BUG: OLAP Setup Fails on Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition With /3GB Switch On

• Microsoft SQL Server OLAP Services version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

If you are running Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition version 4.0 with the /3GB switch enabled on a computer that has 4 GB RAM installed, the setup fails during OLAP Services installation with the following error message:

Error 111 - Not enough Memory.

WORKAROUND

You can work around the problem by performing the following steps:

1. Edit the Boot.ini file in the system drive and remove the /3GB switch from the start up line.



2. Save the Boot.ini file and then reboot the computer.



3. Run Setup to install OLAP Services.



4. Edit the Boot.ini file in the system drive again and add back the /3GB switch to the start up line.



5. Save the Boot.ini file and then reboot the computer again.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition Version 4.00" /3GB
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition Version 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SQL Server OLAP Services version 7.0.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbSQLServ
Version : winnt:7.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug