I've been trying to install SCE 2010 (trial version) that comes with SQL Server 2008. I'm running on a Window server 2008 with SP2. Everytime I keep getting this error message. Below is from the SCESetupWizard log file from the very bottom. I have WSUS 2.0 installed, however I haven't downloaded or connected to any clients yet. Is this a SQL issue or something else? _____________________________ 10:58:40:Finished installing H:\Software\Microsoft\SCE\Setup\i386\Server\sce.msi. 10:58:40:MSI H:\Software\Microsoft\SCE\Setup\i386\Server\sce.msi succeeded. 10:58:40:SCE - Doing Postinstall task 10:58:40:System Center Essentials installed. We will launch the post process delegate. 10:58:40:Starting process: C:\Program Files\System Center Essentials\Microsoft.SystemCenter.Essentials.SetupProcessor.exe /Register /ProductKey xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx /Path "H:\Software\Microsoft\SCE\Setup\i386\" 10:58:49:Complete: 9 seconds 10:58:49:Success return code: 0 10:58:49:Licenses registered successfully. 10:58:51:Successfully inserted the Sql Server instance property for System.SCE.Server object. 10:58:56:EssentialsUpdateServer.Save() failed.: Threw Exception.Type: System.InvalidOperationException, Exception Error Code: 0x80131509, Exception.Message: The subscription cannot be modified because it is currently running. 10:58:56:StackTrace: at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.BaseApi.SoapExceptionProcessor.DeserializeAndThrow(SoapException soapException) at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.DatabaseAccess.AdminDataAccessProxy.SetSubscription(SubscriptionTableRow subscription, Guid[] categoryIds, Guid[] updateClassificationIds, String userName) at Microsoft.UpdateServices.Internal.BaseApi.Subscription.Save() at Microsoft.SystemCenter.Essentials.Configuration.UpdateServices.EssentialsUpdateServer.Save() 10:58:56:Unable to save Essentials Update Server settings 10:58:56:Running the PostProcessDelegate returned false. 10:58:56:System Center Essentials - VitalFailure. 10:58:56:Running the PostProcessDelegate for SCE failed.... This is a fatal item. Setting rollback. 10:58:56:VMMCLIENT - Start 10:58:56:Failure: Starting RollBack 10:58:56:Launching H:\Software\Microsoft\SCE\Setup\i386\Server\sce.msi with arguments: REMOVE=ALL DROPMOMDB=1 DB_SIZE=1331 ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 ACTIONSUSER="test1" ACTIONSPASSWORD="**********" ACTIONSDOMAIN="DOMAIN" SQLSVR_INSTANCE="testserver\ESSENTIALS" MOM_DB_SERVER="testserver\ESSENTIALS" MOMDATABASENAME=SystemCenterEssentials PID="02012-110-8022002-75326" DPID3="xxxxxxxxxx..." SKU="Eval" ADDLOCAL=ALL QUEUE_ERROR_REPORTS=0 DATA_DIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.ESSENTIALS\MSSQL\DATA\" LOG_DIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.ESSENTIALS\MSSQL\DATA\" DB_DATA_DIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.ESSENTIALS\MSSQL\DATA\" DB_LOG_DIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.ESSENTIALS\MSSQL\DATA\" USERNAME="Test Server" COMPANYNAME="Test" INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\System Center Essentials" SPUPGRADE=0 SP1UPGRADE=0 ServerSKU=Eval ProductVersion=7.0.2432.0 11:00:05:Finished installing H:\Software\Microsoft\SCE\Setup\i386\Server\sce.msi. 11:00:05:MSI H:\Software\Microsoft\SCE\Setup\i386\Server\sce.msi succeeded. 11:00:05:System Center Essentials - VitalFailure. 11:00:05:System Center Essentials installed. We will launch the post process delegate. 11:00:05:RemoveComponentsTracker: Could not find the registry key located at: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\System Center Essentials\2.0\Setup\Components 11:00:05:Failure: End RollBack Also..under Server Manager/Event Properties. I'm getting this SQL error message. Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE'. Reason: Failed to open the explicitly specified database. [CLIENT: <local machine>]

Hi, According to the log file, error 0x80131509 occurred when installing SCE. Please check if sugggestions on the following thread will work: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/systemcenteressentials/thread/0dbe1693-d659-4161-a44c-a678600e23d5Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.