Microsoft SQL Server

The following prerequisites are required for installing Microsoft SQL Server:

  • For SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 on Windows 2012:
    • You must install SP3 after installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows 2012.
    • You must install SP1 after installing SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows 2012.
  • For SQL Server 2008 on Windows 2008 R2:
    • Clustered installations: You must install SQL Server 2008 together with SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 or a later update (this is also referred to as a slipstreamed version).
    • Non-clustered installations: You must install SQL Server 2008, followed by SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 or later. Note that SQL Server 2008 express runtime is supported on Windows 2008 R2.

  • Install the Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL Server (MSOLEDBSQL). This OLE DB driver complies with the latest TLS 1.2 standards.

    Note

    This prerequisite is mandatory for Creating-a-database-on-an-instance-of-SQL-Server and optional for Creating-an-instance-of-SQL-Server.

Supported versions

The following SQL Server versions are supported for Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition, and Windows Server 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2 SP1, 2008 R2, 2008 SP2 Enterprise and Standard Editions:

Note

Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0.1 is supported for all the supported Microsoft SQL Server versions noted in this section.

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1 Support introduced in BDA 2020 Release 01.


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