Veeam v8 and SQL Version

[oli4]

Hello all

I try to install Veeam v8 on a MS Windows Server 2012 R2 and MS SQL 2014 SP1. But this seems not to work, it gives me the error:

"specified database is not valid. please choose veeam one database or create new database to proceed"

Also the SQL db customization script is not working.

In the release notes it states that MS SQL 2014 is supported, is MS SQL 2014 SP1 not?

Regards
Oli4

[PTide]

Hi,

I try to install Veeam v8 on a MS Windows Server 2012 R2 and MS SQL 2014 SP1

Could you please clarify that? Are trying to install Veeam Backup and Replication or Veeam ONE?

Thank you.

[Vitaliy S.]

Hello,

Are you doing a clean install or trying to re-use some existing database hosted on this SQL Server?

Thank you!

[oli4]

Hello,

I try to do a clean installation of Veeam ONE, afterwards I would also like to install Backup & Replication on the same server.

Regards

[Vitaliy S.]

This is fully supported. If you're doing clean installation of Veeam ONE you don't need to select any database. Based on the error message above, you're trying to specify some database that should be used with Veeam ONE installation.

BTW, are you using a remote SQL server by any chance?

[oli4]

OK, the problem was that with VeeamONE you cannot create an empty db and use that one, with B&R that works.

Thanks & Regards

[Vitaliy S.]

Actually, it should be possible to do that. If you want to pre-create a v8 database, then you can use this one ("F:\Addins\SQLScript"), which is located in the installation ISO image.

P.S. On top of that, if you want to use a remote SQL Server, just point to the SQL Server instance and then the setup will pre-create the database for you. Thanks for the update!