I have a problem in activating the filestream feature in sql server 2008
I have done the following steps but could not succeeded..
1) ran the sql server management studio as an administrator, right click the server instance and Facets, dialog is opened from dropdown select sever configuration and from list select FileStreamAccessLevel and set to FullAcess and then restart the instance. Then I run the query and i again get the error FILESTREAM feature is disabled. Then I again perform the previous steps to saw whether Filestream is enabled or not, I saw that it is still disabled.
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2) I also open the MSSQLSERVER properties, and I found that the FileStream Tab is not present, I don't know why ? I have installed all the featuers of sql server 2008 developer edition including full text search, analysis services, integration serv etc.
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3) I also ran the spconfigure command but still not suceeded. I open the server instance properties, select Advanced from the left pane, and on File Stream Access level I select Full acess enabled, below a radio button is present with name configured values, currently it is select, but when I select running values, it displays FileStream is disabled.
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4) I also open sql sever config manager, select sql services but nothing appears, see the below image.
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Please help me in solving this problem
Thanks
Install the latest service pack, this should fix the configuration manager issue, which will allow you to properly configure filestream.
According to the documentation, you need to enable it from SQL Server Configuration Manager.
EDIT: You didn't mention that you had already followed the documentation, nor that you can't see any services in the SSCM. According to various Google hits such as this MS forum discussion, limited permissions on the NETWORK SERVICE account could cause this problem.
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I found out when creating SSIS packages that I need to have this SSIS Service installed in order to schedule them from SQL Server Agent. So with that said I've been trying all over to figure out how to get this service installed without wiping my existing instance.
I've been all over online and no one seems to have the same issues that I'm having or their resolutions aren't helping me out. Here's what I do so far and the wall that I'm hitting:
I go to Start/All Programs/Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2/Configuration Tools/SQL Server Installation Center (64-bit)
When the console opens I click on Installation and then "New installation or add features to an existing installation"
I then get a pop up that says to "brows for SQL server 2008 R2 Installation media so I point it to my Desktop where the file "SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe" resides and I get an error that says that my desktop "is not a valid installation folder"
Please help me figure this out, I've been racking my brains for days! The only solutions I've found online for this error are to completely uninstall everything and re-install and that's just not an option.
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I have looked at another link within stack overflow that "may" address my problem.
Add SSIS to existing SQL Server instance
It says that I have to get my hands on the "installation media folder" or download it from Microsoft's website. I can't however find anything on their website besides the "SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe" file that I was referring to later.
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When I try to just use SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe I get to the point where I select my instance and get this 'instance id required but missing' error. Here's a screenshot
Don't go via Start/All Programs/Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2/Configuration Tools/SQL Server Installation Center (64-bit).
Go directly to your installation media "SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe" file, and run it. It will open same panel, that installation center does, but it will not ask for any installation media, and will take you directly to next step.
Hope you go through successfully.
P.S.: You can't update SQL Server 2008R2 installation with SQL 2008 setup files.
i am fairly new to dataware housing, i am trying to attach a database, that i have dowloaded to my dowloads folder and the sql server cannot browse to the location.
i browsed and found this as the closest answer:
https://superuser.com/questions/148668/try-to-attach-to-a-database-file-but-cant-browse-folder-which-contains-the-file
but i dont know how to make my instance run with the SYSTEM-Accont.
please i would appreciate your advice.
The steps required are mentioned below:
In SQL Server Configuration Manager, go to SQL Server Services
On details panel, right click the name of instance(SQL server) for which you wish to change the service
Next, click on properties.
Then login using built in account and chose local system. You will be able to fetch the database.
Thanks , I have been able to solve it, I used this link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345578(v=sql.110).aspx
In SQL Server Configuration Manager, click SQL Server Services.
In the details pane, right-click the name of the SQL Server instance for which you want to change the service startup account, and then click Properties.
then i logged on using built in account, and chose local system
I have a database set up with FILESTREAM enabled on it (if you go to Properties\Advanced on the instance, it shows that FILESTREAM is enabled). I also ran the sp_configure script on it after doing this to enable the access (to make sure it was enabled). But...as soon as I try to alter the database and add the filegroup to it, it says that the feature is disabled.
I have it enabled on other instances on the same computer, and those work fine. It is only this one that is not working. I have not been able to find any good suggestions as to why it is not working.
It is a SQL 2008 R2 instance.
I was unable to script this, (using the link provided by user1977061), as the MSSQLService requires a restart afterwards to apply the change. Even after doing this it didn't work, and instead I had to manually configure FILESTREAM usage via:
SqlServer Configuration Manager
Sql SQL Server Services
SQL Server(MSSQLSERVER) [Properties]
FILESTREAM tab - enable the first 2, and optionally 3rd check box.
Look at the SQLServer properties > Advanced > Running Values value for "Filestream Access Level" to ensure that the FILESTREAM is actually enabled if in doubt.
Was FILESTREAM enabled on the instance level, though?
In Microsoft Sql Server Management Studio, right-click the server and select Properties. Then on the Advanced page, ensure that FILESTREAM Access Level is not set to Disabled (Which I believe is default):
Changing the FILESTREAM settings through SQL Server Management Studio -> Properties -> Advanced had no effect for me, and SQL Server Configuration Manager kept giving me an error when I enabled FILESTREAM there:
There was an unknown error applying the FILESTREAM settings.
Check the parameters are valid. (0x80041008)
Digging around on the internet led me here as well as to this page: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/sqlserver/en-US/d8060fdd-4583-4bf7-bdcf-4fd053d5d2c0/unknown-error-applying-the-filestream-settings
Fortunately one of the suggestions there was the solution. Connect to the server with SQL Server Management Studio and run this script:
sp_configure 'filestream access level', 2
reconfigure with override
Note: This was for 64-bit SQL Server 2012
For me this worked out:
forget about Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to solve this bug
find SQLServerManager**.msc in folder C:\Windows\SysWOW64 and open it
enable filestream as in the picture, by clicking on properties
Database import should work then!
I've done this a thousand times and always follow the steps as Mojo outlines above. However I found that on one computer I couldn't get this to work unless I changed SQL Server Service from running as NT Service to running under a local account. I even reinstalled SQL Server, no luck.
I did as follows:
Click start
Type 'compmgmt.msc'
Expand 'Services and Applications'
Sql Server Configuration
Right Click on 'SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER)' and choose 'Properties'
On the Log On tab, change the user to a local account
Maybe one day this will save someone from banging their head on their desk until their eyeballs pop-out.
If you still are having problems with this i suggest you checkout this link!
I had the same problem in which only one instance didn't activate filestream properly. The solution seems to be to use the SQL Server Configuration Manager and enable it from there.
In addition to the other answers: the account that is used by the sql server service must be a member of the Administrators group.
Symptom: the "Configured value" in the server properties does show "enabled", but the "Running value" stays at "disabled".
I got this working by enabling filestream not in SQL Management Studio but in SQL Configuration Manager. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/blob/enable-and-configure-filestream?view=sql-server-2017.
On the Start menu, point to All Programs, point to SQL Server, point to Configuration Tools, and then click SQL Server Configuration Manager.
In the list of services, right-click SQL Server Services, and then click Open.
In the SQL Server Configuration Manager snap-in, locate the instance of SQL Server on which you want to enable FILESTREAM.
Right-click the instance, and then click Properties.
In the SQL Server Properties dialog box, click the FILESTREAM tab.
Select the Enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL access check box.
If you want to read and write FILESTREAM data from Windows, click Enable FILESTREAM for file I/O streaming access. Enter the name of the Windows share in the Windows Share Name box.
If remote clients must access the FILESTREAM data that is stored on this share, select Allow remote clients to have streaming access to FILESTREAM data.
Click Apply.
In SQL Server Management Studio, click New Query to display the Query Editor.
In Query Editor, enter the following Transact-SQL code:
SQL
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EXEC sp_configure filestream_access_level, 2
RECONFIGURE
Click Execute.
Restart the SQL Server service.
For me only the combination of SchmitzIT and Mojo suggestions made it work
I also stumbled into this problem and by trial and error i found out that the solution was to change the account under which Sql Server runs so from SS Configuration manager i located the sql server instante, right clicked "Properties" and on the "LOg On" tab i changed Logon as "This account" to "Bulil-in account", where i choose "Local system".
After a service restart all went fine.
I am currently reading through a book about MVVM and I need to use the Northwind database for the next section. Unfortunately, when I try to add Northwind to my project, I get the following error:
"An error occurred while connecting to the database. The database might be unavailable. An exception of type 'Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.SqlDatabaseFileUpgradeRequiredException' occurred. The error message is: 'This database file is not compatible with the current instance of SQL Server.'"
I haven't installed an SQL Server, just Visual Studio 2012. The book instructs me to add the .MDF file to the project, set it as an Entity Data Model, and then to generate from database. It's on the next screen where I get the error. I use NORTHWND.MDF as the data connection and the entity connection string is as follows:
metadata=res:///Model1.csdl|res:///Model1.ssdl|res://*/Model1.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string="data source=(LocalDB)\v11.0;attachdbfilename=|DataDirectory|\NORTHWND.MDF;integrated security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework"
In the book, this reads:
metadata=res:///Model1.csdl|res:///Model1.ssdl|res://*/Model1.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|\NORTHWND.MDF;Integrated Security=True;UserInstance=True"
I have tried using both data sources and neither work.
Also of note, the sample code that goes along with the book doesn't work either. It compiles and launches, but in the server explorer, NORTHWND.MDF has an 'x' in the icon and upon launch none of the data is there.
When I attempt to upgrade the database, I get an error saying:
"Database '...\NORTHWND.MDF' cannot be upgraded because its non-release version (539) is not supported by this version of SQL Server. You cannot open a database that is incompatible with this version of sqlservr.exe. You must re-create the database..."
If anybody could give me any tips on how to get this working, I would certainly appreciate it.
my simple way:
go to VisualStadio 2012
In Server Explorer Windows
open Data Connections
Right click on ASPNETDB.MDF
click on Modify Connection...
a new windows open for you ... you just click OK
if other windows open for you click Yes
FINISH ( be Happy ) :D
If we are trying to attach .mdf file in SQL Express mode in our development project and while adding .mdf file in App_Data folder we are getting exception like below :
"The database file is not compatible with the current instance of sql server...."
Then we can go to Server explorer window → go to Data connections → go to "your database" → right click on Modify connection → check the Data sources and Database file name, then use windows Authentication and press OK.
It works for me.
one way to potentially fix it is, install Sql Server 2012 Express and use database connection to sql server. Do not use local database. That might work. Just a suggestion.
Also as an extra note, you might want to download SQL Server 2012 Management Studio (I believe it comes with the above download as a component that you have select). With Management Studio Installed, you can test the database connectivity separately, create tables, run queries etc. This will make troubleshooting a lot easier.
Visual Studio doesn't install any database server by default so you can't connect to one. The MDF file is just the file where SQL Server stores its data, it's not a standalone database.
You have to install some version of SQL Server 2012 Express for both connection strings to work.
The first connection string uses the LocalDB feature which is essentially a minimal installation of SQL Server 2012 Exrpess (~ 35 ΜΒ). You can only connect to LocalDB from your machine which makes it useful only for development purposes.
The second connection string connects to an actual instance of SQL Server Express, called SQLExpress, installed on your local machine. The second connection string attaches the MDF file to the server as a User Instance, which means that the file is released when you stop using it.
The SQL Server Express downloads range from 130 MB to 1.3 GB depending on which version you download (minimal to full with advanced services).
Northwind database is not readily compatible with 2012, the compatible version of Northwind database for sql server 2012 can be downloaded from the below link, and after downloading .mdf file we can easily attach it with sql server 2012. I have found the following and it helped me, hope it will help you. How to Attach Northwind Database in Sql Server 2012
First go to data connection as on pic:1
2.Then browser your mdf file press ok and it will automatically convert the database.
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Modify connection may solves the problem, but I am not sure whether the type of this database file is changed.
I have found a way to solve this problem if you have installed the database Server corresponding to the database file. You just need to change the default database Server of your visual studio.
On the menu, choose Tools-> Options -> Database tools, then on the data connections enter the SQL server Instance name corresponding to your database file which you have installed,then press Ok.
Next step is also important, it is necessary to click 'refresh' or delete the database filename in Data Connection and reopen the file, the file will be added to Data Connection again and open successfully.
This is what worked for me:
On the Add Connection dialog box, click Advanced.
Scroll down to the bottom and look for a field called Data Source.
Change it from (localdb)\MSSQLlocalDB to .\SQLEXPRESS.
I'm trying to create a database on my local machine using SSMS version 11.0.2100.60. I've run the application as administrator, logged in using Windows authentication, and I've added MYDOMAIN\my-username to the Logins. However if I try to create a db with this login I get the message
CREATE DATABASE permission denied in database 'master'.
(Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 262)
If I try to add the privelage dbcreator to my user, I get the following error.
User does not have permission to perform this action.
(Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 15247)
I can't log in as sa as I don't know/remember the password (is there a preset default?), and if I try to change the password I get the message:
Cannot alter the login 'sa', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
(Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 15151)
Finally I note that the account 'sa' is disabled, and if I try to enable it I get the same error as before. Is there any way around this or do I need to re-install?
Version info:
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 11.0.2100.60
Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools 11.0.2100.60
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 6.2.9200.16384
Microsoft MSXML 3.0 4.0 6.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.10.9200.16635
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.30319.18051
Operating System 6.2.9200
I found the answer here:
In order to start SQL Server in single-user mode, you can add the
parameter “-m” at the command line. You can also use the SQL Server
Configuration Manager tool, which provides proper controls for the
file access and other privileges. To use the Configuration Manager
tool to recover your system, use the following steps:
Open the Configuration Manager tool from the "SQL Server 2005| Configuration" menu
Stop the SQL Server Instance you need to recover
Navigate to the “Advanced” tab, and in the Properties text box add “;–m” to the end of the list in the “Startup parameters” option
Click the “OK” button and restart the SQL Server Instance
A little more specific :
Open Sql Configuration Manager.
Select SQL Server Services.
On the right hand side, select the instance.
Right click on it and open properties.
In the advanced tab attach ";-m" at the end of the Startup Parameters field.
Apply and restart the service.
Now you have privilege to enable "sa" user and modify its password.
once done, remove ";-m" and restart the service.
You are good to go.
I'd like to point out an alternative answer laid out on DBA SE. Download PSExec onto the box that is having the problem and follow the instructions laid out in this blog post to effortlessly change admin settings using the NT Authority\System account.
./psexec -s -i "C:\...\Ssms.exe"
Wanted to share this solution as it solved my problem!