SQL Server 2008 VAA

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Overview

Description:

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database server, developed by Microsoft that's designed for the enterprise environment. It is a software product whose primary function is to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications, be it those on the same computer or those running on another computer across a network (including the Internet). SQL Server runs on T-SQL (Transact -SQL), a set of programming extensions from Sybase and Microsoft that add several features to standard SQL

Execution:

Follow the detailed how to document for instructions on how to create, move and deploy the VAA to a new target system.
At a high level, once the VAA has been created, the steps are:

appzcompress c:\appliances\SQLServer2008r2_x64, then move the .cap file to the new target system
appzuncompress c:\appliances\SQLserver2008r2_x64.cap
dock c:\appliances\SQLserver2008r2_x64
appzstart c:\appliances\SQLserver2008r2_x64
appzrun c:\appliances\SQLserver2008r2_x64 c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

The last command will start a windows command prompt that you can use to call the SQLCMD.exe utility and enter Transact-SQL statements, system procedures, and script files

Specs

Applications Included:

SQL Server 2008 R2

VAA Version:

4.7 SP1

VAA Size (compressed):

~110MB (Express), ~850MB(Eval)

VAA Size (expanded):

~480MB (Express), ~2.1GB(Eval)

VAA Base:

32/64 bits

OS Supported:

Win2k8 32/64 Std/R2 edition

Creation

Overview:

Create an Appzero snapshot
Install SQLServer application
Create the VAA
Remove references to ASP.NET, Microsoft.NET, Framework and
cryptography from the cstore of the VAA.
Change VAA namespace to allow changes related to Cryptography to happen
in the UOS and not in the VAA namespace

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