Introduction
In this article I want to tell you about some general details of
SQL Server 2000 installation.
I also described hardware and software requirements for SQL Server 2000
and SQL Server 2000 editions.
Hardware and Software Requirements
Hardware requirements:
64MB RAM (minimum for all other editions)
128 MB RAM or more recommended
44 MB (Desktop Engine) plus Analysis Services: 50 MB minimum
and 130 MB typical and 80MB for the English Query
By the way, there is no hardware restriction on the processor speed
(you can run SQL Server 2000 on the Pentium with minimum mhz), I have
checked it on Pentium 120, but don’t use this hardware on production
server, only for the test purpose.
SQL Server 2000 will run under Windows 98, Windows NT Server 4.0 with
Service Pack 5 or later, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 5
or later and Windows 2000 (all editions).
SQL Server 2000 also requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, as it is
required for Microsoft Management Console and HTML Help.
Internet Explorer is not required to be the default browser and a
minimal install is sufficient.
SQL Server Editions
There are three main SQL Server 2000 editions:
Personal Edition can works on the Windows 98, Windows NT Server 4.0
with Service Pack 5 or later, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 5
or later and on the all editions of Windows 2000. This edition is related
to SQL Server 7.0 Desktop Edition.
This edition has some restrictions:
Standard Edition can works on the Windows NT Server 4.0 with
Service Pack 5, Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition and on the
Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server/DataCenter.
This edition has the following restrictions:
Enterprise Edition can works on the Windows NT Server 4.0 with
Service Pack 5, Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition and on the
Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server/DataCenter.
This edition can uses:
up to 8 CPU on the Windows 2000 Advanced Server and on the
Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition
up to 4 CPU on the Windows NT Server 4.0 and on the Windows 2000
Server
up to 8 Gb RAM on the Windows 2000 Advanced Server
up to 4 Gb RAM on the Windows 2000 Server
up to 3 Gb RAM on the Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition
up to 2 Gb RAM on the Windows NT Server 4.0
There are also Developer Edition, Desktop Engine, SQL Server CE and
Evaluation Edition.
The Developer Edition can be used by developer to create and debug
stored procedures, triggers used by client applications. This edition
comes with its own compact disc and can be upgraded to SQL Server 2000
Enterprise Edition.
The Desktop Engine has no graphical user interface and is related to
the MSDE, not to the SQL Server 7.0 Desktop Edition. The size of
Desktop Engine databases cannot exceed 2 GB. The Desktop Engine can
use maximum 2 CPU.
The SQL Server CE edition can works only on the Microsoft Windows CE,
so it has all restrictions of this operation system (can use only 1 CPU,
no Parallel index creation, no Full-Text Search and so on).
The Evaluation Edition can be used only for the test purposes to learn
more about the new features and enhancements and should be uninstalled
after a 120-day evaluation period.
Installation Types
SQL Server Setup offers three installation types in the Setup Type
dialog box, when you install the SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition,
SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition, or SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition,
There are three installation types:
Typical
The Typical installation option is recommended for most users. This is
the default installation options. The Typical option installs the upgrade
tools, replication support, client management tools, online documentation
and so on.
Minimum
This installation can takes only 95Mb on your hard drive and contains
the minimum configuration necessary to run SQL Server.
There are no upgrade tools, full-text search, client management tools,
online documentation, development tools and code samples.
Microsoft recommends this installation for users who have computers with
minimum available disk space.
Custom
This type of installation allows you to change any or all of the default
options. Custom installation is recommended for advanced users. You can
install code samples, choose to install the development libraries, network
libraries, code samples and so on.
Testing an installation
There are several ways to test SQL Server 2000 installation. When the
installation is complete, you can verify SQL Server installation with
osql (or isql) utility. This is the description:
1. Start MSSQLServer service.
You can start MSSQLServer service by entering from a command prompt:
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or by run SQL Server Service Manager and start MSSQLServer service
manually.
2. Run osql utility.
Once the server is running, type the following command-line options:
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If successful, this osql prompt appears:
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Now you can verify SQL Server 2000 installation by entering this simple
query:
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If successful, this query returns the name of the server on which SQL
Server 2000 is running. Now you can exit by typing exit command.
Literature
1. SQL Server Books Online
2. SQL Server 2000 Evaluation Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/productinfo/evaluate.htm
3. SQL Server 2000 System Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/productinfo/sysreq.htm
4. Hardware Compatibility List page
http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp