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Tech Note 682

Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Wonderware Products

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Topic#: 002451
C reated: February 2010
Updated: May 2010
Updated: December 2012
Updated: August 2013

Introduction
Note: This Tech Note was formerly titled Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Wonderware Historian v10.0.
This Tech Note provides step-by-step procedures to install SQL Server 2008 on a 32- or 64-bit Operating System.
Wonderware Historian version 10.0 supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Vista SP2 (Ultimate,
Business, and Enterprise) Operating System editions.
Historian 10.x and older supports Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 32-bit version ONLY.
Products included in Wonderware System Platform 2012 R2 (Historian/Historian Client, Wonderware Application Server, and
Wonderware Information Server) support MS SQL Server 2008 (and later) 32- and 64-bit versions.
The following table details the SQL Server requirements for ArchestrA System Platform 2012 R2 components. Use the
following legend:
Y

Supported

Small System Only

Supported and Recommended

Not Supported

<blank cell> Not Applicable

2008 SP3
ExpressSSMSE (32bit)

2008 SP3
Standard,
Enterprise (32bit Only)

2008 R2 SP1
ExpressSSMSE (32bit)

2008 R2 SP1
Standard,
Enterprise
(32/64-bit)

2012
2012 Standard,
ExpressEnterprise
SSMSE (32(32/64-bit)
bit)

InTouch 2012 R2
(v. 10.6)

Application
Server 2012 R2
(v3.6)

Historian Server
2012 R2 (v11.0)

Historian Client
2012 R2 (v10.1)
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Information
Server Portal
2012 R2 (v5.0)

Compact
Installation (1500 I/O-pernode)

Small Installation
(1-5,000 I/Oper-node)

Medium
Installation (5K50K I/O-pernode)

Large Installation
(50K-400K I/Oper-node)

Information
Server Clients
2012 R2 (v5.0)

Check the Compatibility Matrix on the Wonderware Developer Network for other product details.
You should allow approximately 1 hour to complete the installation.

Application Versions
See Compatibility Table (above)

Installing SQL Server 2008

1. Insert the SQL Server 2008 installation DVD into your DVD drive. If the autorun feature on your DVD drive does not
launch the installation program, navigate to the root of the DVD and double-click Setup.exe. You will see the SQL
Server Installation Center:

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F IGURE 1: SQL SERVER INSTALLATION C ENTER

If you click New SQL Server stand-alone... you will install the 64-bit version.
Important: SQL Server 2008 64-bit version is currently not supported for versions prior to ArchestrA System Platform
2012 R2 SP1. For more information, which product is supported with what SQL Server version, please see the Database
Compatibility Matrix on the Wonderware Developer Network.
2. Click the Options item and select your Processor Type.
If you are using Wonderware product released before Wonderware System Platform 2012 R2, click the x86 Processor
Type (Figure 2 below).
The option shown below is used only in the context of this Tech Note. It shows installing the 32-bit
architecture version of SQL Server. Review the Compatibility Table (above) for your specific requirements.

F IGURE 2: X86 PROCESSOR TYPE OPTION

3. Click Installation and then New SQL Server stand-alone... (Figure 2 above) to install the 32-bit SQL Server 2008.
This installation will now run the Setup Support Rules operation. This operation identifies problems that can happen
during the installation of SQL Server Setup Support files.
You must correct all the problems before the install can continue. After the operation completed, all the setup support
rules must be passed.
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Click the Show Details button to see the status of the rules (Figure 3 below).

F IGURE 3: C OMPLETED SETUP SUPPORT RULES

4. To continue, click OK.
5. On the Setup Support Files screen, click Install to continue with the support files installation.

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F IGURE 4: SUPPORT F ILES INSTALLATION

6. When the Support Files installation is finished, click Next.

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F IGURE 5: SETUP SUPPORT F ILES INSTALLATION C OMPLETED

7. On the Product Key dialog box, click the Enter the product key option. The embedded product key should appear in
the field.

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F IGURE 6: EMBEDDED PRODUCT KEY

8. Click Next.
9. Review the license terms, and if you agree, click I Accept the License Terms and click Next.

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F IGURE 7: ACCEPT LICENSE TERMS

10. Select the features shown in Figure 8 (below). Analysis and Reporting Services (for WIS integration) are optional
selections.
SQL Server Replication and Full Text Search are also optional selections that do not impact Historian functionality.

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F IGURE 8: SELECT F EATURES

11. Click Next.
This example includes Reporting Services because the Wonderware Information Server is installed later.
12. On the Instance Selection dialog box, select the Default Instance (Figure 9 below). Wonderware Products currently
do not support Named Instances.

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F IGURE 9: DEFAULT INSTANCE

Accept the default Instance ID and Instance Root Directory.
13. Click Next.
Note: MS SQL 2008 Express Edition is supported for Historian 10.0. If you are installing MS SQL 2008 Express, make sure it
actually installs the Default instance.
There is an issue in the Express install that even if you select the Default instance required by the Wonderware Historian, it
still results in the database engine being installed as the instance named SQLEXPRESS.
As a workaround, you can select the option to install a Named instance and enter MSSQLSERVER as the instance name
(see the information about CR L00090827 in the Historian's Readme.html file).

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F IGURE 10: DISK SPACE REQUIREMENTS

14. Confirm the Disk Space Requirements and click Next.
15. In the Server Configuration window, click Use the same account for all SQL Server services, then select NT
Authority\System from the drop-down list (Figure 11 below).

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F IGURE 11: SERVER C ONFIGURATION

16. If you are installing MS SQL Server on an English operating system, proceed to Step 19 (below) to continue the
installation.
If you are installing MS SQL Server on a non-English operating system, click the Collation tab and proceed to Step
17 (below).
17. In the Collation tab, select SQL_Latin1_General for the Database Engine collation.
If you are installing Analysis Services, its collation setting is Latin1_General_CI_AS (Figure 12 below).

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F IGURE 12: SERVER C ONFIGURATION - C OLLATION

If you find any other collation, change it to Latin1_General by clicking the Customize button next to Database
Engine collation field.
Then, select SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS from the list (Figure 13 below).

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F IGURE 13: SERVER C ONFIGURATION -C USTOMIZE DATABASE ENGINE C OLLATION

18. Click the Customize button next to Analysis Services collation and select Latin_General from the list (Figure 14
below).

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F IGURE 14: SERVER C ONFIGURATION C USTOMIZE ANALYSIS SERVICES C OLLATION

19. Click OK then Next.
20. On the Database Engine Configuration screen, select the Mixed Mode (SQL Server authentication and Windows
Authentication) in the Account Provisioning tab (Figure 12 below). Mixed Mode (SQL Server authentication and
Windows authentication) is optional but strongly recommended.
21. Type a password for the built-in SQL System Administrator account (sa). Configure the sa-level with a strong
password for security purposes.
22. Click Add to add any users who you want to have administrator rights when using Windows authentication. In this
example, a domain account and the Administrator user are visible (Figure 15 below).

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F IGURE 15: DATABASE ENGINE C ONFIGURATION

23. Click the Data Directories tab to review all the directories then click Next (Figure 16 below).

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F IGURE 16: DATABASE ENGINE C ONFIGURATION > DATA DIRECTORIES

24. On the Analysis Services Configuration window, click Add to specify the users to have administrative permissions for
Analysis Services.

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F IGURE 17: ANALYSIS SERVICES C ONFIGURATION

25. Click the Data Directories tab to examine the folder.

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F IGURE 18: ANALYSIS SERVICES C ONFIGURATION > DATA DIRECTORIES

26. Click Next.
27. In the Reporting Services Configuration window, click Install the native mode default configuration option and
click Next (Figure 19 below). In this example, Wonderware Information Server is used as the native mode.

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F IGURE 19: REPORTING SERVICES C ONFIGURATION

28. Accept the default settings for the rest of the installation sequence. The installation will then proceed and you will see
each module install.

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F IGURE 20: ERROR AND USAGE REPORTING

29. When the Installation completes, click the Show details button.

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F IGURE 21: INSTALLATION RULES

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F IGURE 22: INSTALLATION RULES PASSED

On the Ready to Install screen, click Install (Figure 23 below).

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F IGURE 23: READY TO INSTALL

30. When the setup process completes, all of the feature installations in the Installation Progress screen should show
Success in the Status column (Figure 24 below).

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F IGURE 24: INSTALLATION PROGRESS SUCCESS

31. Click Next to finish the installation. When the installation completes, you should see the Complete screen (Figure 25
below).

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F IGURE 25: INSTALLATION C OMPLETE

32. Install SQL Server 2008 SP1 from file SQLServer2008SP1-KB968369-x86-ENU.exe from the SQL Server 2008
Service Pack 1 DVD.
Click the following icon to view this file in .pdf format:

B. Nguyen, M. Salah, P. Mauler

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