SSRS - repair / reinstall - How to? Evaluation period ? Is SSRS Free or not Free ?

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SSRS - repair / reinstall - How to? Evaluation period ? Is SSRS Free or not Free ?

allan.ford17

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November 26, 2018 at 11:49 pm

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Dear Forum,
I wanted to do a repair / re-install of SSRS, because I'm having trouble with the web deploy part of SSRS.
I tried SSRS download from:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=55252
Upon running C:\Users\alberto\Downloads\SQLServerReportingServices.exe I get this message and no option or instructions on how to choose a different edition or progress with SSRS repair / install ..
User: Error: Evaluation period has expired. Please upgrade to different edition before attempting to upgrade again.
Any suggestions on addressing this message ? ... I will consider ..
I spotted this discussion on subject of " Is SSRS Free or not Free ? .."
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2438fb7c-38a3-40b3-a405-59da198fdda1/is-sql-server-2017-reporting-service-free-or-not-?forum=sqlreportingservices
Can I please pose same question here also ? Is SSRS Free or not Free ?
cheers, thanks in advance, Allan

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Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 1

allan.ford17 - Monday, November 26, 2018 11:49 PM
Dear Forum,
I wanted to do a repair / re-install of SSRS, because I'm having trouble with the web deploy part of SSRS.
I tried SSRS download from:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=55252
Upon running C:\Users\alberto\Downloads\SQLServerReportingServices.exe I get this message and no option or instructions on how to choose a different edition or progress with SSRS repair / install ..
User: Error: Evaluation period has expired. Please upgrade to different edition before attempting to upgrade again.
Any suggestions on addressing this message ? ... I will consider ..
I spotted this discussion on subject of " Is SSRS Free or not Free ? .."
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2438fb7c-38a3-40b3-a405-59da198fdda1/is-sql-server-2017-reporting-service-free-or-not-?forum=sqlreportingservices
Can I please pose same question here also ? Is SSRS Free or not Free ?
cheers, thanks in advance, Allan

What edition of SQL Server is this? The error messages indicates it was an evaluation version. SSRS still uses databases and the database engine and it could be that is the piece that is the evaluation edition.

Sue

allan.ford17 SSC Eights! Points: 944 More actions · Answer 2

Hi Sue, Yep - I had installed SQL*Server 2012 and SQL*Server 2017 .. I had tried to uninstall SQL*Server 2012 which I thought I had done successfully.
I will work at it some more ..
Yes the SQL*Server 2012 had a trial period from memory .. but the SQL*Server 2017 does not have trial period limit.
thanks for getting me thinking along different lines .. 🙂 ..
I have 2 users on notebook ..

allan.ford17 SSC Eights! Points: 944 More actions · Answer 3

I managed to use control panel to uninstall SSRS ..
I can now install again I believe, I will choose Developer option here ..

allan.ford17 SSC Eights! Points: 944 More actions · Answer 4

I have made progress on this ..
I think I have this working, finally .. 🙂
I have databases ReportServer and ReportServerTempDB in my SQL*Server 2017 databases list.
I have Chrome showing this page:

I will try to deploy a report to the database to be available via web page ..

Sue_H SSC Guru Points: 90860 More actions · Answer 5

allan.ford17 - Tuesday, November 27, 2018 5:26 PM
I have made progress on this ..
I think I have this working, finally .. 🙂
I have databases ReportServer and ReportServerTempDB in my SQL*Server 2017 databases list.
I have Chrome showing this page:
I will try to deploy a report to the database to be available via web page ..

You should be good to go now - reporting services is up and running. And it's the new version which is what you wanted.

Sue