I was able to install SCE 2010 successfully except the VMM Server component. It fails and the logs indicate two issues: 1. * Exception : => To use an SQL Server 2008 instance and database, the SQL Server 2008 Management Tools - Basic or Command Line Utilities must be installed on the Virtual Machine Manager server.To install the management tools, run SQL Server 2008 Setup, and, on the Feature Selection page, select Management Tools - Basic, and then complete the wizar 2. Information : System Center Virtual Machine Manager requires the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) to be installed.To download the Windows Automated Installation Kit, go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=94BB6E34-D890-4932-81A5-5B50C657DE08 I have SQL 2008 sp2 installed on the server on the E: volume and have verified that the Management Tools are installed and also followed the instructions to install the sql server 2008 command line interface. Also I have installed the WAIK as referenced in the above link and that also keeps popping up as an information alert in the log. I've emailed the SCEVMMServer.log to the email address posted in the forum. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Jeff Miotke, MCITP:EA RightClick Networks, LLC

Hi, Thank you for posting here. In the log file, I also found “* Exception : => System.InvalidOperationException: Service MSSQL$MICROSOFT$VMM$ was not found on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The specified service does not exist as an installed service” Regarding the issue, please try the method in the following post: Installation error: ID: 205 - Service MSSQL$MICROSOFT$VMM$ was not found on computer http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/virtualmachingmgrsetup/thread/90e15e76-b28f-4a0e-bd82-978f302f9896 Please install the Feature Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Feature Pack http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b2bd555-cb5b-47b9-88c7-3f89f3b43779 Then, please try again referring to the following documents: System Requirements: VMM Database http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764220.aspx Configuring a Remote Instance of SQL Server for VMM http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764295.aspx SCVMM 2008 Installation. Step-by-Step http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2009/01/05/scvmm-2008-installation-step-by-step.aspx Hope this helps. Thanks. Nicholas Li TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com. Nicholas Li - MSFT Please 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 communi

Thank you for the assistance. I followed the above advice in the posts you linked. None of them fixed the issue. I ended up wiping the server reinstalling windows, sql and then sce. This time the install went perfectly. I went through the exact same install steps as before. Ive chalked it up to one of those strange occurrences and moved on.Jeff Miotke, MCITP:EA RightClick Networks, LLC