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NPM Installation on Server Running NCM

I have an NCM server running with a named instance instead of the default SQL Express instance. I am trying to add NPM to the same server and says:

service mssql sqlexpress was not found on computer

All I can find by way of support is that NPM should have been installed first, then NCM. Has anyone gotten the NPM installation to take utilizing a named instance of SQL? Is there a config file I can edit to make this point to the named instance instead of looking for the default?

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ctlswadmin

Few questions:

Where in the install process are you seeing this message?
What version of NCM do you have installed?
What version of NPM are you trying to install ?

Thanks,

David

justinakajuice

Thank you for your response, David. I was able to get this resolved last night with Solarwinds assistance.

What was happening: Failed to configure NPM 12 on a server that had NCM 7.5 installed that used a named instance instead of the default instance of MSSQL.

Resolution: Run Config Wizard to set up all products.

I was looking for the offline version of the software, which was there with the last version I installed. NPM 12 and NCM 7.5 are now fully Orion web-integrated and both products were successfully installed when I ran the executables. I got confused since this entire process is the first time I've ever touched a Solarwinds product. To add nodes to NCM, you now go to Settings > Manage Nodes > More Actions > Add Nodes to NCM.