You will see management installation, not only client one. You can easily get and install client for managing 2012R2 Server from other machine. Problem with SIM installation on 2012R2 Server is because of two things: 1.Setup application have to be run with compatibility settings 2.Server needs to have SQL Server installed Installation of SIM 7.3 step by step. First run of Setup.exe Unsupported OS error Change setup.exe compatibility settings to Windows7 Another try to install There are no active SQL server instances Download SQL Server Express (here 2012 version) Choose components: here SQL x64 and Management Studio_x64 Perform a new installation of SQL Server 2012 Choose instance name: here HPSIM Choose service accounts and services startup type Choose authentication mode and administrator account(you have to add one) It goes Instance is yet stopped and disabled Change startup type to automatic and start service Installation of management tools Installation succeded Run SQL Management...
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