SQL 2005 Standard Install Error: 29503

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SQL 2005 Standard Install Error: 29503

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NismoZ
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Posted - 2008-12-15 : 16:47:52

While installing SQL Server 2005 Standard onto a W2K3 R2 server, I get this error message while trying to start DB services:

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup
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The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.1399.06&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=29503&EvtType=sqlsetuplib%5cservice.cpp%40Do_sqlScript%40sqls%3a%3aService%3a%3aStart%40x41d

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When I look up application logs, the error 29503 comes up. I've been searching the net for things reguarding this, but can't seem to track anything down.

I see this here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954835/en-us
This is a 4x Quad core server, so 16 in all... I might take it down to 4 processors by way of this article and see if that does anything...

Can anyone help me out?

sodeep
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7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-12-15 : 17:03:26

What happened when you follow as kb article said for Workaround?

tkizer
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Posted - 2008-12-15 : 18:38:03

16 processors is a power of 2, so that KB article does not apply to your situation.

We also have a 4x quad-core system and did not run into this error when we installed SQL Server on it.

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Bas
Starting Member

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Posted - 2009-02-26 : 02:40:00

I ran into the same problem while installing SQL Server 2005 Enterprise x64 edition on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 on a IBM x3850 M2 equipped with 4 x six-core Xeons.

Although 24 cores is divisible by 2 (although not a power of 2, but the KB954835 article only talks about divisible by 2) reducing the NUMPROCS to 1 allowed me to install SQL Server 2005 and apply SP3. Rebooting with all processors after installation of SP3 allowed SQL Server to start normally.

So I suggest trying the steps in the KB article, if you haven't already.

datosiva
Starting Member

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Posted - 2010-09-28 : 04:34:54

Dear Maha Gurus.

I am getting the below error during SQL2005 Std 32bit installation on Win2003.

The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."

WHY?????!!!!!

The server processor is Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor 2.933 GHz (x86 Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2).

Please assist.

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