Installing SQL Server 2008 R2

1. Database Administrator should log on to the server with administrative privileges and
then right click Setup.EXE file and choose Run as administrator option from the drop
down list as shown in the below snippet.

2. As a Prerequisite SQL Server 2008 R2 setup will require Microsoft .Net Framework
3.5 SP1 and the latest version of Windows Installer 4.5 to be installed. You can install the
same by clicking the OK button.
3. In Windows Update Standalone Installer popup, click OK button to install Windows
Installer 4.5. You can even install Windows Installer 4.5 by downloading it from the
following link.

4. Once Windows Installer 4.5 is installed successfully the setup may ask you to restart
the server. Once the server is up after the restart once again run the Setup.EXE file. This
time setup will ask you to install .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 incase if it is not installed on
the server. Once the installation of .Net Framework has completed successfully the SQL
Server Installation Center will open up as shown in the snippet below. You need to
navigate to the Options screen as shown in the snippet below to choose the appropriate
Processor Type to specify the architecture of SQL Server 2008 R2 to be installed.
5. In SQL Server Installation Center’s Installation Screen you need to choose New
Installation or add features to an existing installation option as highlighted to install a
standalone instance of SQL Server 2008 R2

6. It will open up Setup Support Rules window which will identify problems that might
occur when you install SQL Server Setup support files. You must correct the failures if
there are any before the setup can continue. If there are no issues identified then click OK
to continue with the installation.
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7. In Product Key window you can choose to install SQL Server 2008 R2 as an
evaluation edition or else you can enter the Product Key to install the version specific to
the Key. If you are installing the Evaluation Edition then you can upgrade to another
edition using the Edition Upgrade Wizard. As like in SQL Server 2008 even SQL Server
2008 R2 also has a single installation for all editions of SQL Server 2008 R2. Once you
have entered the Product Key or choose the free edition (Evaluation) then click Next to
continue with the installation.
8. In the License Terms screen, you can go through the license agreement and then select
the check boxes at the bottom of the screen to accept the license terms and conditions and
then click Next to continue with the installation.
9. In Setup Support Rules screen it will identify problems that might occur when you
install SQL Server Setup support files. In case if there are any issues identified then you
need to fix the same before continuing with the installation. If you want to avoid getting
Windows Firewall error then you can disable the windows firewall before the installation
and enable the same once the installation is complete.

10. In Setup Role screen you can click the SQL server Feature Installation option to
individually select which feature components to install or you can click a feature role to
install a specific configuration. The different chooses available in this screen are:-

SQL Server Feature Installation: - Install SQL Server Database Engine Services,
Analysis Services, Reporting Services, Integration Services and other features.

SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint: - Install PowerPivot for SharePoint on a new
or existing SharePoint 2010 server to support PowerPivot data access in the farm. To use
the New Server option, SharePoint must be installed but not configured.

All Features With Defaults: - Install all features using default values for the services
accounts.
In the above snippet you need to choose SQL Server Feature Installation option and click
Next to continue with the installation.

11. In Feature Selection screen you need to choose the features which you would like to
install. The different components which are available for installation with SQL Server
2008 R2 are:-

Database Engine Services: - Includes the Database Engine, the core service for storing,
processing and securing data. The Database Engine provides controlled access and rapid
transaction processing and also provides rich support for sustaining high availability. The
Database Engine also provides support for the utility control point in the SQL Server
Utility. Only Database Engine Services and Analysis Services can be clustered.

SQL Server Replication: - Includes the Database Engine, the core service for storing,
processing and securing data. The Database Engine provides controlled access and rapid
transaction processing and also provides rich support for sustaining high availability. The
Database Engine also provides support for the utility control point in the SQL Server
Utility. Only Database Engine Services and Analysis Services can be clustered.

Full – Text Search: - Includes the Full-Text Search engine, for fast text search on
content stored in SQL Server.

Analysis Services: - Includes Analysis Services and tools used to support online
analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining. Only Database Engine Services and
Analysis Services can be clustered.

Reporting Services: - Includes Reporting Services, a server-based application for

creating, managing, and delivering reports in paper-oriented and interactive Web-based
formats. Reporting Services cannot be clustered.

Integration Services: - Includes the designer, runtime, and utilities that enable
Integration Services to move, integrate, and transform data between data stores.

Shared Features: - Some shared features are shared across all versions of SQL Server on
a computer. Shared features for a major release are used only by multiple instances of the
same version of SQL Server; other features are shared only across minor version
instances.

Redistributable Features: - SQL Server redistributable and shared features are installed
when needed: Error and Usage Reporting, SQL Server Native Client, MSXML version
6.0, SQL Server Compact Workbench, SQL Server Compact Runtime, Sync Services for
ADO.NET, and SQL Server Browser.
12. In Installation Rules screen the setup is running rules to determine if the installation
process will be blocked. Click Next to continue with the installation.
13. In Instance Configuration screen you need to specify the name and the instance ID for
the instance of SQL Server and click Next to continue with the installation.
14. In Disk Space Requirements screen you will be able to see the amount of disk space
which is required for the installation of SQL Server 2008 R2. Click Next to continue with
the installation.
15. In Server Configuration screen you can specify the Service Account and the
Collation. In the Service Accounts tab, you need to specify the Service Account under
which SQL Server Services should be running. Here you can also specify the Startup
Type for each of the SQL Server Services.
In the Collations tab, you can specify the collation for Database Engine and Analysis
Services or else you can leave the default values as per the operating system. Click Next
to continue with the installation screen.

16. In the Database Engine Configuration screen, you can specify authentication mode
and administrators for the Database Engine, Data Directories and FILESTREAM.

In the Account Provisioning Tab you can specify the Authentication Mode. It is always
a best practice to choose Mixed Mode (SQL Server and Windows Authentication). You
can then specify the password for the SQL Server system administrator (SA) account and
also add Specify SQL server administrators as shown in the snippet below.
In the Data Directories tab, you can specify the path of where user database data and log
file should be stored. You can also specify the path where TempDB data and log file
should be stored. It is always a good practice to store TempDB data and log file on
different drives to improve performance. In this screen you can also specify the database
backup directory as shown in the below snippet.
In the FILESTREAM tab, you can configure the FILESTREAM feature of SQL Server
2008 R2. There are basically three different FILESTREAM configuration options such
as:-

• Enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL access

• Enable FILESTREAM for file I/O streaming access; here you can specify the windows
shared folder name
• Allow remote clients to have streaming access to FILESTREAM data.
17. In the Analysis Services Configuration screen you can specify the analysis services
administrators and data directories. In the Account Provisioning tab you can specify
which users have administrative permissions for Analysis Services
In the Data Directories tab, you can specify the Data directory, Log file directory, Temp
directory and Backup Directory for analysis services. Click Next to continue with the
installation.
18. In the Reporting Services Configuration screen there are three different choices
available to specify the reporting services configuration mode.

Install the native mode default configuration: - Setup will install the report server and
configure it in Native mode to use the default values. The report server is usable as soon
as setup is finished.

Install the SharePoint integrated mode default configuration: - Setup will create the
report server database in SharePoint integrated mode and configure the report server to
use the default values. However, integrated operations will not be supported until a
minimal installation of a SharePoint product or technology is deployed on the report
server computer and the Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies is
installed and configured on the instance of the SharePoint product or technology you are
using.

Install, but do not configure the report server: - Setup will install, but will not
configure, the report server software. After installation is finished, you can use the
Reporting Services Configuration tool to set options that are required to run the report
server.
19. In the Error Reporting screen you can select the checkbox to automatically send logs
to Microsoft to improve future releases. Click Next to continue with the installation.

20. In Installation Configuration Rules screen the setup will run rules to determine if the
installation process will be blocked. In case if there are any issues encountered then you
need to fix the same before continuing with the installation.
21. In Ready to Install screen you can quickly review the features which you have
selected so far for installation and then click the Install button to begin the installation of
SQL Server 2008 R2.
22. In the Installation Progress screen you can monitor the progress of SQL Server 2008
R2 installation. Click Next to see the Installation Summary.
23. In the Complete Screen the location for the summary log file is mentioned. You can
click on the link to review the SQL Server 2008 R2 installation summary.
Once you have successfully completed the installation of SQL Server 2008 R2 read the
article titled "New Features in SQL Server 2008 R2" to know more about new features
within the product. To know more about the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative
Updates and Service Packs you can read the following article Microsoft SQL Server 2008
R2 Build Lists / Versions.