SQL 2012 Installation

You can start SQL installation after completing required settings.

1- Run the SQL Server 2008 setup from DVD. Click the Installation menu from left side. Click the first option (New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation).

2- Make sure that all rules are passed.

3- After you click OK, Setup will ask you product key . Please enter your product key and click to Next button.

4- Accept the license terms and click to Next button.

5- At the opening window click to Next button.

6- Setup will start installing the Setup Support Rules. Failures must be corrected before Setup can continue.

If you get Windows Firewall warning you can configure it after the installation. So, if this is the only  warning, you may continue.

Click Next to continue.

7- In the coming window , choose Setup Role as SQL Server Feature Installation .

8-  In the coming Feature Selection window, click Select All to check all features. Select the Shared feature directories and click to Next.

9- Be sure that all the Installation Rules are passed and click to Next. 

10- Choose the Default Instance from options. For the instance root directory choose the separate physical disk that you will use it for SQL Server database.

11- A window will appear which show you the Disk Space Requirements . Click to Next button. 

12-  From the server configuration page, do the settings for service as it shown below.

13- From the collation panel choose the correct language (generally your native langauge), this is very important. Otherwise you cannot search words with language specific characters.

14- Choose mixed mode from the option and enter a password for sa user.

Please note this password because this password and sa user will be required when you create Metus projects.

Add Current User for SQL Administrators.

15- Choose the Data Directories and click to Next .

16- Choose Server Mode as Multidimensional and Data Mining Mode , and Select Add Current User.

17- Select the data directories and click to Next.

18- Choose the Install the native mode default configuration option.

19- Select the current user and click to Next .

20- Write the controller name and click to Next .

21- You don’t need to check those options. Click to Next button.

22- Click Next if all rules are passed.

23- Now SQL Server is ready to install , click to Install button .

24- The Installer will progress a while. 

After the installation performed, click Next to continue.

25- Click Close if all installation is succeeded.