https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-installation/m-p/3396400#M6571 I was doing a SIM 4.1 installation on a windows 2003 with all the hot foxes installed.<BR />The box was a HP desktop. The installation will complete for all the components except for PMP. It will fail with "aborted. fail to initialize the database" &amp; deinstall. Log file indicated some kind of logon failure. MSDE was installed for mixed mode. Deinstalled allthe SIM components &amp; msde.<BR />Deleted all the directories. Installed SQL 2000/SP2. SIM still failed the same way. Checked the databases &amp; found the PMPV3 database created. I deinstalled SIM &amp; cleaned the server. Deinstalled all the hotfixes &amp; started the SIM installation. It failed the same way.<BR />I rebuild the server with W2K3 &amp; no hotfixes &amp; completed the SIM installation with out any problem. This is the second time I have failed to install SIM on W2K3 with all the hotfixes. <BR />Has any one completed the SIM installation on W2K3 with all the hotfixes installed?<BR />Do we know which hotfix breaks the installation?<BR />Is any one running SIM on a W2K3 server with all the hotfixes installed? Fri, 08 Oct 2004 09:57:34 GMT muhammed naeem 2004-10-08T09:57:34Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-installation/m-p/3396400#M6571 I was doing a SIM 4.1 installation on a windows 2003 with all the hot foxes installed.<BR />The box was a HP desktop. The installation will complete for all the components except for PMP. It will fail with "aborted. fail to initialize the database" &amp; deinstall. Log file indicated some kind of logon failure. MSDE was installed for mixed mode. Deinstalled allthe SIM components &amp; msde.<BR />Deleted all the directories. Installed SQL 2000/SP2. SIM still failed the same way. Checked the databases &amp; found the PMPV3 database created. I deinstalled SIM &amp; cleaned the server. Deinstalled all the hotfixes &amp; started the SIM installation. It failed the same way.<BR />I rebuild the server with W2K3 &amp; no hotfixes &amp; completed the SIM installation with out any problem. This is the second time I have failed to install SIM on W2K3 with all the hotfixes. <BR />Has any one completed the SIM installation on W2K3 with all the hotfixes installed?<BR />Do we know which hotfix breaks the installation?<BR />Is any one running SIM on a W2K3 server with all the hotfixes installed? Fri, 08 Oct 2004 09:57:34 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-installation/m-p/3396400#M6571 muhammed naeem 2004-10-08T09:57:34Z