Install SQL Server 2008 in One Click

SQL Server 2008 R2 is such a big application which takes so much time to install itself and it is vry irrtitaing to see its processing. Thus I have created a batch file using which you can install SQL Server 2008 R2 with one click and also you can customize it according to your need. What you have to do is to create one configuration file and use the same in batch file. Besides the installtion will be silent so that one can still contijue to work while this application sis installed

Follow the steps to install the same.

1. Given command will help you install the application.

Setup.exe /ConfigurationFile=ConfigurationFile.ini /IAcceptSQLServerLicenseTerms

2. Save the below text in a file with .ini extension.

Note - For the installation of SQL Client Only.

 
#Start
 
;SQLSERVER2008 Configuration File
[SQLSERVER2008]

; Specifies a Setup work flow, like INSTALL, UNINSTALL, or UPGRADE. This is a required parameter. 

ACTION="Install"

; Specifies features to install, uninstall, or upgrade. The list of top-level features include SQL, AS, RS, IS, and Tools. The SQL feature will install the database engine, replication, and full-text. The Tools feature will install Management Tools, Books online, Business Intelligence Development Studio, and other shared components. 

FEATURES=SSMS,ADV_SSMS,SNAC_SDK

; Displays the command line parameters usage 

HELP="False"

; Specifies that the detailed Setup log should be piped to the console. 

INDICATEPROGRESS="False"

; Setup will not display any user interface. 

QUIET="True"

; Setup will display progress only without any user interaction. 

QUIETSIMPLE="False"

; Specifies that Setup should install into WOW64. This command line argument is not supported on an IA64 or a 32-bit system. 

X86="True"

; Detailed help for command line argument ENU has not been defined yet. 

ENU="True"

; Specify if errors can be reported to Microsoft to improve future SQL Server releases. Specify 1 or True to enable and 0 or False to disable this feature. 

ERRORREPORTING="False"

; Specify the root installation directory for native shared components. 

INSTALLSHAREDDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server"

; Specify the installation directory. 

INSTANCEDIR="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server"

; Specify that SQL Server feature usage data can be collected and sent to Microsoft. Specify 1 or True to enable and 0 or False to disable this feature. 

SQMREPORTING="False"

; Auto-start service after installation.  

AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Manual"

; Startup type for Integration Services. 

ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

; Account for Integration Services: Domain\User or system account. 

ISSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService"

; Controls the service startup type setting after the service has been created. 

ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

; The collation to be used by Analysis Services. 

ASCOLLATION="Latin1_General_CI_AS"

; The location for the Analysis Services data files. 

ASDATADIR="Data"

; The location for the Analysis Services log files. 

ASLOGDIR="Log"

; The location for the Analysis Services backup files. 

ASBACKUPDIR="Backup"

; The location for the Analysis Services temporary files. 

ASTEMPDIR="Temp"

; The location for the Analysis Services configuration files. 

ASCONFIGDIR="Config"

; Specifies whether or not the MSOLAP provider is allowed to run in process. 

ASPROVIDERMSOLAP="1"

; A port number used to connect to the SharePoint Central Administration web application. 

FARMADMINPORT="0"

; Startup type for the SQL Server service. 

SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

; Level to enable FILESTREAM feature at (0, 1, 2 or 3). 

FILESTREAMLEVEL="0"

; Set to "1" to enable RANU for SQL Server Express. 

ENABLERANU="False"

; Specifies a Windows collation or an SQL collation to use for the Database Engine. 

SQLCOLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"

; Provision current user as a Database Engine system administrator for SQL Server 2008 R2 Express. 

ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN="False"

; Specify 0 to disable or 1 to enable the TCP/IP protocol. 

TCPENABLED="1"

; Specify 0 to disable or 1 to enable the Named Pipes protocol. 

NPENABLED="1"

; Startup type for Browser Service. 

BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Disabled"

; Specifies how the startup mode of the report server NT service.  When 
; Manual - Service startup is manual mode (default).
; Automatic - Service startup is automatic mode.
; Disabled - Service is disabled 

RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE="Automatic"

; Specifies which mode report server is installed in.  
; Default value: “FilesOnly”  


RSINSTALLMODE="FilesOnlyMode"

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