Before you begin
The SQL Installer Tool supports SQL Server 2022.
These releases do not integrate SQL Server Reporting Services in their install process.
You must run the SQL Server Reporting Services program separately.
Procedure
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Run the SQL Server 2022 software
setup.exe
file.
Note: If
you do not have a required prerequisite, a box appears and indicates what is
missing. Click OK, install the
missing prerequisite, and then restart the procedure.
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In the SQL Server Installation
Center window, click Installation. For SQL Server 2022 Express, select Custom.
Figure 1. Installation type
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In the right pane, click New SQL
Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing
installation.
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If required, in the Product
Key window, enter the product key and click Next.
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Read the license terms agreement, and select the I accept the license terms check box.
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In the Install Rules
window, a report indicates the status of prerequisite components. If any
prerequisite fails, exit the installation and fix the issue before you continue.
For more information, click the Failed
cell. You can ignore any warnings at this stage. Click Next.
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In the Azure Extension for SQL Server window clear the
Azure Extension for SQL Server check box and click Next .
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In the Feature Selection
window, select the appropriate check boxes. Under the Database Engine Services
feature, ensure you select Database Engine Services feature as Metasys products
require it. However, clear the Machine Learning Services options and Full-Text
and Semantic Extraction options. Metasys products do not require these options.
Figure 2. Feature selection
Note: There are more
instance features and shared features available on SQL Server 2022 Standard
than SQL Server 2022 Express. Select the features that best suit your
requirements, but you must select the Database
Engine Services for Metasys.
- To install SQL Server 2022 for a SCT computer, a unified
ADX/OAS/NAE85/LCS85 computer, or a split ADX data server computer,
select the Database Engine
Services check box.
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In the Instance
Configuration window, click Default
instance, or click Named
instance, and type the name of the instance you use with the
Metasys software. Click Next.
Figure 3. Instance configuration
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In the Server
Configuration window, complete the following steps:
- Accept the default Account
Name setting for all services shown.
- In the Collation
tab, verify that the following engine SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS is in the Database Engine field.
Figure 4. Server configuration
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In the Database Engine
Configuration window, complete the following steps:
- Click Mixed Mode (SQL Server authentication and
Windows authentication).
Figure 5. Database engine configuration
- In the password fields, type a strong password for the
SQL Server administrator (SA) user account. To comply with Microsoft
password guidelines, see SQL Server overview. Safeguard this user name and password. Without these credentials,
you cannot maintain the database.
- To permit the Metasys software to create SQL Server
users using Windows authentication, you must specify the BUILTIN\Administrators account as a SQL
Server administrator. In the Specify SQL
Server administrators area, click Add.
- In the Select users or Groups
dialog box, click Advanced. A
second Select users or Groups
dialog box appears, click Find
Now.
Figure 6. Select users, computers, service accounts or
groups
- If the computer is not a member of a domain, in
the Search results,
select Administrators.
- If the computer is a member of a domain, click
Locations and select
the location from the domain. Type Administrators in the Enter the object name to select
box.
- Click Check
Names. The entry
<Your computer name>\Administrators
appears
in the box. Make sure that the entry contains Administrators (plural), and not
Administrator
(singular). The entry BUILTIN\Administrators appears in the
Specify SQL Server
Administrators area.
Note: If the
customer's IT department is involved with the SQL Server software
installation and does not permit the use of the BUILTIN\Administrators user, request that the IT department
select a different SQL Server administrator user. Click OK, click Next.
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SQL Server 2022 Standard only: In the Ready to Install window, read the summary
report to ensure that the configuration contains everything you need before you
click Install. If you have missed any
components, click Back.
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In the Installation
Progress window, you see the installation progress bar. This
part of the procedure can take over 15 minutes to complete. When the Complete window appears, you see a status update
for each component you installed, and an install successful message. Click
Close.
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To enable communication protocols for the databases, start
SQL Server Configuration Manager.
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Expand Sql Server Network
Configuration, and select Protocols
for MSSQLSERVER.
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In the right pane, complete the following steps:
- Right-click Named
Pipes and select Enable. Click OK to the warning message.
- Right-click TCP/IP and select Enable. Click OK to the warning message.
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Close the Sql Server Configuration
Manager.
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Install SQL Server Management Studio after you complete this
procedure. For more information, see Installing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
Figure 7. SQL server configuration manager
Note: Metasys Advanced Reporting Services does not
support SQL Server 2022 / SSRS 2022. To use reporting services with Metasys,
install both SQL Server 2017 and SSRS 2017.