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Having Trouble Installing Reporting Services

ajackson NO[at]SPAM icstars.org
3/25/2005 4:15:52 PM

sql server (alternate): i am having some trouble installing SQl server Reporting Services.
well, in order to install the reporting services i have to install
Service
Pack 3a.
so through my installation of package 3a i am encoutering some trouble.
i was able to comlete the first part of the installation i receive

this error message: Instance name specified is invalid

so, my question is: once you have SQL Server installed, where can you
go to find the name of the instance
and once i find it, can i rename it?
i originally installed SQL Server a while ago. during the setup, i do
not recall a particular name i might have given it.

Re: Having Trouble Installing Reporting Services

Simon Hayes
3/26/2005 1:20:51 PM

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See questions 12, 13 and 28. You can't rename an instance - you have to
install another one with the correct name, move your databases to it, and
then remove the original one.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257716&Product=sql2k

Simon