MSDE and Domain Controllers

Hi Everyone,
Can someone please share with me link to the TechNet article, or any
documentation from Microsoft, that states that MSDE is not a supported on a
Windows 2000 Server DC? I can't seem to find anything on TechNet.
Thanks!
Matt Bartolomeo
Hi,
MSDE can be installed on a Domain controller
Below is the link that states the system requirement for MSDE 2000
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/msde/pr...fo/sysreqs.asp
Ashish
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|||Thanks for responding, Ashish : ) This doesn't really tell me that
installing MSDE on a 2000 server configured as a domain controller is
supported. I have heard from others that it is not supported so I was
looking for supporting/conflicting material. The problem I am having is
that a brand new MSDE SP3 installation is rolling back... shocker, I know.
The problem is that the verbose log returns the error that translates to the
Server service not running and/or File and Print sharing is not
installed/enabled. The server service is running, and File and Print
sharing is installed and enabled. We are using teamed NICs, and tried
disabling the teaming and only enabling one NIC with the minimal services
started and it still rolls back with the same erroring in the log. This
machine is also an Exchange server but I had not heard installing MSDE in
conjuction with Exchange was problematic (though definitely not recommended
from a performance stand-point as they will battle each other for
resources).
Any thoughts on ideas would be greatly appreciated if MSDE is supported on a
Domain Controller.
Thanks,
Matt
"Ashish Ruparel [MSFT]" <v-ashrup@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> MSDE can be installed on a Domain controller
>
> Below is the link that states the system requirement for MSDE 2000
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/msde/pr...fo/sysreqs.asp
>
> Ashish
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
|||Hi,
I went through my internal resources and have confirmed the fact that MSDE
can be installed on Win 2000 Domain Controllers.
You may face the following Problem
================================
When trying to install SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) on a
Windows 2000 Server Domain Controller, the progress bar rolls back at the
end and the setup fails. The following conditions must be true for this to
occur:
-The server on which MSDE is being installed is not the first Domain
Controller in the domain.
-The Primary (or first) Domain Controller is not available.
With verbose logging enabled (i.e, setup.exe /L*v c:\temp\msde.log), you
will notice the following error in the setup log:
Starting custom action InstallSQLAgentSecurity
InstallSQLAgentSecurity failed (MYSERVER,LocalSystem,87).
Action ended 13:58:26: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
WORKAROUND
==========
Make sure that the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) is available when
installing MSDE 2000 on a Backup Domain Controller.
Ashish
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|||Hi Ashish,
That discussion on PDC, etc. seems odd in Win2k land. I presume they're
really talking about the global catalog server being available perhaps?
HTH,
Greg Low (MVP)
MSDE Manager SQL Tools
www.whitebearconsulting.com
"Ashish Ruparel [MSFT]" <v-ashrup@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:xx0bmAqIEHA.4060@.cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I went through my internal resources and have confirmed the fact that MSDE
> can be installed on Win 2000 Domain Controllers.
>
> You may face the following Problem
> ================================
> When trying to install SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) on a
> Windows 2000 Server Domain Controller, the progress bar rolls back at the
> end and the setup fails. The following conditions must be true for this to
> occur:
> -The server on which MSDE is being installed is not the first Domain
> Controller in the domain.
> -The Primary (or first) Domain Controller is not available.
>
> With verbose logging enabled (i.e, setup.exe /L*v c:\temp\msde.log), you
> will notice the following error in the setup log:
> Starting custom action InstallSQLAgentSecurity
> InstallSQLAgentSecurity failed (MYSERVER,LocalSystem,87).
> Action ended 13:58:26: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
>
> WORKAROUND
> ==========
> Make sure that the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) is available when
> installing MSDE 2000 on a Backup Domain Controller.
>
> Ashish
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>