"Andrea Montanari" wrote:

> hi Ken,
> Ken wrote:
> > I am trying to install WSUS on a Windows 2000 server that already has
> > MSDE installed for Backup Exec.
> >
> > Unfortunately the WSUS installation returns the following error: "- a
> > database server could not be detected"
> >
> > I believe WSUS is looking for an instance called "WSUS".
> >
> > How do I install a 2nd instance of MSDE on a Windows 2000 server
> > (Child Instance????) without impacting
> > my default instance for Backup Exec? Thanks!!!!!!
>
> you can install up to 16 (theorical) SQL Server/MSDE instance per machine...
> only one of them can be the default instance, where all the others have to
> be named instance..
> to install a named instance you have to provide the
> INSTANCENAME=WSUS
> parameter to the setup.exe boostrap installer
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/distsql/distsql_84xl.asp)
> , that's to say something like
> c:\...\>setup.exe INSTANCENAME=WSUS SECURITYMODE=SQL SAPWD=some_pwd
> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 /L*v "c:\msdelog.txt"
> please see the referenced page for all parameter synopsis..
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtm http://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.15.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.60.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
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