Remote Installation of SQL server

Hi,
I was trying to install a SQL servedr remotely into another computer and
i am not sure if the "error" that i encountered was normal
I am running Win server 2003 on both PC A & B and i am using Evaluation
copy of SQL Enterprise Server
I managed to enter the remote computer's Name (e.g B) and then it prompts
me for a CD-Key which i had never encountered if i do a installation on the
local computer
Could anyone tell me where do i get the CD-Key and if this normal ?
Cheers,
I have never tried to install an eval across the network, so this is just
presumption, but, the only time you are asked for a CD key is to install the
"real" thing... Perhaps the devs weren't expecting, or chose not to support
across the network install of the eval...
as a work around, try copying the CD files to the other machine, and then
use a terminal server connection to do the install locally... Maybe that
will work...
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
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"maxzsim" <maxzsim@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I was trying to install a SQL servedr remotely into another computer and
> i am not sure if the "error" that i encountered was normal
> I am running Win server 2003 on both PC A & B and i am using Evaluation
> copy of SQL Enterprise Server
> I managed to enter the remote computer's Name (e.g B) and then it
> prompts
> me for a CD-Key which i had never encountered if i do a installation on
> the
> local computer
> Could anyone tell me where do i get the CD-Key and if this normal ?
> Cheers,
>