An upgrade from SQL Server 2008 R2 to 2014 failed after the product key step with: the specified service does not exist. Here is the fix.
SQL SERVER 2019 – Installation Failure – Invalid Command Line Argument. Consult the Windows Installer SDK for Detailed Command Line Help
Invalid command-line argument. Consult the Windows Installer SDK for detailed command-line help. Let us see the error about Installation Failure.
SQL SERVER – Installation Error: System.ArgumentNullException – Value Cannot be Null
A client automating SQL Server installs saw random failures: System.ArgumentNullException, Value cannot be null. Here is what Detail.txt showed and the cause.
Running Several SQL Server Instances on One Machine
Budget several SQL Server instances on one Windows host, inventory services, assign memory and ports, and monitor shared resource pressure.
SQL SERVER – Installation Failure – Specified Instance Via Transform is Already Installed. MSINEWINSTANCE Requires a New Instance that is not Installed
A client’s second clustered SQL Server instance failed to install: Specified instance via transform is already installed. Here is what I found and the fix.
SQL SERVER – Installation Stuck at Offline Installation of Microsoft Machine Learning Server Components
My SQL Server 2017 install got stuck at Offline Installation of Microsoft Machine Learning Server Components. Here is why it happens and how to move forward.
SQL SERVER – Install Error: Validation for Setting ‘AGTSVCACCOUNT’ Failed. Error Message: The RPC Server is Unavailable
A command-line SQL Server install failed: Validation for setting ‘AGTSVCACCOUNT’ failed, the RPC server is unavailable. I read the setup log and found the fix.