I’ve been building out some new servers with Windows Server 2012 R2 to start working on a new Microsoft SQL Server Reference Architecture on Pure Storage and after installing SQL Server 2012 and migrating the databases over to a Pure volume I figured I would run the SQL Server 2012 Best Practices Analyzer to get a report. The system requirements listed on the Microsoft download page indicates that the supported operating systems listed do not include Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2. I wanted to share how to get this to work on Windows Server 2012 R2 because it required some manual intervention.
Step-by-step instructions:
- Install the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer v2 (BCA) – This will install to C:Program FilesMicrosoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.
- Install the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Best Practices Analyzer (SQL BPA)– This will install to C:WindowsSystem32BestPracticesv1.0ModelsSQL2012BPA.
- Navigate to the directory C:WindowsSystem32BestPracticesv1.0Models and right-click the SQL2012BPA folder and make a copy.
- Navigate to C:ProgramDataMicrosoftMicrosoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2Models and paste the SQL2012BPA folder in this new location.
- Start the BCA with Run As Administrator and you will now see the SQL Server 2012 BPA listed in the “Select a product” dropdown.
[UPDATE, February 24, 2014]
Below are a few screenshots of an actual report that I produced from a Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2012 instance. In my example the SQL_Server_Instance_Name = PURE1 and then I selected Analyze_SQL_Server_Engine and Analyze_SQL_Server_Setup.
Thanks,
Barkz