Error installing SQL 2012 Enterprise with SP1 on Windows Server 2012 Standard

Question

We are trying to install SQL 2012 Enterprise with SP1 on Windows Server 2012 Standard with no luck:

TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure.
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SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error:

Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index.

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And here is the part of the Detail.txt:

(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Running Action: Install_RsFx_Cpu64_Action
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Sco: File 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Update Cache\KB2674319\ServicePack\x64\setup\x64\RsFx.msi' does not exist
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Sco: Attempting to create base registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, machine 
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey 
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Sco: Attempting to open registry subkey SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Sco: Attempting to get registry value InstallDir
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Sco: File 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Update Cache\KB2674319\ServicePack\x64\setup\x64\RsFx.msi' does not exist
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Sco: File 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Update Cache\KB2674319\ServicePack\x64\setup\x64\RsFx.msi' does not exist
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Error: Action "Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.MsiExtension.PackageInstallAction" threw an exception during execution.
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionExecutionException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Parameter name: index ---> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp: Parameter name: index
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at System.Text.StringBuilder.Remove(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SetupExtension.MediaPackagePathInstallModifier.SetMediaPackagePathInstallAction(ServiceContainer context, PackageId pkg, InstallAction inputAction)
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.MsiExtension.PackageInstallAction.UpdatePackageInstallAction()
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.MsiExtension.PackageInstallAction.Execute(String actionId, TextWriter errorStream)
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionInvocation.ExecuteActionHelper(TextWriter statusStream, ISequencedAction actionToRun, ServiceContainer context)
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionInvocation.ExecuteActionHelper(TextWriter statusStream, ISequencedAction actionToRun, ServiceContainer context)
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionInvocation.ExecuteActionWithRetryHelper(WorkflowObject metaDb, ActionKey action, ActionMetadata actionMetadata, TextWriter statusStream)
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionInvocation.InvokeAction(WorkflowObject metabase, TextWriter statusStream)
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.PendingActions.InvokeActions(WorkflowObject metaDb, TextWriter loggingStream)
(01) 2012-12-07 17:30:41 Slp:    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Setup.Chainer.Workflow.ActionEngine.RunActionQueue()Error: Action "Microsoft.SqlServer.Chainer.TimingConfigAction" threw an exception during execution.

Answer 1

Could you share then entire path from where you are running the SQL Server setup from?

Answer 2

It is a UNC path with spaces.

Answer 3

Would it be possible for you to copy the media locally and try the setup?

Answer 4

This seemed to work. Is this a known issue?