As per MSDN
"When you try to install a Microsoft SQL Server service pack or a cumulative update, you may encounter the following error messages, and these may indicate Windows Installer Cache problems. The Windows Installer Cache, located in c:\windows\installer folder, stores important files for applications installed using the Windows Installer technology and should not be deleted. If the installer cache has been compromised, you may not immediately see problems until you perform an action such as uninstall, repair, or update SQL Server. "
Below is the screen shot of error which appears on the screen when problem occurs.
There are KB articles available on MSDN sites for this error. The amount of time it takes to fix the error can vary from case to case. If only one or two files ae missing then you can fixed it quickly but what if there are more than 100 files are missing in that case it can be very time consuming.
Microsoft has a good KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969052 which will explain the entire process of taking corrective actions to fix this problem, and there is a VB script which will tell you the details of files which are missing and it will provide you commands to take corrective action.
If you are in hurry and you don't want to read the whole article then below are the steps which you need to perform
1. Copy the FindSQLInstalls.vbs script from the KB and place it under C:\Script
2. Open a command window(As Admin) to the directory to which you saved the script, and run the following command:
Cscript FindSQLInstalls.vbs %computername%_sql_install_details.txt
This will create a .txt file,and it will have all the missing MSI errors.
3. Open the txt file to see the details it has on the missing msi files.To do this, search the text file for string patterns such as the following:
Near the above string you will see copy command with the msi details.Something like –
Copy “H:\SQLINSTALL\SQL2008StdRTM\x64\setup\sql_bids.msi” C:\windows\Installer\df2ee59.msi
You need to run the command(As Admin) and it will copy the files to the cached folder. you need to scroll down the txt file to see if there are multiple MSI files which are missing,and in that case you need to run the copy command multiple times.
4. Once you have completed running all the copy commands which were available in the txt file, try to re-run SP setup again and it will be successful.
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"When you try to install a Microsoft SQL Server service pack or a cumulative update, you may encounter the following error messages, and these may indicate Windows Installer Cache problems. The Windows Installer Cache, located in c:\windows\installer folder, stores important files for applications installed using the Windows Installer technology and should not be deleted. If the installer cache has been compromised, you may not immediately see problems until you perform an action such as uninstall, repair, or update SQL Server. "
Below is the screen shot of error which appears on the screen when problem occurs.
There are KB articles available on MSDN sites for this error. The amount of time it takes to fix the error can vary from case to case. If only one or two files ae missing then you can fixed it quickly but what if there are more than 100 files are missing in that case it can be very time consuming.
Microsoft has a good KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969052 which will explain the entire process of taking corrective actions to fix this problem, and there is a VB script which will tell you the details of files which are missing and it will provide you commands to take corrective action.
If you are in hurry and you don't want to read the whole article then below are the steps which you need to perform
1. Copy the FindSQLInstalls.vbs script from the KB and place it under C:\Script
2. Open a command window(As Admin) to the directory to which you saved the script, and run the following command:
Cscript FindSQLInstalls.vbs %computername%_sql_install_details.txt
This will create a .txt file,and it will have all the missing MSI errors.
3. Open the txt file to see the details it has on the missing msi files.To do this, search the text file for string patterns such as the following:
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Near the above string you will see copy command with the msi details.Something like –
Copy “H:\SQLINSTALL\SQL2008StdRTM\x64\setup\sql_bids.msi” C:\windows\Installer\df2ee59.msi
You need to run the command(As Admin) and it will copy the files to the cached folder. you need to scroll down the txt file to see if there are multiple MSI files which are missing,and in that case you need to run the copy command multiple times.
4. Once you have completed running all the copy commands which were available in the txt file, try to re-run SP setup again and it will be successful.
Thanks For Reading This Blog Post!!
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