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TestDBUpgrade on a Named Instance

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In a scenario where a hardened SQL named instance (e.g., SQLI1) is used to perform the database (e.g., SMS_P01) upgrade test for a service pack the ConfigMgrSetup.log may contain the following errors:

The command line options are /TESTDBUPGRADE SMS_P01
...
Testing database upgrade on SMS_P01 database, on the sqlsrv01 server.
Running test query.
***SqlError: [08001][17][Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
***SqlError: [01000][2][Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]ConnectionOpen (Connect()).
...
Test query to sql database SMS_P01 failed.

I'm no stranger to these sorts of errors in working with hardened SQL (SSLF policies, reduced services, etc.) but I had to resort to Sysinternals Process Monitor to resolve this one. At the end of the capture around the last writes to the ConfigMgrSetup.log file, a RegOpenKey call appears to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SMS\SQL Server.  I checked that key on the primary site server and found a value for Database Name with the data SQLI1\SMS_P01.

Retrying the command including the named instance succeeded, with the following from the log:

The command line options are /TESTDBUPGRADE SQLI1\SMS_P01
...
Testing database upgrade on SQLI1\SMS_P01 database, on the sqlsrv01 server.
Running test query.
Sql version is 9.0, 9.00.4053.00.
SiteCode for the specified database is P01

 

On a semi-related note, in my ressearch for this issue I came across an undocumented command-line switch for ConfigMgr 2007 setup:

setup.exe /testdbupgrade DBName /testsqlserver VirtSqlSrv

I haven't tested its use, but I think it allows for the use of a SQL cluster for running the database upgrade test, where the second parameter specifies the name of the virtual server for the SQL cluster.

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  • Anonymous
    November 11, 2010
    I had similar issue using instence name in the commant worked fine.

  • Anonymous
    November 11, 2010
    I had similar issue using instence name in the command worked fine.

  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2013
    Yup, worked for me.  Thanks.  

  • Anonymous
    September 02, 2015
    setup.exe /testdbupgrade DBName /testsqlserver VirtSqlSrv worked a treat THANKS !