1-Let us have below folder structure where media for RTM, Service pack 1 and cumulative update exist.
2-Create below configuration file that will determine all setup parameters required during installation process,The file will be saved as ConfigurationFile.ini under c:\SQL2012\
Configure the parameters highlighted in green needs to be tuned, also PID needs to be provided incase of non evaluation installations.
those are
- Features to be installed.
- AS SYS Admin account.
- SQL SYS Admin account.
- Instance name.
;SQL SERVER 2012 Configuration File
[OPTIONS]
; Specifies a Setup work flow, like INSTALL, UNINSTALL, or UPGRADE. This is a required parameter.
ACTION="Install"
; Detailed help for command line argument ROLE has not been defined yet.
ROLE="AllFeatures_WithDefaults"
; Detailed help for command line argument ENU has not been defined yet.
ENU="True"
; Setup will not display any user interface.
QUIET="True"
; Specify whether SQL Server Setup should discover and include product updates. The valid values are True and
False or 1 and 0. By default SQL Server Setup will include updates that are found.
UpdateEnabled="True"
; Specifies features to install, uninstall, or upgrade. The list of top-level features include SQL, AS, RS, IS,
MDS, and Tools. The SQL feature will install the Database Engine, Replication, Full-Text, and Data Quality
Services (DQS) server. The Tools feature will install Management Tools, Books online components, SQL Server
Data Tools, and other shared components.
FEATURES=SQLENGINE,REPLICATION,FULLTEXT,DQ,AS,RS,DQC,BIDS,CONN,IS,BC,SDK,BOL,SSMS,ADV_SSMS,SNAC_SDK,MDS
; Specifies the list of administrator accounts that need to be provisioned.
ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS="<ASSYSADMINACCOUNT>"
; Windows account(s) to provision as SQL Server system administrators.
SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="<SYSADMINACCOUNT>"
; Specify that SQL Server feature usage data can be collected and sent to Microsoft. Specify 1 or True to
enable and 0 or False to disable this feature.
SQMREPORTING="False"
; Specify if errors can be reported to Microsoft to improve future SQL Server releases. Specify 1 or True to
enable and 0 or False to disable this feature.
ERRORREPORTING="FALSE"
; Specify a default or named instance. MSSQLSERVER is the default instance for non-Express editions and
SQLExpress for Express editions. This parameter is required when installing the SQL Server Database Engine
(SQL), Analysis Services (AS), or Reporting Services (RS).
INSTANCENAME="MSSQLSERVER"
; RSInputSettings_RSInstallMode_Description
RSINSTALLMODE="FilesOnlyMode"
; Don't provision current user as a Database Engine system administrator.
ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN="False"
UPDATESOURCE=".\Updates"
The parameters highlighted in red specify that product update feature will be enabled in this installation process and the folder where all applicable SQL Server updates reside is “C:\SQLServer2012\Updates”
3-Run below command from command prompt in elevated mode”:
setup.exe /ConfigurationFile=SQLServer2012Config.ini /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS
4- Here are the results of installation process, highlighted parts of installation summary and discovery report will ensure that installation of SQL Server 2012 plus Service Pack 1 plus Service Pack Cumulative Update completed successfully.
