I can't seem to install SQL 2012 (just the dev tools actually) on a win8 VMWare Workstation 9 VM.
It keeps hanging on the Install_WatsonX86_Cpu32_Action step (seems like an infinite loop).
I have included a snippet from the log generated below. It will just keep repeating after that. I have tried both x86 and x64 ISOs and the only other things I have done are to install VS 2012, Office 2013, and VS 2013 preview.
If more of the log would be helpful I can post it, but it really seems fine other than the looping behavior below. To be clear, I am not getting an error, but the process will not move beyond what I am experiencing below.
Other notes: I have mounted the ISO using the Win8 "Mount" functionality, and the file File 'E:\redist\watson\x86\dw20shared.msi' actually *does* exist. I have run it on its own, and it seemed to work.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Running Action: MsiTimingAction
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Running Action: Install_WatsonX86_Cpu32_Action
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: File 'E:\redist\watson\x86\dw20shared.msi' does not exist
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value InstallDir
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: File 'E:\redist\watson\x86\dw20shared.msi' does not exist
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: File 'E:\redist\watson\x86\dw20shared.msi' does not exist
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Checkpoint: PREINSTALL_WATSONX86_CPU32_ACTION
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: Waiting for service 'msiserver' to accept the stop request.
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Invoking QueryServiceStatus Win32 API
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:16 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close SC Manager
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:21 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:21 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:21 Slp: Invoking QueryServiceStatus Win32 API
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:21 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:21 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close SC Manager
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:26 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:26 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:26 Slp: Invoking QueryServiceStatus Win32 API
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:26 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:26 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close SC Manager
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:31 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:31 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:31 Slp: Invoking QueryServiceStatus Win32 API
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:31 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close service handle for service msiserver
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:31 Slp: Sco: Attempting to close SC Manager
(01) 2013-07-07 22:22:36 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open SC Manager
Erik Dahl