This is probably a trendy question, But I promise you my problem is different.
Lately my server windows crashed and I was forced to install new windows.
I took a backup of the database "ReportServer" and "ReportServerTempDB".
Until then I didn't remember the SQL Server version was installed before the windows crashed.
Now when I try to attach these databases and run the report server, it tells me the following message
"The version of the report server database is either in a format that is not valid, or it cannot be read. The found version is '163'. The expected version is '162'. (rsInvalidReportServerDatabase)"
I've made some research, and understood that my current installed SQL Server version is higher than the database, I tried installing some cumulative updates but when I run the updates it seems not to be recognizing the SQL Server version installed.
Current installed version: Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise: Core-based Licensing (64-bit) 2014 v12.0.2000.8
Previously installed version: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Not sure though.
My problem is that I can't open the ReportServer database because it's version is older and I can't install the right cumulative update to fix this issue. Can anyone point me to the right direction?
Much appreciated Thanksss!!.
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We were working on TFS2015 and SQL2014. Our plan of this month is upgrading to TFS2017update1 and SQL2016.
I have created a test environment on personal VM. My process :
Back up TFS database in SQL, upgrade SQL2014 to SQL2016
Upgrade TFS2015 to TFS2017update1
Restore the database.
Everything works well except step #3. I was not able to restore the database back to TFS2017. Any suggestions?
The error info:
TF30046: The instance information does not match. Team Foundation
expected 368f7830-1c67-4c4c-8bc4-ba3d5b5a5543 which was not found.
Please contact your Team Foundation Server administrator.
First, suggest you to go through the event log on your machine to see if there are some useful info for troubleshooting.
If you're using SQL Server 2016, we require a Visual C++ runtime
update to be installed.
Double check your environment, make sure you have installed a Visual C++ runtime.
Besides, since you are going to update TFS 2017 Update 1, which the support SQL2016 version minimum is SP1.
TFS version Support SQL Server version
TFS 2017 Update 1 SQL Server 2016 (minimum SP1)
SQL Server 2014
More details please refer TFS Requirements and compatibility.
You could also follow Pero P.'s suggestion,select the Pre-Production upgrade, ignore the restore.
I'm getting the exact same error message as see in this blog post:
http://shawndowler.com/blog/2012/06/25/microsoft-sql-server-installation-issue-fix/
I ran the SQL Server 2012 setup exe (renamed it to setup.exe it was the expresss edition) as Admin from the command prompt specifying to install the updates prior which exists in my 'C:\Updates' and got the exact same error message as the blogger "An error occurred during the installation of an assembly"
Someone commented it resolved their issue for SQL 2012 in Windows 10 (I'm using express, they didnt specify which version).
Anyone else had issues with SQL 2012 or other installing on Windows 10 complaining about Microsoft.VC80.MCF or similar?
For Windows 10, you need at least SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 - RTM version isn't supported. For some reason, it is only mentioned in documentation regarding SQL Server 2014: Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server.
Hopefully, with Express edition you can download the correct version with SP already integrated into it. However, it might be wiser to install SP3 instead and save yourself some hassle in the future.
version of my database is 661.
when i attach my database in new version of sqlserver, version of my database changed to 665
Automatically.
I don't want to change version of my database.
how can i do that?
You can't prevent automatically database version upgrade when you're attaching/restoring database from lower to higher version of SQL Server.
Source: A lot of years of experience.
BUT, you can do a manual migration of higher version database into lower version by doing THIS
Well, I think you are using SQL Server 2008 R2 database which are 661 version. Hopefully you are trying to attach 2008 R2 to an SQL server 2008 instance but once the database has been upgraded to an 2008(665 version), it cannot be downgraded to SQL Server 2008 R2(661).
You need to uninstall SQL Express and reinstall the latest version to fix the problem.
You can't stop it changing the version, when an older version database is attached to a newer version of SQL server, it must perform these upgrade steps so before the database can be brought online on the new version. These upgrades are internal to SQL server and include things like file format changes etc, they themselves should not affect behaviour of your user code (although the changes in the new version of the SQL engine might).
The only significant result of these upgrade steps is that the database can no longer be attached or restored to an older version of SQL server.
I've installed SQL Server 2014 Enterprise on a VM and am trying to install the Upgrade Advisor.
Directions indicate that I should run SqlUA.msi but I get the following error:
Setup is missing prerequisites:
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Transact-SQL-ScriptDom, which is not installed by Upgrade Advisor Setup. To continue, install SQL Server 2014 Transact-SQL ScriptDom from below hyperlink and then run the Upgrade Advisor Setup operation again :
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=296473.
That just takes me to the download page. There is no ScriptDom file, but a further search showed me that they mean SQLDOM. So I installed SQLDOM.msi from that page above and got the following error:
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL-ScriptDom
Installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL-ScriptDom failed because a higher version already exists on the machine. To proceed, uninstall the higher version and then run Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL ScriptDom Setup again.
Well, that was pretty confusing. First I'm told I don't have it, then I'm told I'm trying to install an older version. I've rebooted the VM and my local laptop a bunch but without assist. Microsoft Support told me they don't support upgrade advisor.
Go to the Microsoft® SQL Server® 2014 Feature Pack page, here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42295
Click the Download button, then look for the download named "SqlDom.msi"; the x64 version is about 1/3 of the way down, the x86 version is about 80-85% of the way down.
These should be the latest versions of the ScriptDom.
I had the same issue, installed x64 sqldom.msi - it didn't work. So I then installed x86 version and the upgrade advisor worked. This was on server 2012R2 with SQL2012 x64.
The file Eng_Microsoft_SQLServer_TransactSql_ScriptDom_dll_32 cannot be installed because the file cannot be found in cabinet file redist.cab. This could
indicate a network error, an error reading from installation media, or a problem with this package.
I'm trying to do a SQL Server 2008 setup and I've been given a Cross Language Installation failure. More specifically:
Rule "cross language installation: failed.
the Setup language is different than the language of existing SQL Server features. To continue, use SQL Server Setup installation media of the same language as the installed SQL Server features.
I do not have SQL Server Express installed and I browsed through "Add or Remove Programs" and was unable to find anything that looked like it was a previous version of SQL.
Any tips?
I restarted the setup after facing the same problem, and I realized that man should not close the installation center till the setup process is completed. If you leave it open it will work.
Ensure that you have uninstalled all of your old SQL Server versions. Also you must restart the installer if you have not done that when you began installation.
All I had to do was exit the installer and start the process again. For some reason it worked the second time around.
I had the same problem today when installing SQL Server 2008 Express on a computer that has never had an instance of SQL Server installed.
I found that "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward compatibility" was installed. I removed this via Add/Remove Programs and was able to successfully install SQL Server 2008 Express afterwards.
Change the Current Windows Language interface for the needed language you want to install.
That will make it possible for the Installer to launch the Localized version.
If you've previously installed SQL on the machine (or apparently some RedGate tools) have you checked for any SQL detritus in the registry?
If not then the MS forums have details of some reg keys to look out for, and some of the links are worth following for advice on what to delete from the registry.
On my installation of Sql Server 2008 Express, this was caused by having Sql Server 2005 Express Tools installed while trying to install 2008. Uninstalling 2005 Tools fixed the problem. I was able to keep Sql Server 2005 Express, including Sql Server 2005 Backward compatability; only had to nuke tools.