure the report server to
use the default values. However, integrated operations will not be supported until a minimal
installation of a SharePoint product or technology is deployed on the report server
computer and the Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies is installed and
configured on the instance of the SharePoint product or technology you are using.
Install, but do not configure the report server: - Setup will install, but will not configure,
the report server software. After installation is finished, you can use the Reporting Services
Configuration tool to set options that are required to run the report server.
19. In the Error Reporting screen you can select the checkbox to automatically send logs to
Microsoft to improve future releases. Click Next to continue with the installation.
20. In Installation Configuration Rules screen the setup will run rules to determine if the
installation process will be blocked. In case if there are any issues encountered then you
need to fix the same before continuing with the installation.
21. In Ready to Install screen you can quickly review the features which you have selected
so far for installation and then click the Install button to begin the installation of SQL Server
2008 R2.
22. In the Installation Progress screen you can monitor the progress of SQL Server 2008 R2
installation. Click Next to see the Installation Summary.
23. In the Complete Screen the location for the summary log file is mentioned. You can
click on the link to review the SQL Server 2008 R2 installation summary.
Once you have successfully completed the installation of SQL Server 2008 R2 read the article
titled "New Features in SQL Server 2008 R2" to know more about new features within the
product. To know more about the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Updates and
Service Packs you can read the following article Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Build Lists /
Versions.
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