Sitecore Installation Errors



Error 1: Failed to start service Sitecore XConnect Search Indexer


If you are installing Sitecore 9/9.1/9.2, you may get xConnect services error such as

Faulting application name: XConnectSearchIndexer.exe, version: 3.0.0.0, time stamp: 0xf3556d61
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.18362.1, time stamp: 0x1a30e11b
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x000000000003a839
Faulting process id: 0x1dd8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d563cefdbb60d1
Faulting application path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\habitathomecorporate_xconnect.dev.local\App_Data\jobs\continuous\IndexWorker\XConnectSearchIndexer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: bee07631-f2fa-48b6-9307-b4296f68ff50
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:


Solution


   Check your license expiration date. The license file has an expiration date for xconnect, sxa, and WFFM.







Error 2: Sitecore 9 Installation Fails with “Error: .NET SqlClient Data Provider Msg 12809


while Installing Sitecore 9 using SIF you may get an error ”
SITECORE 9 INSTALLATION FAILS WITH “ERROR: .NET SQLCLIENT DATA PROVIDER MSG 12809”

Cause: This happens when your first installation fails and to resolve the error you make the changes in deployment script and re-run the script.

Impact: When you run the installation script, the script creates some Sitecore related database in your SQL server instance

Solution

Delete the SQL database that has been created by the installation script and rerun the Sitecore installation script using a power-shell in admin mode.