In side the brackets you can see the name of the SQL Server instance.
In the windows that open search for a service name "SQL Server (?)" Open the list of services in the machine that the server is running: You need to find the instance name in order to connect for the first time.
After all the SSMS is a client application that can be install on remote machine in order to connect any SQL Server on any remote machine (as long as you have permission and the server configure for remote connection). Usually people installing the SSMS with the SQL Server, and therefore the SQL Server instance is in the least. If you mean the SSMS then, the SSMS will have the connection list once you connect to the server first time. maybe you mean one of the tools like SQL Server Configuration Manager. It is not clear to me if you mean server is showing or maybe SSMS is showing. > Presently my reinstalled server is showing no local servers on attempting connection
How can I repair my server download to install server connections and services ?
Presently my reinstalled server is showing no local servers on attempting connection, server services are alsoĪbsent entirely from WMI. If you have already configured the AdventureWorks2014 diskbased database and tried to install it as a in-memory database on SQL Server 2014 instance, you might have experienced problems with dropping resource pool from Resource Governor.Kindly requesting assistance with local server configuration for connection of SQL Server 2014 management studio express services. Please note that this sample database download is for a disk base database sample, it is not in-Memory OLTP database.īut we will later use downloaded AdventureWorks2014 sample database by converting it to an in-Memory database for demonstrating the in-memory features of SQL Server 2014 (Hekaton). If all database restore operation is successfully completed, our SQL Server 2014 sample database AdventureWorks2014 will be created and populated with sample data. You will see that as the Destination Database, AdventureWorks2014 is already set automatically after the backup file selection.Īlthough this database does not exist in our SQL Server 2014 instance, after restore operation is completed it will be created and restored from the database backup file.
Please note that in the file folder path "MSSQL12.SQLSERVER2014", is the database instance name.Īpprove all settings and return back to initial Database Restore screen. Locate and choose "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.SQLSERVER2014\MSSQL\Backup\AdventureWorks2014.bak" as the backup file source. If the current place is not listed in the existing devices, press on Add button. When Restore Database dialog screen is displayed, choose Device option from Source section.ĭevice option enables you to point to the storage device where the database backup is stored.Ĭlick on the "." three point button to select the backup device. Right click on the Database node, select Restore Database. Highlight Database node under the SQL Server instance in Object Explorer windows of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Then open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).Ĭonnect to SQL Server 2014 database instance where you want to install the sample database AdventureWorks download Since I installed SQL Server 2014 to a named instance (SQLServer2014), I moved the backup file AdventureWorks2014.bak to default Backup folder which is at file path:Ĭ:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.SQLSERVER2014\MSSQL\Backup Move the backup file AdventureWorks2014.bak which is about 44.5 MB to Backup folder of your SQL Server 2014 database instance. On the other hand, if you are looking for the in-Memory database as sample download, you will also need this backup file.Ĭreate Sample Database, Restore AdventureWorksĪfter you complete the zipped sample database download file containing AdventureWorks2014 data file, extract the contents to a new folder. This is the backup of a traditional disk based database prepared as sample database for SQL Server 2014. The total download size of the sample database is around 44 MB. The compress file contains the backup file of sample database AdventureWorks2014.
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