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Can not create new database engine and can not access database server SQL Server 2005

Asked by jeffbell in SQL Server 2005, SBS Small Business Server

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Notes:

Server name: SERVER
Server software Windows Server SBS Premium 2003
SQL Server: Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Workstations attached to domain server

I have just installed SQL Server 2005 on a Windows 2003 SBS Premium Server. I would like to do the following:

1) Create a new Database Engine
2) Attach to an existing SQL database that I have copied from a workstation running the MS Desktop SQL Engine.

Problems:

1) The default install of SQL Server 2005 has created the following Database engines:
server\sbsmonitoring
server\sharepoint
server\wsus

I can not create a new database engine. It allows me to create the database engine in MS SQL Server Management Studio, but does not actually create the database engine.

2) After failing to create a new database engine, I tried attaching to my existing SQL database file from within the server\wsus database engine. The database successfully attached, however I was not able to attach to the database from a workstation running MSDE. (Note, the workstation seems to be able to see the SERVER but could not access it)

When checking services on the SERVER, the services available for MSSQL are MSSQL$SBSMONITORING, MSSQL$SHAREPOINT, MSSQL$WSUS & MSSQLServerADHelper. I was expecting to see a service for MSSQL, but it is not listed in services.


So to recap:

- not sure if I have installed SQL Server 2005 properly.
- can not install a database engine
- not sure if the SQL service is running
- not sure if rights are configured properly. (Rights and/or service running)

I need to configure the SQL Server 2005 install properly so that I can attach to the existing database properly and to be able to access it from domain workstations on the network.

Existing databases are located at: c:\program files\Microsoft SQL Server\

Existing database file names:
pharmacy.ldf
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Zones: SQL Server 2005, SBS Small Business Server
Tags: Microsoft, SQL Server, 2005, New install configuration and import of new existing database, SQL Server 2005 Database
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