SMS Install & SQL Named Instance

[PulsaMatt]

Anyone know of a workaround for this?

I am trying to install SMS 2003 and when the SQL 2000 server was installed they apparently went with a named instance instead of the default instance.

I tried making an alias (a work around I found on google for SMS 2.0) but that hasnt worked thus far. The SMS installer always tells me that it cant find SQL installed on the server I specify (which is also the server I am installing SMS on).

Any ideas?

Thanks



Matt Laski
Network Administrator
Pulsafeeder SPO

 

[johnnyb99]

Trying specifying your SQL Server as <servername>\<instance name>,e.g. sqlserver1\someinstance

 

[PulsaMatt]

I tried that ... the field wont accept enough text to fit the servername/instancename combo. :-(

Matt Laski
Network Administrator
Pulsafeeder SPO