finishing an incomplete install

  • Hi folks -

    My install of Server 2008 R2 failed at the configuration stage due to not having domain admin rights when running the installer. I was given local admin rights by my IT lead, but when auditing was being configured the install failed and looking into it a bit I noticed my user is not part of the local policy group for auditing/reporting (Yet domain/admin and domain/auditor were in the group).

    In any case, my IT lead gave me a different set of credentials that should do the trick, however I'm not sure to restart the install process. Running setup states that I already have a database named what we are calling it (I had thought it would know I am returning to fix the permissions problem). And I'm sure there aren't SQL services running, however all the program files seems to be in my start menu.

    So, how do I continue the install at this point to fix the permissions issue?

    Thank you!

  • Probably easiest at this point to just uninstall and start over.

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  • Uninstalling a failed SQL installation so that you can successfully re-install successully can be tricky. Be sure to:

    1) Remove the instance using the Setup application.

    2) Delete the Program Files/Program Files(x86) Microsoft SQL Server Folders

    3) Delete the Microsoft SQL Server registry keys

    4) Delete the Local Groups which are created by the SQL install.

    Good luck.

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