Hi,
I have SQL Server 2014 Standard installed on a Windows Server 2016 Standard.
It has the database engine service installed on it as well as Analysis Services - see below
I need to install the Replication feature to the existing instance and go through the usual steps - see below:
However, it appears as if the installation did not pick up the previous roles installed - see below, the database engine role should be greyed out to indicate it's installed but is not.
When i try to proceed further with the installation, it spits out an error about the instance already existing.
The steps I have tried so far are:
Installing from command line - (Path of setup folder)\setup.exe /QS /ACTION=INSTALL /FEATURES=Replication /INSTANCENAME=MSSQLSERVER /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS
Looking for the MSSQLSERVER.INACTIVE (Link to forum is -