Manual installation of the SQL Server instance

Owned by Reinhard Mayr (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jan 16, 2020 by Wolfgang Granzer
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In rare cases the setup installer is not able to install the SQL Server instance. To manually install the instance follow this procedure:

  1. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\NETxAutomation\NETx.BMS.Server.2.0\Setup and extract the file named MSSQL2014.zip. 
  2. Open a command shell and change to the resulting directory C:\Program Files (x86)\NETxAutomation\NETx.BMS.Server.2.0\Setup\MSSQL2014.
  3. Run the following command:
SETUP.exe /QS /HIDECONSOLE /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /ACTION=Install /BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE=Automatic /SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE=Automatic /ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN=True /FEATURES=SQLEngine /INSTANCENAME=NETX_SERVER_SQL /SQLSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\Network Service" /NPENABLED=1 /TCPENABLED=1 /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS" /AGTSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\Network Service" /SECURITYMODE=SQL /SAPWD=netxnetx_123456

This will give you the SQL Server instance named NETX_SERVER_SQL. Go to Windows Services and check if the service named MSSQL$NETX_SERVER_SQL is running.