How to Configure SSRS 2008 R2

How to Configure SSRS 2008 R2

How to Configure SSRS 2008 R2

How to Configure SSRS 2008 R2

Introduction:

This post helps you understanding how to configure SSRS 2008 R2 service. Installation is nothing much difficult, we can just choose SSRS in features list while installing SQL Server 2008 R2.

After Installing SQL Server

 

 
  • MSSQL Service account should have full rights on all data and log drives
  • Exclude Data, Log, Tempdb, any Backup file paths, and the SQL Server Binaries folders from AntiVirus Scans.

Remove Builtin\Admins from sysadmin fixed server role.

 

  • Check the login MSSQL Service admin account has sysadmin permissions if not assign it.
  • Enable TCP/IP and change default port from 1433 and add the port number to firewall exception list
  • Enable remote connections
  • Set Model database to SIMPLE recovery
  • Set cost threshold of parallelism sp_configure option based on the anticipated load.
usemaster
go
sp_configure’show advanced options’, 1;
GO
reconfigure;
GO
sp_configure’cost threshold for parallelism’, 10;
GO
reconfigure;
GO
  • Alter database to allocate default data/log file size as below
Data and Log file sizes
Database Data Log
Tempdb 2097152KB 512000KB
Model 1048576KB 512000KB
ReportServerTempDB 3145728KB 1048576KB

/*** TempDB CAPS ***/

USE [master]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [tempdb] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’tempdev’, SIZE = 2097152KB )
GO

USE [master]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [tempdb] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N’templog’, SIZE = 512000KB )
GO

 

Same way change the data and log file sizes for reporting temp db.

  • Set the selected isolation to off mode on reporting db and reporting temp db

 


/*** Report Server DB / Report Server Temp DB Isolation ***/
/*** Update with the proper database names ***/

USE MASTER

 

GO

 

ALTERDATABASE<ReportServer$SQL2008>
SETALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATIONOFF
GO
ALTERDATABASE<ReportServer$SQL2008>
SETREAD_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOTOFF
GO
ALTERDATABASE<ReportServer$SQL2008TempDB>
SETALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATIONOFF
GO
ALTERDATABASE<ReportServer$SQL2008TempDB>
SETREAD_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOTOFF

 

Configuring SSRS 2008 R2

On the successful installation of SQL Server 2008 R2
Once the SQL Server is installed we can go ahead and configure the SSRS.
Step1: Open SSRS configuration manager

SQL Server 2008 R2

SSRS 2008 R2 1

Step2: Select server name and instance name

SQL Server 2008 R2

SSRS 2008 R2 – 2

Step3: Once it is connected the screen will be appear like below

SQL Server 2008 R2

SSRS 2008 R2 – 3

Step4: Go to service account tab and give the service account details. SSRS service runs under the account specified

SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2

SSRS 2008 R2 – 4

Step5: When you click on apply it ask for backup location for encryption key. Specify a location and give a password
Note: Update the installation document with this password

SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2

SSRS 2008 R2 – 5

Step6: Select credential type as “Current User – Integrated Security” and click on Ok.

Step7: Check the results window and make sure that no errors occurred


Step8: Go to next tab Web Service URL and click on advanced

Step9: Click onRemove it removes the row for 8080 and click on add button to add a new port


Step10: Give the new TCP port 80 and click on ok

Step11: It removes the url with 8080 and reserves the url with 80. Check the results window and make sure that no errors occurred.

Step12: Go to the next tab “Database” and select change Database.

 


Step13: Select “Choose an existing report server database”

Step14: Select the database server and test the connection

Step15: Select report server database

Step16: The mode should be native.

Step17: Give the windows credentials

 


Step18: Click on next

Step19: Check the progress and make sure no errors and click on finish

Step20: Go to next tab Report Manager URL. Remove the port 8080 add new port 80 and click on ok.


Step21: Check the result window.

Step22: Fill the columns with smtp server details

Step23:  Go to the next tab “Execution Account” and give the credentials and apply changes


Step24: Add the port number 80 to the firewall exceptions list
Step25: Check the successful configuration
http://localhost/Reports_SQL2008R2
http:// localhost /Reportserver_SQL2008R2
We can get these url’s from TABs “Report Manager URL” and “Web Service URL”

Web Service URL



Report Manager URL

Step26:  Assign appropriate roles to the users from Site Settings (Right upper corner) 

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The sql server service failed to start

The sql server service failed to start

I have got a request to install SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition with SP4. While installing database services it suddenly failed by throwing a pop – up. The error message :

“The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, “How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files” and “Starting SQL Server Manually ”

I gone through the all security credentials and found everything is fine. Gone through the log files and found the windows server is running with 24 processors Where as SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition supports upto 4 processors. To resolve the issue follow the steps below.

1. Update windows config to use only one processor

2. Restart the windows server

3. Install SQL Server

4. Apply Service Pack 4

5. Change config to use default configuration

6. Restart the windows server

How to know the number of processors
Right Click on MyComputer –> Properties –> Goto Hardware Tab –> Clickon Device Manager –> Expand Processors
How to Config Windows Configuration to use number of Processors
Run Command –> msconfig  –> Goto BOOT.INI –> Click on Advanced Options
Restart the machine. Apply Service Pack 4 and change the configuration to use Normal Startup as below
Again restart the machine.

Note: This is only applicable for 32 bit machines.

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