I've seen this before a few times. There's a Microsoft work-around here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929665
On 4 April 2010 19:59, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > What do you mean by "promoting the server"? (dcpromo? Or some other kind of > promotion?) > What do you mean by "cannot access the database"? > What do you mean by "cannot start it"? > What do you mean by "cannot uninstall SQL"? > > What have you tried? What errors are you getting? Etc. > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Herrick [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, 2 April 2010 4:46 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: We stepped in SQL > > OK we messed up rebuilding a server (lost a raid array) In hindsight it > looks like in our haste we installed Vipre Enterprise and its SQL database > before promoting the server. Now we cannot access the database, cannot start > it, cannot uninstall SQL. Any clues on getting SQL off this box so we can > reinstall Vipre and the other apps needing SQL???? > > Thanks > David > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- Kind regards, Andrew Levicki ルビッキー アンドルュー MCITP Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008 MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator on Exchange Server 2007 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows Server 2003 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) ITILv3 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
