Pre-Installation Check Failures

Question

We wanted to trial BE2016 before we renew our 2015 so we dedicated a spare server for the task. New install Server 2012r2.

I have two pre-installation errors I cannot seem to resolve. The first is a "The server service is not running" message. As far as I can tell everything but AD is running including file and print sharing, Hyper-V and IIS. I'm not really sure what it's looking for.

The second issue is "SQL instance BKEXEC was found on this system. The SQL instance is invalid...."Actually there is no possible way there is a BE SQL instance on this server because it's never been installed. Not really sure how to work around that either

spectri · Answer

Hope this helps someone else -- had the same issue - resolved by running the installer as admin..

mijan · Answer

I had the same issue. Resolved by running the installer as admin.Thanks Spectri and KCGuy765.

kcguy765 · Answer

I wasn't feeling very secure that I'd get a response since it had been a month since D_Corrigan last posted, so I went ahead with the install even though the preinstall showed the errors described above. &nbsp;The install went fine. &nbsp;No problems. &nbsp;The preinstall check must be hosed. &nbsp;Hopefully this will help the next guy. &nbsp;

darthbilly · Answer

First, let check for the server service. In Windows Services, look for "Server" Make sure it's started. Also while you're in services, look for SQL Server(BKUPEXEC).

d_corrigan · Answer

Is it running and there is no reference.

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