MSDE Installation Guide

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Actix MSDE

Database Engine

Installation Guide

May 2005


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Actix Software MSDE Installation May 2005 2

Actix MSDE Database Engine Installation Guide

Copyright Actix 2005.

All rights reserved. All t rademarks are hereby acknowledged.

Actix and the Actix logo are the trademarks of Actix Limited. Similar restrictions to use of our

company and product names may apply elsewhere.

The content of this manual is provided for information only, is subject to change without notice, andshould not be construed as a commitment by Actix. Actix assumes no responsibility or liability for

any errors or inaccuracies that appear in this documentation.

Microsoft, MSDE and SQL Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.


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Contents

1 ABOUT MSDE.......................................................................................................4

1.1 OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................... 41.2 SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................... 51.3 FEATURES......................................................................................................................... 5

2 INSTALLING MSDE..............................................................................................7

2.1 PREPARATION.................................................................................................................... 72.2 INSTALLING THEACTIXDATABASEENGINE............................................................................ 8

3 TROUBLESHOOTING THE INSTALLATION.....................................................11

3.1 FORWARDING LOGS TOACTIXTECHNICALSUPPORT ............................................................11

3.2 ADDING AND REMOVING PROGRAMS....................................................................................12 4 ADVANCED OPTIONS .......................................................................................13

4.1 COMMAND LINE INSTALLATION............................................................................................13


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1.2 System RequirementsReview the table below to determine the minimum system requirements

needed to run Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000).

To use MSDE 2000, you need:

Minimum Requirements

Processor Intel Pentium or compatible 166-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor

Operating System MSDE 2000 can run on the following Microsoft Windows operatingsystems:

Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition* Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition* Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition* Windows Server 2003, Web Edition* Windows 2000 Server

Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 5 (SP5) or later Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition, with SP5 or later Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with SP5 or later Windows XP Professional Windows XP Home Edition Windows 2000 Professional

Windows 98 Windows Millennium Edition

Memory Windows XP: 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM Windows 2000: 64 MB of RAM All other operating systems: 32 MB of RAM

Hard Disk 44 MB of available hard disk space

Drive CD-ROM drive

* Windows Server 2003 requires SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 or later to be applied.

1.3 FeaturesMicrosoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) helps youbuild custom solutions by offering the features described below.

Multi-Instance Support

MSDE 2000 supports up to 16 database server instances on a single PC.

MSDE 2000 Utilities

MSDE 2000 includes several command prompt utilities that can be used to

administer instances of MSDE 2000. The most important of these is

Osql.exe, which allows you to interactively enter Transact-SQL statementsin a command prompt environment. You can use the Transact-SQL


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administration statements, such as BACKUP and RESTORE, to

administer an instance of MSDE 2000. Other utilities included withMSDE 2000 are Bcp.exe, which allows you to bulk copy large amounts of

data into or out of MSDE 2000 databases, and Dtsrun.exe which executes

Data Transformation Services packages. The remaining utilities included

with MSDE 2000 are Cnfgsvr.exe, Dcomscm.exe, Sqlmangr.exe,Sqladhlp.exe, and Svrnetcn.exe.

Replication

MSDE 2000 fully supports both merge and snapshot replication both as a

publisher and as a subscriber, allowing you to keep copies of the same

data on multiple sites, sometimes covering hundreds of sites. MSDE 2000also supports other forms of replication, but only in a limited capacity.

MSDE 2000 can participate in transactional replication in a subscriber

capacity only.

PerformanceMSDE 2000 is a local data engine that can be shared. It has a managed

concurrency workload governor that limits up to five concurrent batchworkloads for optimal performance. Commands and log entries are

available to monitor instances where more than five workloads are

executed concurrently, a situation that can cause slower performance evenon well-tuned systems. As more batch workloads are submitted beyond

the five-workload limit, the concurrency governor continues to slow down

the system. These workloads are not dropped or lost; they are stillprocessed, but in an increasingly degraded performance mode. If your

solution must support more than five concurrent workloads, it is highly

recommended that you migrate to SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2000Enterprise Edition for optimal performance at this higher level of

scalability.

Maximum Database Size

MSDE 2000 supports up to 2 gigabytes (GB) per database. This limitationis per database, not per server. A single computer can support multiple

MSDE 2000 instances, each with databases of up to 2 GB in capacity.

Data Transformation Services

MSDE 2000 is capable of running Data Transformation Services (DTS)packages. However, it cannot design DTS packages, because it is not

equipped with a DTS Designer.

Remote Administration

It is possible to administer MSDE 2000 both locally and remotely.However, MSDE 2000 cannot be remotely administered in a multi-server

environment where transactions occur across servers.


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2 Installing MSDE

2.1

PreparationBefore proceeding with the MSDE installation, ensure that: you have administrator rights

the target PC meets the minimum specification for Actix Software.

Install the Actix Software on the target PC. If you have not already

installed the Actix Software, you will see this message when you try to

install MSDE:

Examine the folder structure on the installation CD. You should see thefolder db in the same folder as the Actix Software installation folder.

Within the db folder are two files of note:

Setup.exe

ActixDatabase.msi (for advanced users; see later in this guide)

Note that the folder MSDERelA is the complete, freely available

Microsoft database installation, and may be used to install the Microsoftdatabase software if required on another PC in a non-Actix context.


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2.2 Installing the ActixDatabase EngineCopy the db folder to a local drive on your target PC, as the installation

will not work correctly if run from a network location. Note that you also

cannot install to network locations.

Run the file Setup.exe.You should now see the following screen:

Click Next.


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Now you can specify the location for the database files.

To specify a new location, click the Changebutton .

You are now ready to install ActixDatabase. Click Installto continue.


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When the installation has completed successfully, you will see this screen:


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3 Troubleshooting the installation

3.1

Forwarding logs to Actix Technical SupportIf you have difficulties with installing the database:

or with the operation of the database, please can you email ActixTechnical Support. From the folder:

\ Act i x\ Anal yzer \ Dat abase\ Scri pt s\

include these files:

RunSQL. l ogmsdei nst al l . l og

and also logfiles from this folder:

C: \ Document s and Set t i ngs\ Al l User s\ Appl i cat i onData\ Act i x\ Anal yzer \ MSSQL$ACTI XMSDE\ Log\


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3.2 Adding and removing programsNote that, in the Add/Remove Programs dialog, it is displayed as two

separate programs, ActixDatabase and MSDE:

This makes it easier for Microsoft updates to work for MSDE.

If you want to remove the database engine, you will need to remove both

these programs. Using the ActixDatabase uninstall routine by running

setup again will only remove ActixDatabase, so you will need to remove

MSDE manually.


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4 Advanced options

4.1

Command line installationNote that the D:\ drive is taken to be your CD drive in the examples givenbelow.

Without options

msi exec / i

includes the full path as well as the filename. For example:

msi exec / i D: \ db\ Act i xDat abase. msi

Logging

msi exec / i / l *v

For example:

msi exec / i D: \ db\ Act i xDat abase. msi / l *vc: \ msdei nst al l . l og

Set path for database file

msi exec / i DATADI R=

DATADIR is where the database files will be created.

For example:

msi exec / i D: \ db\ Act i xDatabase. msi DATADI R=C: \ Document s and Set t i ngs\ Al l User s\ Appl i cat i onDat a\ Act i x\ Anal yzer \


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Silent installation

Before running a silent install, if MSDE and the ActixDatabase have

previously been installed, ensure that you delete the files:

act i xdb. mdfacti xdb_l og. l dfat x_*

from:

\ MSSQL$ACTI XMSDE\ Dat a

Installing MSDE from the root of the Actix CD

. . \ MSDERel A\ set up. exe / set t i ngs . . \ acti xsql . i ni "DATADI R= C: \ Document s and Set t i ngs\ Al lUser s\ Appl i cat i on Dat a\ Act i x\ Anal yzer \ / l *v

C: \ msdei nst al l . l og / qb!The path to the appropriate file is represented by ... As an example:

D: \ db\ MSDERel A\ setup. exe / set t i ngs D: \ db\ pr ogr amf i l es\ Act i x\ Anal yzer \ dat abase\ MSDEsour ce\ act i xsql . i ni " DATADI R= C: \ Document s andSet t i ngs\ Al l User s\ Appl i cat i onDat a\ Acti x\ Anal yzer \ / l *v C: \ msdei nst al l . l og/ qb!

Restart your PC before next installing the ActixDatabase.

If the silent option is switched on, install MSDE before running thisinstall. The install will then install the ActixDatabase.

msi exec / i SI LENT=1 / qn

For example:

msi exec / i D: \ db\ Act i xDatabase. msi SI LENT=1 / qn

The /qn option is used as example but all other types are possible.

Uninstall

msi exec / x For example:

msi exec / x D: \ db\ Act i xDatabase. msi

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