[ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]Error, installing sql server 2000 on windows 10

Question

I am trying to install SQL Server 2000 on a virtual machine with windows 10, I have done all the correct configuration and applying compatibility for windows xp, but I always get a network error, the following is shown in the log:

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]Error general de red. Consulte la documentación de la red.

Windows 10 is installed in a virtual machine in azure. What could be the problem?

Answer 1

The problem is likely to be that you are trying to install a software that was released 15 years before the OS was released. There is no reason to expect that to work.

Myself, I run SQL 2000 on a VM running Windows 2000. I don't remember if I ever tried running SQL 2000 on Windows XP. I'm quite sure that it did not work on Windows 7. What I do recall - since I actually try to do that recently - is that I was not able to install SQL7 on Windows 2003 R2.

I don't know what is the oldest OS you can find in Azure, but the older the better. (I don't run my VM in Azure, but run it on my desktop on VMWare.)

Answer 2

The problem is not that, I have been able to install sql server 2000 on physical machines with windows 10 without any problem, there are even thousands of people who do it. However, in an Azure virtual machine I can't do the installation, and it shows me the error that I indicated.

Answer 3

I hit you the complete error, in case it complements more help.

Connecting to Server...

driver={sql server};server=vm-servenaut-se;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]General network error. Consult your network documentation.

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]ConnectionRead (WrapperRead()).

driver={sql server};server=vm-servenaut-se;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]General network error. Consult your network documentation.

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]ConnectionRead (WrapperRead()).

driver={sql server};server=vm-servenaut-se;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]General network error. Consult your network documentation.

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Shared Memory]ConnectionRead (WrapperRead()).

SQL Server configuration failed.

Answer 4

Hi @Super Admin ,
See from your error log, I think that this is the connection problem. Since you can install your 2000 on the win10 but you can't isntall on your VM, I think it might be ODBC version problem. And I don't know which version of ODBC is match for SQL 2000, just try downoading some old versions. And the 2000 is really too old, I'm not sure this solution can solve your problem, it's just my guess, and wish you good luck !

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Answer 5

We have already tried it. It has to be something that Azure manages differently at the network level, let's see if someone has had this same case and has managed to install it and help me. Thank you