SPLIT STREAM Installation

If you are getting below error while installing SQL 2008 RTM Version in cluster environment please install SQL 2008 SP1 using  Split Stream

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PROCEDURE TO DO SPLIT STREAM:-

Step:1  copy your original SQL server setup to a folder named “SQL2008R2”------ this name is for reference I am using in this doc you can use any based on the version.

Step:2  download the service pack from 

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26727

location . make sure you download them all 3 (x86,x64 and ia64).

irrespective of the fact you will eventually be using one … but to make sure your SP are complete in every sense.

step:3  you need to create a FOLDER named SP2 (or whatever you want to name it ) with in the folder named SQL2008R2 (that is the location where your original installation is placed) .

step: 4 extract the 3 downloaded EXE into this newly created FOLDER named SP2 below is the example for your

  reference.

                               SQLServer2008R2SP2-KB2630458-IA64-ENU.exe /x:T:\SQL2008R2\SP2

                                SQLServer2008R2SP2-KB2630458-x64-ENU.exe /x:T:\SQL2008R2\SP2

SQLServer2008R2SP2-KB2630458-x86-ENU.exe /x:T:\SQL2008R2\SP2

Step: 5     make sure T:\SQL2008R2 contains the original SQL server setup and we created a folder named SP2 within

T:\SQL2008R2.

Step:6  copy the SETUP.exe  file from newly created folder SP2 into original setup .. that we want to replace the setup.exe file of original SQL server setup with SP2 setup.exe

                                T:\SQL2008R2_SP2>robocopy T:\SQL2008R2\SP2 T:\SQL2008R2 setup.exe

Step: 7 Copy all files not the folders, except the Microsoft.SQL.Chainer.PackageData.dll, in T:\SQL2008R2\SP2\<architecture> to T:\SQL2008R2\<architecture> to update the original files. Here is the Robocop command.

In the above step we are moving the dll files which are present in  x86,x64,ia64 of SP2 to main version software  of either it may be 2005,2008,2012  Of  x86,x64,ia64 overwrite the dll  files present in the destination location that is main software folder.

T:\SQL2008R2_SP2>robocopy T:\SQL2008R2\SP2\x64 T:\SQL2008R2\x64 /XF

Microsoft.SQL.Chainer.PackageData.dll  ---for reference use.

T:\SQL2008R2_SP2>robocopy T:\SQL2008R2\SP2\x86 T:\SQL2008R2\x86 /XF

Microsoft.SQL.Chainer.PackageData.dll---for reference use.

T:\SQL2008R2_SP2>robocopy T:\SQL2008R2\SP2\ia64 T:\SQL2008R2\ia64 /XF

 Microsoft.SQL.Chainer.PackageData.dll---for reference use.

Step: 8   check whether you have DefaultSetup.INI .. at main version location in respective folders x86,x64,ia64 if not there create it with the name “ DefaultSetup.INI “

                                                                                T:\SQL2008R2\x64

T:\SQL2008R2\x86 and

T:\SQL2008R2\ia64

Step: 9  If you have a DefaultSetup.INI at the above locations, add the following lines to each DefaultSetup.INI:

PCUSOURCE=”.\SP2”

Note: In that mark place provide the sp2 path location which is present outside of 2008 folder or inside the folder  in  three folders

            x86,x64,ia64 at  DefaultSetup.INI

Note : SP2 is the folder we created within the original setup files .. if you used a different name .. please use that folder name ..

          this tells the installation setup  that service patch files are located within this folder .

step : 10   run the default  setup as the SP2 patch location is also mentioned in the default setup so we can run below setup normally.

                                    T:\SQL2008R2----for reference

below are the indications that you are doing a slipstream installation.

for this … I showing  only chosen database engine .. in the features ..

install411> confirm tht you see “Update Setup Media Language Rule” as PASSED in the installation rules page

install512> On the Ready to Install dialog, the Action will indicated (“Slipstream”) … this confirms … that we are going right .. till now ..

install613>  PCUSource parameters in the summary log .. states that it picked up the SP2 from the path we pointed it to ..

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this confirms that our installation has gone right … do confirm the same by connecting using SSMS