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Also, did a netstat for the PID of the SQL Server and I can see that it is listening:<br />
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Also, did a netstat for the PID of the SQL Server and I can see that it is listening:
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I cannot get my lab environment to install Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager. &nbsp;At the Database Configuration part it says &quot;Setup cannot connect to the specified SQL Server instance.&quot; &nbsp;<br />
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I have turned off both firewalls, verified that TCPIP is enabled on the SQL server, everywhere there is a port it is set to 1433 (default settings), started the SQL browser service, can UNC to SQL server and ping it and it APPEARS that the Instance Name is autopopulated when I try to fill out the form in the SCVMM install. &nbsp;<br />
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Server Name: SCVMM<br />
OS: Win Srv 2012<br />
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Server Name: MSSQL<br />
OS: Win Srv 2012<br />
SQL: MS SQL 2012<br />
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I cannot get my lab environment to install Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.  At the Database Configuration part it says "Setup cannot connect to the specified SQL Server instance."  

I have turned off both firewalls, verified that TCPIP is enabled on the SQL server, everywhere there is a port it is set to 1433 (default settings), started the SQL browser service, can UNC to SQL server and ping it and it APPEARS that the Instance Name is autopopulated when I try to fill out the form in the SCVMM install.  

Server Name: SCVMM
OS: Win Srv 2012

Server Name: MSSQL
OS: Win Srv 2012
SQL: MS SQL 2012



Can't connect to MS SQL 2012 server for SCVMM install

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

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