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Database Engine startup handle" in SQL Server 2016, 2014, or 2008 by Zubair Alexander · September 5, 2015 When I decided to install SharePoint 2016 IT Preview I figured I could not find database engine startup handle error during installation should install it on a Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, along with SQL Server
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2016 Community Technology Preview (CTP). I bet you didn't realize there are so many different names today for what used to could not find the database engine startup handle sql server 2014 be simply referred to as "BETA" back in the good ol' days. Actually, we used to have Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate, and the Final product. But that was then, this is now. If you are
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really curious as to why Microsoft decided to use terminology like Community Technology Preview, visit this MSDN blog post. Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview installation was simple but when I started to install SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview in Hyper-V I ran into some issues. No problem, I decided to install SQL Server 2014 but it too had some issues so I decided it makes sense could not find the database engine startup handle error code 0x851a0019 to install SQL Server 2016 so let's try that. I have installed SQL Server tons of times on different versions of SQL Server over the years and didn't really had any major issues that I wasn't able to resolve. When I started to run into some errors during SQL Server 2016 CTP2.3 install, I decided it better fix these issues because the 2016 version will be the most compatible version with Windows Server 2016 and SharePoint Server 2016. All these products are still in beta so I had to be patient and fix these errors before I start to install these products for my business clients down the road. Here's the first problem and a solution. I will document the second problem and a solution in my next post. PROBLEM During SQL Server installation, you may run into the following error: Could not find the Database Engine startup handle The word handle is misspelled in the above screenshot. Microsoft should be excused because at the time I wrote this article, SQL Server 2016 was still in beta. The screenshots in this article are from SQL Server 2016 CTP2.3 running on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview. I have experienced this error only in SQL Server 2016 CTP2.3 but you
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Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Database Administrators Questions wait on the database engine recovery handle failed sql server 2012 installation Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Database Administrators Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for database professionals who wish to improve their database skills and learn from https://blog.zubairalexander.com/could-not-find-the-database-engine-startup-handle-in-sql-server-2016/ others in the community. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Installing SQL Server 2012 Express fails with error “ Could not find the Database Engine startup handle.” up vote 11 down vote favorite http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/61616/installing-sql-server-2012-express-fails-with-error-could-not-find-the-databas 1 I'm attempting to install SQL Server Express 2012 w/ SP1 x64 on Windows 7 SP1 x64. This machine has previously had SQL Server Express 2012 installed. This instance was upgraded to SQL Server 2012 Standard, which has since been uninstalled. Following are the options selected during the install: Include SQL Server product updates in install -- 2 related to KB 2793634 Install all features to default directories Named instance SQLEXPRESS in default instance root directory Default services accounts: SQL Server Database Engine -> NT Service\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS Default Database Engine Configuration The install fails with following error: TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Setup The following error has occurred: Could not find the Database Engine startup handle. For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=11.0.3128.0&EvtType=0xD15B4EB2%25400x4BDAF9BA%25401306%254025 ------------------------------ BUTTONS: OK I've read that this may be related to a corrupt MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS virtual account. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks, Jon. Summary.txt Overall summary: Final result: Failed: see details below Exit code (Decimal): -2061893607 Start time: 2014-03-24 12:08:49 End time: 2014-03-24 12:28:21 Requested action: Install Setup completed with required actions f
log in tour help Tour Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/91446/installing-sql-server-2014-express-fails-with-error-could-not-find-the-databas Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us https://www.roelvanlisdonk.nl/2014/04/15/fix-could-not-find-the-database-engine-startup-handle-during-sql-server-2014-installation-on-windows-8-1/ Database Administrators Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Database Administrators Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for database professionals who wish to improve their database skills and learn from others in the community. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer database engine The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Installing SQL Server 2014 Express fails with error “ Could not find the Database Engine startup handle.” up vote 6 down vote favorite 1 Let me start by saying I am not a DBA, and I actually don't have alot of database admin experience. I'm just a guy trying to run SQL Server on my local machine to build some simple could not find .NET applications for learning and practice. I am experiencing this same problem referenced in this post (Installing SQL Server 2012 Express fails with error " Could not find the Database Engine startup handle."), but it is with SQL Server Express 2014. I've tried the following things that did not fix the problem: verified SSL is turned off deleted the MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS folders under the Users folder changed to built-in accounts in SQL Configuration Manager ran the install file as Administrator selected the default NT Service\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS account during installation (note that I was prohibited from selecting any other accounts) Per the comment below the selected answer (from Frederic), I tried to follow this path (Computer properties, advanced parameters, user profile parameters, suppressing net service\mssql profiles) but it didn't exist as listed. The closest thing I could find had only user accounts (not virtual accounts) tried using mixed authentication during setup The link to MSDN in the answer points to a resource that lists some configuration data, but it doesn't tell me where to change the service account permissions. I think this is what I need to do based on what I've read so far. I looked in the SQL Configuration Management Tool, but nothing there allows me to change permission (that I saw). I see bits and
by Roel van Lisdonk After the installation of SQL Server 2014 was almost completed on a Windows 8.1 workstation, I got the error: "Could not find the Database Engine startup handle". This was caused by the fact, that I used all standard settings during installation. When you choose all to install SQL Server 2014 with all default options, the SQL Server windows service will run under the NT Service\MSSQL$V2014 account, after changing this login to a correct login (a local admin account on the box) the service started correctly and I could login to the SQL Server 2014 instance. Categorized in Uncategorized Tagged with SQL Server, Windows 8.1 View all 2 comments Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website 2 comments Ben says: June 2, 2016 at 07:43 THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Hours spent installing, uninstalling, deleting registry keys, and this is the only thing that worked. I think I man-love you. Thegods says: August 19, 2016 at 13:49 Thanks man this solution really helped. Search for: TagsAngular AngularJS ASP .NET C# CSS Entity Framework Excel GitHub HTML Hyper-V IIS Integration Services Internet Explorer Javascript jQuery Kendo UI LINQ LLBLGen Log4Net MVC NAnt Outlook Outsystems PowerPivot PowerShell Reporting Services Setup Packages SharePoint Silverlight SQL Server SSIS T-SQL Telerik TFS TypeScript Unit tests Visual Studio VMWare WCF WCF RIA Services Windows Windows 7 Windows 8 WPF XML - XSLT - XPath Archives October 2016(4) September 2016(2) August 2016(2) July 2016(4) June 2016(6) May 2016(6) April 2016(4) March 2016(3) February 2016(4) January 2016(5) December 2015(9) November 2015(4) October 2015(10) September 2015(10) July 2015(4) June 2015(7) May 2015(7) April 2015(3) March 2015(6) February 2015(3) January 2015(6) December 2014(9) November 2014(12) October 2014(12) September 2014(5) August 2014(1) July 2014(14) June 2014(14) May 2014(7) April 2014(8) March 2014(5) February 2014(1) January 2014(9) December 2013(5) November 2013(9) October 2013(8) September 2013(22) August 2013(5) July 2013(1) June 2013(13) May 2013(5) April 2013(10) March 2013(2) February 2013(3) January 2013(3) December 2012(5) November 2012(9) October 2012(8) September 2012(2) August 2012(2) July 2012(9) June 2012(3) May 2012(12) April 2012(4) March 2012(14) February 2012(8) January 2012(11) December 2011(16) November 2011(14) October 2011(11) September 2011(3) August 2011(7) July 2011(2) June 2011(7) May 2011(16) April 2011(10) Marc