install sql 2008 client

  • Hello,

    I've been testing an unattended install of SQL Server 2008 client tools on Windows XP SP3 machines. On one of the test machines, I ended up with what seems to be a partial installation. As far as I can tell, some rll files seem to be missing (not installed).

    The command that I use to install is:

    setup.exe /ACTION=INSTALL /QUIET /FEATURES=CONN,BC,BOL,SSMS

    The exit code from the install is 0, but in the Summary_machinename_date_time.txt file, I get (pardon the French ;-)):

    Overall summary:

    Final result: En attente

    Exit code (Decimal): 0

    Exit message: En attente

    Start time: 2010-03-19 09:41:18

    End time: 2010-03-19 09:41:41

    Requested action: Install

    ...

    Overall summary:

    Final result: En attente

    Exit code (Decimal): 0

    Exit message: En attente

    Start time: 2010-03-19 09:41:18

    End time: 2010-03-19 09:41:41

    Requested action: Install

    Detailed results:

    Feature: Connectivité des outils clients

    Status: Échec : voir les journaux pour plus de détails

    MSI status: Réussite

    Configuration status: Réussite

    Feature: Outils de gestion - De base

    Status: Échec : voir les journaux pour plus de détails

    MSI status: Réussite

    Configuration status: Réussite

    Feature: Compatibilité descendante des outils clients

    Status: Échec : voir les journaux pour plus de détails

    MSI status: Réussite

    Configuration status: Réussite

    Feature: Documentation en ligne de SQL Server

    Status: Échec : voir les journaux pour plus de détails

    MSI status: Réussite

    Configuration status: Réussite

    A quick translation would be:

    [font="Courier New"]En attente = Waiting

    Réussite = Success

    Échec : voir les journaux pour plus de détails = Fail : look in log files for more details[/font]

    The SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm file has no warnings or errors.

    I tried looking in the log files but they are impossibly lengthy to go through and I couldn't find anything definitive in them either.

    As a result of the installation, when executing sqlcmd, for example, I get :

    [font="Courier New"]Failed to load resource file sqlcmd.rll. Le module spécifié est introuvable.

    Le module spécifié est introuvable = Unable to locate specified modul.

    [/font]

    Similar result with bcp :

    [font="Courier New"]Unable to load BCP resource DLL. BCP cannot continue[/font]

    Also, under Start->Programs->Microsoft SQL Server 2008, there is no shortcut for Sql Server Managment Studio. However the executable exists in the installation directory but it doesn't execute when I double click on it.

    My goal is to understand what went wrong in order to prevent it from occurring once we deploy SQL 2008 to all the workstations at my company.

    Any ideas? Has this happened to any of you before? If so what was the problem in your case and what was your solution?

    If you need any further information, then please let me know and I will be glad to provide it to you.

    Regards,

    Mark T.

  • It turns out that the install was being prematurely interrupted by the expiry time that is imposed by the startup scripts. I guess that would explain the absence of the summary.txt file and the "Waiting" Exit message.

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