can you supply more details about the steps you used in the installer or an extract from the setup log?

I concur, use well scripted jobs instead

what install option did you select from the SQL Server 2008 installation center screen?

thank you for that feedback

ffoerster (7/12/2011)

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- are you saying that you add...

have you checked the install log for details of what failed

Thomas

it's not a given or set in stone or a recommendation, it's just an example i used for the diskpart tutorial. Windows 2008 applies a one size fits all and...

I too, would uninstall MSXML and SQL Native client and let the installer re apply them

Is ABC.com your actual domain name?

Database mirroring error

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The server network address "TCP://SRV1.ABC.COM:5022" can not be reached or does not exist. Check the network address name and that the ports for...

switch to bulk logged recovery mode for the index rebuilds and back to full afterwards.

you should be using ALTER INDEX.. rather than DBCC DBREINDEX. Instead of blindly rebuilding indexes employ...

Pei Zhu-415513 (7/11/2011)

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Perry,

I was wrong the example mentioned could cause data loss. I was thinking raid 50 I guess. single failed disk can be recovered from mirror. If the whole...

Never used Oracle virtual box so i wouldnt know unfortunately. I do...

Also, with Standard edition this will be ignored

please explain why you think this does not cause data loss?

Red are the first mirrored...

This too, is wrong. You may lose any 4 drives out of the 8 as long as...

i'm asking because the log copy operation is taken care of by a job on the secondary server. I understand log shipping perfectly but do not understand why you say

nathanr...