What do I have to be aware of when installing Reporting Services on a productive SQL Server 2008 - sql-server-2008

I have a running sql server installation on which I would like to install the reporting services module. Now because it is very important that the sql server it self keeps available and running without any interruptions I get a little scary about this step.
Now my question. Are there any pittfalls I have to be aware of before I install the module? E.g. does the server restart during the installation?

Can you try this change in a virtual machine first?
For example, use the Disk2vhd application (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx) to make a snapshot of your current production system. Then, use the VHD that was created in Microsoft Virtual PC, Hyper-V, or Windows 7 native VHD boot.
If you try a virtual machine for testing, disable networking or create a private network before starting the virtual machine! Having two servers with the same name and SID on your network is a Bad Thing.
(If you're not using virtual machines, isn't it time? :)

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Process of creating database on your own server

I bought "Hetzer" server so I can create my own database and practice a little bit. My server is using Ubuntu. I plan to also create a script (probably in node or asp) so my android application can communicate with database.
How to start with creating database, what to do?
Firstly https://www.hetzner.com/ is one of the best professional web hosting providers. In order to set up your Mysql server to your ubuntu machine. Install lamp stack. There are many tutorials about installing lamp. Then open your DB for remote connection or do kind of restful service to access your data in DB.

Seáš­ing up MySQL separately than where Web Server is running on

is it ideal to have MySQL running on different machine than on the server machine that runs Apache or php . I was think of a scenario if two different web server installed physically on different machine accessing database than it can be useful that if one web server goes down other server would still be running if MySQL is deployed on a separate machine ?
of course.
Same resources shared between apache/php and MySQL are not a good option.
Divide and conquer my brother!

Replace mariadb with mysql on Plesk 12.5.30

I need to use standard mysql, in plesk it says everywhere that it is mysql but when I login to console it says mariadb.
I understand that it is very similar but this plesk will be hosting staging systems so they must use exactly the technology that the product servers use.
Is it possible to do it somehow using the web interface or do I have to manually install it from console?
As I see it's impossible because plesk-mysql-server package has explicit dependency for mariadb-server.
Yes, you can solve this with --force, but it means further troubles with plesk updates and upgrades.
If you need DB server for some application you can install it on separate server and register it as remote DB server in Tool&Settings > Database Servers.

Need to run SSIS via a remote application

I'm running into this issue basically:
Can I deploy & Use SSIS SQL server DTS DLL's onto a machine that does not have SQL server 2008 installed?
Since it's been answered I don't know if my request for further information will get any traction.
I'm running into the same problem I think. When I deploy locally on my dev box, my application calling SSIS works fine. When I deploy my application on Server A, and my SSIS package on Server B (my database server), I get the error mentioned in the post: " An Integration Services class cannot be found. Make sure that Integration Services is correctly installed on the computer that is running the application. Also, make sure that the 64-bit version of Integration Services is installed if you are running a 64-bit application".
If I understand things correctly I need to have an SSIS license on my application Server and my database server?
This doesn't seem to make sense. When you make a SQL call to SQL server, provided you have an enterprise license you only pay once. You don't have to pay for an extra license for your application server.
I just want to make sure I've got this clear before I go to the higher ups, and that my problem isn't stemming from something else. So to put it concisely: Do you need to have an SSIS license for both your app server and your SQL Server when calling an SSIS package remotely?
Just to clarify the 64 vs 32 bit thing: I've got 64 bit OS's running on my local machine, the app server and the database server - and all my VS projects are being built to use "Any CPU".
Sorry for the lengthy post, but I thought I should be thorough on this.
You will need to have SSIS licensed (SQL Server) on any machine that is using SSIS to execute packages.

Can I keep MYSQL and WAMP Server running together?

At first, I use Struts 2 to develop a website in Java web technology. So I installed Apache Tomcat as the localhost server and MYSQL as the database (MYSQL here is the full application from mysql.com, not the packages like XAMPP or WAMP...)
But now I switch to learn a little bit about PHP so I install WAMP full package. When I start all services of WAMP and go to browser and type localhost, everything work fine
But when I go to localhost/phpmyadmin, it seems to connect to the old MYSQL application in my computer (what I've used in Java web). And then I restart computer and use MYSQL Workbench (in the MYSQL application), but now it connects to the database of WAMP package, and I can not connect to the old database (in Java web) anymore
The solution is remove WAMP but I need WAMP for PHP
So I just want to ask how can I use MYSQL application and WAMP package together (MYSQL application for Java web and WAMP package for PHP)?
Thank you and apology for my bad English!
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1 and open my (Configuration file) and then navigate to
[client]
port=3306
Change this to
[client]
port:3307
This will make phpmyadmin to run on 3306 and Java-Mysql to run on 3307
You can of course keep both XAMPP and WAMP running together keeping in mind that you have changed the default ports for either of it to some other ports rather than 80,443 and 3306, but sometimes it could create conflict as when you install some other third party softwares or enable certain services that run on port 80,443,3306.
The best alternative here would be to install one of the servers inside a virtual machine with network configured as "host-only-adapter" so that from the base machine you could access XAMPP/WAMP installed on the virtual machine by just pointing the ip-address of the virtual machine through a web-browser.
or,
If you want to run both XAMPP and WAMP together on the same machine but access only one of the servers at a time then you could go ahead installing both of them one after another. But, keep in mind that before installing the other server you have to completely stop all the services running from the XAMPP or WAMP control panel then quit the application. After this step you can go ahead installing the other server without changing any configurations or port numbers. This is because in this case we assumed that only one of the servers would be accessed at a time. Hence, before launching the other server one has to completely quit the application that is running currently by stopping all of it's services. If skype is installed then one has to change the default incoming connection ports to other than port 80 and 443.
Like mentioned above, if at all the intention is to access both servers up and running concurrently then taking advantage of a virtual machine would be the best to avoid conflicts and a long-term troubleshoots eventually.
If you messed up changing ports and config files then you could end up with the following error while trying to access phpmyadmin from XAMPP control panel:
**mysql said: Cannot connect: invalid settings. xampp**
note: while launching the servers , run it as administrator else some services will not start properly.
"I TRIED INSTALLING BOTH XAMPP AND WAMP ON WINDOWS 10 AS SUCH AS POINTED BY MANY THREADS I CHANGED THE DEFAULT PORTS FOR MYSQL & APACHE XAMPP AS IT WOULD CONFLICT WITH WAMP ALREADY INSTALLED ONLY ENDING UP UNABLE TO ACCESS PHPMYADMIN FROM XAMPP CONTROL PANEL. THEN REINSTALLED XAMPP WITHOUT CHANGING ANY CONFIGS OR PORTS. STOP THE WAMP SERVICES, QUIT THE APP AND THEN LAUNCH PHPMYADMIN FROM XAMPP CONTROL PANEL. AT LAST IT WORKED!. THE PROCESS LOOKS SHORT THOUGH WHEN IN REALITY IT TOOK ME COUNTLESS HOURS AND PAIN RESEARCHING ON THE WEB AND TESTING FOR A POSSIBLE SOLUTION UNTILL I CAME UP WITH THIS."
Hopes, this quick tips and guides would be helpful.