Unable to Install SQL Server 2022 on Windows server machine

Question

When I am trying to install SQL Server 2022 on the Windows Server 2019 machine, I keep getting this error :

• I am running the setup file with administrator rights
• I have manually tried stopping the SQL VSS writer service while installation as well
• One weird thing is that When the machine is not domain joined, We're able to install it just fine. However, When It's domain is joined, it throws this error.
• Visual C++ redistributable 2015-2022 does exist on the system as well

Are there any suggestions in this direction as to where I can look for factors that might be leading to this?

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Answer 1

Hi @Mohit Pathak

Is your machine a domain controller? There may be problems installing SQL Server on a domain controller. You can refer to this link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/install/hardware-and-software-requirements-for-installing-sql-server-2022?view=sql-server-ver16#DC_support.

You can also check out this documentation about SQL Writer: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/sql-writer-service?view=sql-server-ver16.

Best regards,

Aniya