Post was rewritten after additional investigation. The error message was:
Installation of this product failed because it is not supported on this operating system. For information on supported configurations, see the product documentation.
The installation target is a Hyper-V guest machine as follows: 2G RAM, 14.5 GB free on the C: drive, 2.5 GHz CPU. .NET 3.5 is turned on.
On this page https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42299 the following note was confusing to me (bold is my emphasis):
Note: Microsoft® SQL Server® 2014 Express includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. SQLEXPR32_x86 is a smaller package that can be used to install SQL Server 2014 Express onto only 32-bit operating systems. SQLEXPR_x86 is the same product but supports installation onto both 32-bit and 64-bit (WoW) operating systems. SQLEXPR_x64 is a native 64-bit SQL Server 2014 Express and supports installation onto only 64-bit operating systems. There is no other difference between these packages. Microsoft® SQL Server® 2014 Express is not supported on IA64 systems.
The wording seemed to indicate the x86.exe would work on both 32/64 bit systems which was consistent with my findings. But I thought that also indicated the 32bit.msi would also work on both 32/64 bit systems. I am beginning to believe I misunderstood and would appreciate confirmation the error is my reading of the note.
Your error message answers your question. Your trying to install it on an unsupported OS. Check out https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506(v=sql.120).aspx which lists the requirements. It appears that in a Hyper-V Environment all versions of SQL 2014 are only supported on a Windows 2008 SP2. 2008 R2 SP1, or 2012 OS.
My particular problem was the misunderstanding that the 32 bit MSI would work on a 64 bit OS. Once I changed to the 64 bit MSI SQL Express 2014 loaded just fine into the VM. The 32 bit x86 .exe setup file did in fact work on the 64 bit OS, just not the MSI setup file.
Note there are two different _x86 file names: SQLEXPR32_x86 only works on 32-bit systems. SQLEXPR_x86 (note the missing "32") will work on both 64-bit and 32-bit systems, but still runs as a 32-bit process.
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I bought a copy of SQL Server 2012 Developer Edition, and no matter what I try, I can't seem to be able to install SQL Server Management Studio 64-bit from the install disc. I've tried installing and uninstalling several times, and only the 32-bit version shows up. Even the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio folder exists, but not the 64-bit executable. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
I'm running Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit SP1 with 16 GB of RAM...
Edit: a little further info... sqlservr.exe is running in 64-bit. Just not ssms.exe...
There is no such thing. The application itself, like Visual Studio, only ships as a 32-bit application, regardless of the operating system and regardless of the instance(s) you use it with.
I'm about to install SQL Server 2012 Developer on my 64-bit machine for developing purposes, but I'm not sure if I should install the 32-bit or 64-bit version.
My confusion comes from the fact that my Visual Studio 2012 is 32-bit and my laptop is not quite fast (Intel Core2Duo P8400 # 2.26Ghz with 5GB RAM).
Generally speaking 64-bit or 32-bit app installation on 64-bit machine is the right choice?
The default solution to all SQL Server performance problems is to throw more memory at it. That only works above 4GB if you have 64 bit SQL Server on a 64 bit machine. You already have a 64 bit machine with more than 4GB memory therefore installing the 64 bit version of SQL Server is a no brainer.
Note that it doesn't matter if you don't have to support a very large database at the time you have to make the decision because you don't know what the future will bring. I have had exactly that experience and am now really glad that at the time I installed the 64 bit version and now am working with a 50+GB database. Something I didn't anticipate at the time.
There is no general advice which version to install. Visual Studio runs in a 32bit process, but your project can target 64bit because it will be debugged within another process.
The main question is: How much RAM do you think your database will need? There aren't any drawbacks on installing 64bit software on 64bit machines, but 32bit software will be executed on a compatibility layer (WoW64 - windows on windows 64).
Using 32 or 64 bit software on old hardware makes no difference, either. As long as the processor supports it!
There is no such a thing as Visual Studio 64bit, VS only comes 32bit regardless the operating system and the project target, this is due to the fact that VS UI will execute different processes external tasks
As for SQL Microsoft instructions strongly recommend to install SQL 32bit versions only when running on a 32bit OS version.
So you should install 64bit version
As per my understanding, A 32 bit OS will allows the keep the RAM or utilize the RAM upto 2powe32 kb's. mean's the server will allows you the operation;s of memory upto 2power32 kbs ....similarly 64 bit..2powerof 64.
you can install a 32bit in 64 bit os..but you cannot install 64bit SQL Server in 32 bit OS
Is there any way to find the sql server is 64 bit or 32 bit in machine using wix.
I am building the wix in visual studio 2010.Based on configuration the installer will install. At install time it will check sql is 64 or 32. If OS is 64bit but 32 sql is installed my installer will install.
Thanks,
Rajeev Kumar.
To detect if the target machine is 32-bit or 64-bit you can use VersionNT64 property. This property can be used as a launch condition to stop the 32-bit package from installing on a 64-bit machine. A 64-bit package cannot run on a 32-bit machine and is stopped automatically.
For detecting SQL Server there are multiple approaches. For example you can search for registry values or use a custom action. Perhaps this article will help:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlexpress/archive/2006/07/29/682254.aspx
Microsoft has a SQL server either as 32 bit or 64bit, however the 64bit contains both 32bit AND 64 bit.
are there any MSI packages containing the 32 bit AND 64 bit version of the ODBC connector ?
i.e. the install package decides by itself which version to install`?
Unfortunately, MSI is not very good at providing a single installer that works for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. The 32-bit installer will not be able to write to the locations where the 64-bit files should be stored, and the 64-bit installer will not start on a 32-bit system.
Getting this error trying to run an SSIS Package on a 64 bit install of SS2K5 Enterprise Edition SP3.
Package was developed using 32 bit BIDS, and deployed successfully to 64 bit SS2K5 Enterprise Edition SP2, and 64 bit SS2K5 Developer Edition SP3.
Have upgraded client tools to SP3 with same result.
Amy ideas?
This kind of error is caused by non having server binaries when you run dtexec.exe. However you've said it'a an EE install.
So: random guess...
Does it run on a 32 bit server install? You may be missing x64 ODBC components
Remember: an SSIS package is just XML/text data so has no concept of x86/x64...