2.5
Table Of Contents
- Installation Guide
- About This Book
- Introduction to the Lab Manager Installation
- Installation Requirements
- Installing Lab Manager
- Upgrading Lab Manager
- Appendix: Troubleshooting the Installation
- Index
VMware Lab Manager Installation Guide
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Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine (MSDE) Installation Fails
Problem DuringtheinstallationofLab ManagerServer,theMSDEinstallationfails.
Subsequentinstallationattemptsalsofail,andareboothasnoeffect.
Solution InNotepad,openthe{WinDir}\temp\VMware\MSDE2Klog.logfileandsee
iftheselines(orsimilartext)appear:
Loading extended custom action library
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}\sql
cax.dll
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
Setup.{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}
Starting custom action InstallSqlRedis
TheMSDEinstallerunsuccessfullytriestoinstallMicrosoftDataAccessComponents
(MDAC).
To correct the problem of installing MSDE
1OpentheTaskManagerandcheckthattheseprocessesareinactive:
SQLRedis.exe
Helper.exe
MsiExec.exe
Setupre.exe
2 Navigateto{WinDir}\temp\vmwareandlaunchHelper.exe.
3ReturntotheTaskManagerandwaitforSetupre.exetoappear.
4Whenthetaskappears,killtheprocess.
TheMSDEinstallationcanfunctionproperly.