A number of our users had SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager installed. We
upgraded them to SQL Server 2005 Management Studio including the rest of the
client tools such as the SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio
via an installation package using our network management software.

The installation package is basically all the changes applied to a base
image after running the installation, which ends up being faster because the
setup program doesn't have to be run on the target computer, instead.the
operation is reduced to a straight copy of files and registry settings.

Overall, this approach worked fine and users are able to work with
Management Studio, however, when launching the Business Intelligence
Development Studio, they get a "Microsoft Visual Studio" message box
displaying "Invalid license data. Reinstall is Required." and the program
terminates.

Only a limited number of users need the Business Intelligence Development
Studio, so we've worked around this problem by running the setup program on
the target computer.

It seems that we'll need to run the setup program instead of the
installation package, but is there a way to do a silent or unattended
installation using the setup program?

You probably want to take a look at the section titled "Remote Setup
Information for SQL Server 2005"

Enter this URL within the SQL Server 2005 Books Online:
ms-://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/instsql9/html/acabb99f-af23-4ceb-8f42-ff3ac0e1e52e.htm

Or hit the online version of Books Online
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143734.aspx


--
Keith Kratochvil


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>A number of our users had SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager installed. We
>upgraded them to SQL Server 2005 Management Studio including the rest of
>the client tools such as the SQL Server Business Intelligence Development
>Studio via an installation package using our network management software.
>
> The installation package is basically all the changes applied to a base
> image after running the installation, which ends up being faster because
> the setup program doesn't have to be run on the target computer,
> instead.the operation is reduced to a straight copy of files and registry
> settings.
>
> Overall, this approach worked fine and users are able to work with
> Management Studio, however, when launching the Business Intelligence
> Development Studio, they get a "Microsoft Visual Studio" message box
> displaying "Invalid license data. Reinstall is Required." and the program
> terminates.
>
> Only a limited number of users need the Business Intelligence Development
> Studio, so we've worked around this problem by running the setup program
> on the target computer.
>
> It seems that we'll need to run the setup program instead of the
> installation package, but is there a way to do a silent or unattended
> installation using the setup program?
>

Hi,
If you want to install all the components on your computer, you can use:
Start /wait <CD or DVD Drive>\servers\setup.exe /qb
INSTANCENAME=<InstanceName> ADDLOCAL=All PIDKEY=<pidkey value with no "-">
SAPWD=<StrongPassword> SQLACCOUNT=<domain\user>
SQLPASSWORD=<DomainUserPassword> AGTACCOUNT=<domain\user>
AGTPASSWORD=<DomainUserPassword> SQLBROWSERACCOUNT=<domain\user>
SQLBROWSERPASSWORD=<DomainUserPassword>

Please refer to these two articles:
How to: Install SQL Server 2005 from the Command Prompt
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144259.aspx

Installing SQL Server Integration Services from the Command Prompt
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143512.aspx

If you have any other questions or concern,s please feel free to let me
know. It's my pleasure to be of assistance.

Charles Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Thank you very much! I was using "silent or unattended install" in my BOL
keyword searches yesterday with no luck.

"Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> You probably want to take a look at the section titled "Remote Setup
> Information for SQL Server 2005"
>
> Enter this URL within the SQL Server 2005 Books Online:
> ms-://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/instsql9/html/acabb99f-af23-4ceb-8f42-ff3ac0e1e52e.htm
>
> Or hit the online version of Books Online
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143734.aspx
>
>
> --
> Keith Kratochvil
>
>

Thanks! Keith pointed me in that same direction as well.

"Charles Wang[MSFT]" <changliw@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:N46fWn25GHA.5760@TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> If you want to install all the components on your computer, you can use:
> Start /wait <CD or DVD Drive>\servers\setup.exe /qb
> INSTANCENAME=<InstanceName> ADDLOCAL=All PIDKEY=<pidkey value with no "-">
> SAPWD=<StrongPassword> SQLACCOUNT=<domain\user>
> SQLPASSWORD=<DomainUserPassword> AGTACCOUNT=<domain\user>
> AGTPASSWORD=<DomainUserPassword> SQLBROWSERACCOUNT=<domain\user>
> SQLBROWSERPASSWORD=<DomainUserPassword>
>
> Please refer to these two articles:
> How to: Install SQL Server 2005 from the Command Prompt
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144259.aspx
>
> Installing SQL Server Integration Services from the Command Prompt
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143512.aspx
>
> If you have any other questions or concern,s please feel free to let me
> know. It's my pleasure to be of assistance.
>
> Charles Wang
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>
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Hi ,
Appreciate your update and response.

I'm sorry for providing similar information. Just in some times, we are
afraid that some community members are willing to get more specific
information. Even though the MVPs are very enthusiastic to provide
assistance and can them resolve their issues, we still can't get the
best survey result, so we are trying providing more specific information if
the first reply seems not detailed. I appreciate your understanding.

Anyway, I am glad to hear that the problem has been fixed. If you have any
other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. It is
always our pleasure to be of assistance.

Have a nice day!

Charles Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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