I'd like to have a clean uninstall procedure for SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition SP3 before I roll this out to other servers. On a lab server, I've installed SP3 (already had SP2). When I try to uninstall SP3, I run into the following:
"The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available. Insert the 'SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Management Studio' disk and click OK." Use source: Please insert next disk drop-down and a browse button.
What are my options here? Can't find SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 media on MSDN or anywhere else.
1) Uninstall SQL Server Management Studio first, then try uninstalling SP3? Would I have to uninstall all shared features or just SSMS to get further?
2) During the SP3 uninstall process, could I point to SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM media, then reinstall SP2?
3) Create a slipstreamed SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 and point to it?
4) Something else?
What's the easiest way to proceed and why am I seeing this behavior? While there aren't likely to be problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3, I'd feel remiss if I didn't have a tested uninstall process for SP3. The SQL Server instances in question may have been
installed with slipstreamed media (SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2)--perhaps that's why I'm seeing this. Whoever provided the slipstreamed media no longer has it.
Thanks.