Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2012:
1. Operating system Requirement :
You can install in below operating systems
- Windows Server 2012,
- Windows 8,
- Windows server 2008 R2 SP1,
- Windows 7 SP1.
You can also install in below operating systems but you require to install update http://support2.microsoft.com/?kbid=956250 on below operating system before initiating the installation.
- Windows Vista SP2
- Windows Server 2008 SP2
2. NET Framework
- .NET 4.0 is a requirement for SQL Server 2012. SQL Server installs .NET 4.0 during the feature installation step.
- You must enable or install.NET 3.5 SP1, If you select to install Database Engine, Reporting Services, Master Data Services, Data Quality Services, Replication, SQL Server Management Studio on Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2 operating systems. OS wont have .NET 3.5 SP1 Framework.Installing SQL 2012 to Microsoft® Server 2008 R2 requires that the Application Server role be added prior to running setup
3. Windows Powershell
- Powershell 2.0 is mandatory to install SQL Server 2012. If SQL Server setup reports Powershell 2.0 is not present, you can install or enable it.
4. Internet Explorer 7 or a later version.
5. Hard Disk : SQL Server 2012 requires minimum of 6 GB.
6. Memory
Minimum :
- Express : 512 MB
- Other : 1 GB
Recommended
- Express : 1 GB
- Other : 4 GB
Installation Steps:
Go to setup file location (or installation media) click on setup.exe
Initial window will show you Planning Menu screen
The planning menu contains help files that go over everything from System Requirements to Upgrade Documentation.
Click on Installation on the left pane to access the installation menu
In installation page, right side pane you will found 4 option
Option 1 : New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to existing installation
Using this option you can install Stand-alone server or add SQL Server features to an existing installation
Option 2 : New SQL Server failover cluster installation
Using this option you can install a SQL Server in Failover Cluster
Option 3 : Add Node to the SQL Server failover cluster
This option is used to add a node to an existing failover cluster
Option 4 : Upgrade from SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2
Using this option we can upgrade the existing SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, or SQL Server 2008 R2 to SQL Server 2012
Now we are performing SQL Server stand-alone installation so click on Option 1.
It will initiate the stand-alone installation process of SQL Server 2012
Setup support rules runs a prerequisite check, these are Operating System checks. Rules and status of pass, failed, warning or skipped will be returned.
Next screen displays you Setup Support Rules screen, click on
button to see all the rules detail information.
Once these rules are met then Click on Ok
Above screen will provide you the available latest updates.
Click on the Next.
In next screen you need to select weather is it new installation are adding features to an existing installed instance.
Select Perform a new installation of SQL Server 2012 radio button for fresh installation
In next screen need to select weather is it free edition or need to provide product key and click on Next
Next is the license terms screen. You need to accept the license terms and click on Next.
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INSTALLATION OPTIONS AND CONFIGURATION
Commonly used Components
Database Engine - Required
Replication - Optional
Full-Text Search – Optional
Analysis Services – Optional
Reporting Services – Optional
Business Intelligence Development Studio - Optional
Client Tools – Optional
Integration Services – Optional
SQL Server Books Online - Recommended
Management Tools - Basic - Required
Management Tools - Complete - Required
SQL Client SDK – Optional
Select All features with defaults to install all features with default values and select Next
Select the what ever you want install in the instances. If this is the first installation you can select what ever shared features you want. If it is another instance already installed shared features are grayed out. Click on Next
Make changes to the root directory as per your company standards, otherwise accept defaults and choose next
Next screen will display the disk space requirements.
Specify the accounts SQL Server processes will use to run.
Server Configuration provides the option to select
Network Service
System from the Account Name drop down.
As per Microsoft recommendation use a new account for each these services. Otherwise use 'NT Authority\System'
Collation tab will show the collation settings information used to below purpose
- The code page that is used to store non-Unicode data in SQL Server.
- The rules that govern how SQL Server sorts and compares characters that are stored in non-Unicode data types. SQL Server Setup will detect the Windows collation on the computer where SQL Server is being installed. Then, it will automatically select the collation for your instance of SQL Server. Sorts and comparisons might be different for Unicode and non-Unicode characters.
you can change the collation that supports the Windows system locale most commonly used at your organization
Click on the Next
Authentication Mode MUST be set to Mixed Mode.
SA (SQL Server system administrator) should use a strong password even though the installer may not check it.
Specify non-built in SQL server administrators. For example: a domain administrator who is responsible for and should have full rights to the SQL server.
Click Add Current user button if the currently logged in user should have rights to this tool.
In Data Directories tab Give the following values as per your organization standards
Data root directory
User database directory
User database log directory
Temp DB directory
Temp DB log directory
Backup directory
Install the default unless you got explicit request.
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Click Close if successful