RS: Database Engine does not meet edition requirements

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02/20/2013

I've ran across the following error a few times and thought I would post this out there for people to understand what is happening.

ERROR: Throwing Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.OperationNotSupportedException: , Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.OperationNotSupportedException: The feature: "The Database Engine instance you selected is not valid for this edition of Reporting Services. The Database Engine does not meet edition requirements for report data sources or the report server database. " is not supported in this edition of Reporting Services.;

You may also see a similar message in your Event Logs.

This error is a result of mismatched SKU's between the Reporting Server and the Database Engine as the message mentions. You can also look at two entries in the RS Server logs to see what it thought it hit when it performed the SKU check.

resourceutilities!WindowsService_0!e44!02/19/2013-08:58:28:: i INFO: Reporting Services starting SKU: Enterprise
library!WindowsService_0!e54!02/19/2013-08:58:34:: i INFO: Catalog SQL Server Edition = Enterprise

Where this has caused confusion is when the Catalog SQL Server Edition SKU shows the following:

This will cause the above error. From a usability perspective, Developer edition is essentially the Enterprise product that you can use for testing. However, Reporting Services has a specific SKU check to prevent running an Enterprise version of a Report Server against a Developer or Eval version of the Storage Engine.

It looks something like this:

case Standard:
case Enterprise:
case EnterpriseCore:
case DataCenter:
case BusinessIntelligence:

restricted.Add(Developer);
restricted.Add(Evaluation);

Of note, Developer edition cannot use Eval and Eval edition cannot use Developer.

So, how do we correct this if we run into this situation? You will need to uninstall and reinstall Reporting Services with the correct Product Key that matches the SKU you are looking for. If you are wanting Developer Edition, you will need to run setup with the Product Key for Developer. The Edition SKU is part of the Setup process and is stamped for that instance.

For Reporting Services 2012 in SharePoint Integrated mode, it is considered a Shared Feature, but still is reliant on the SKU that you used to run SQL Setup with. The catch here is that it is not an Instance per se. You still need to make sure that you are installing it with the proper Product Key for the edition you are using.

The product will then make a WMI call to get the "EditionName" property to determine what is appropriate.

Adam W. Saxton | Microsoft Escalation Services
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RS: Database Engine does not meet edition requirements

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