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Sql Server 2008 (KATMAI)

Salient Features of Sql Server 2008 (Katmai) Setup

September 16, 2008

Minimize the MSI code for setup and use MSI code for what it does the best. In Sql 2005 entire setup process was coded using MSI code which uses the Windows Installer code and was found to be root cause of many setup failures in sql 2005. However in sql 2008 setup process has been…

Sql Server 2008 (KATMAI)

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF KATMAI SETUP PROCESS

September 16, 2008

In order to install, upgrade, uninstall, and patch the sql server 2008 instance on the system we need to call the setup.exe from the installation media. The setup.exe is an unmanaged code which checks the basic pre-requisites to launch the actual Setup process. The basic pre-requisites check performed by setup.exe is 1) It checks for…