Windows Serevr 2008 - SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition installation failure (Error # 29503)

Indigenous — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:06:03 GMT

Dear Experts,

Sorry for logging a duplicate thread but the last one was too big in size and takes ages to open.

I am trying to install SQL Serevr 2005 Enterprise Edition on my Windows Server 2008 machine, the server specs are:

- BL465 G6 blade server with 1 x 6 Core AMD Opteron processor

Everytime i try to install the SQL Server, the installation fails at the point "SQL Server Databse Services" with the following error in the summary log file:
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : SQL Server Database Services
Error : The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Failed
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQL.log
Last Action : InstallFinalize
Error String : The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
The error is (1053) The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Error Number : 29503
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I came across the following KB but for me it did not work out either:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954835

I would be grateful if someone can help me figuring out the problem.

The detailed Summary.txt is pasted below and please let me know if you need any further logs:
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 9.00.1399.06
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OS Version : Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
Time : Wed Dec 15 19:34:57 2010

Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English)
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_1.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components
Product Version : 11.0.6558.0
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_OWC11_1.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward compatibility
Product Version : 8.05.1054
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_BackwardsCompat_1.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English)
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_2.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLNCLI_1.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components
Product Version : 11.0.6558.0
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_OWC11_2.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward compatibility
Product Version : 8.05.1054
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_BackwardsCompat_2.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English)
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_3.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components
Product Version : 11.0.6558.0
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_OWC11_3.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward compatibility
Product Version : 8.05.1054
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_BackwardsCompat_3.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English)
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_4.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLNCLI_2.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components
Product Version : 11.0.6558.0
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_OWC11_4.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SqlWriter_1.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward compatibility
Product Version : 8.05.1054
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_BackwardsCompat_4.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : SQLXML4
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLXML4_1.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : SQL Server Database Services
Error : The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Failed
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQL.log
Last Action : InstallFinalize
Error String : The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
The error is (1053) The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
Error Number : 29503
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_AS.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Notification Services
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_NS.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : SQLXML4
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLXML4_2.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English)
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_5.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
Product Version : 9.00.1399.06
Install : Successful
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLNCLI_3.log
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Machine : WSPKAJ1
Product : Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition - ENU
Product Version : 8.0.50727.42
Install : Failed
Log File : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_PPESku_1.log
Error Number : 1602
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SQL Server Setup failed. For more information, review the Setup log file in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Summary.txt.

Time : Wed Dec 15 19:51:42 2010

List of log files:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_Core(Local).log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_1.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_OWC11_1.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_BackwardsCompat_1.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_2.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLNCLI_1.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_OWC11_2.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_BackwardsCompat_2.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_3.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_OWC11_3.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_BackwardsCompat_3.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_4.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLNCLI_2.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_OWC11_4.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SqlWriter_1.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_BackwardsCompat_4.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLXML4_1.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQL.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_AS.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_NS.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLXML4_2.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLSupport_5.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SQLNCLI_3.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_PPESku_1.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_Datastore.xml
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_.NET Framework 2.0.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_Core.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Summary.txt
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_.NET Framework 2.0 LangPack.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_.NET Framework Upgrade Advisor.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_.NET Framework Upgrade Advisor LangPack.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_.NET Framework Windows Installer.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_.NET Framework Windows Installer LangPack.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_Support.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_SCC.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0002_WSPKAJ1_WI.log
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG
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Looking forward to your expert advice and guidance to resolve my problem and bring some peace to my life! :(

Re: Windows Serevr 2008 - SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition installation failure (Error # 29503)

Roger Faucher — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:56:21 GMT

Hi:

There are a couple of techniques worth investigating here:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/a5bc664a-13a7-4e60-ae26-cc057367f6d7

Make a great day!

Roger

Re: Windows Serevr 2008 - SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition installation failure (Error # 29503)

Indigenous — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:19:32 GMT

Hi Roger,

Thanks for the reply! I had already come across that post but the resolution mentioned there was not the case with me. For me i already have an entry "Domain" in the registry.

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