Azure Storage Emulator Won't Install

Question

I can't install the azure storage emulator through web platform installer.

=== Logging started: 4/25/2014  10:34:55 ===
Action start 10:34:55: INSTALL.
Action start 10:34:55: AppSearch.
Action ended 10:34:55: AppSearch. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: FindRelatedProducts.
Action ended 10:34:55: FindRelatedProducts. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: LaunchConditions.
Action ended 10:34:55: LaunchConditions. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: ValidateProductID.
Action ended 10:34:55: ValidateProductID. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: CostInitialize.
Action ended 10:34:55: CostInitialize. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: FileCost.
Action ended 10:34:55: FileCost. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: SetREINSTALLMODE.
Action ended 10:34:55: SetREINSTALLMODE. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: CostFinalize.
Action ended 10:34:55: CostFinalize. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: SetCommandForRunInitialize.
Action ended 10:34:55: SetCommandForRunInitialize. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: InstallValidate.
Action ended 10:34:55: InstallValidate. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: InstallInitialize.
Action ended 10:34:55: InstallInitialize. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: RemoveExistingProducts.
Action ended 10:34:55: RemoveExistingProducts. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: ProcessComponents.
Action ended 10:34:55: ProcessComponents. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: UnpublishFeatures.
Action ended 10:34:55: UnpublishFeatures. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: RemoveRegistryValues.
Action ended 10:34:55: RemoveRegistryValues. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: RemoveShortcuts.
Action ended 10:34:55: RemoveShortcuts. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: RemoveFiles.
Action ended 10:34:55: RemoveFiles. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: InstallFiles.
Action ended 10:34:55: InstallFiles. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: RunInitialize.
Action ended 10:34:55: RunInitialize. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: CreateShortcuts.
Action ended 10:34:55: CreateShortcuts. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: WriteRegistryValues.
Action ended 10:34:55: WriteRegistryValues. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: RegisterUser.
Action ended 10:34:55: RegisterUser. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: RegisterProduct.
Action ended 10:34:55: RegisterProduct. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: PublishFeatures.
Action ended 10:34:55: PublishFeatures. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: PublishProduct.
Action ended 10:34:55: PublishProduct. Return value 1.
Action start 10:34:55: InstallFinalize.
CAQuietExec:  Windows Azure Storage Emulator 3.0.0.0 command line tool
CAQuietExec:  Error: No available SQL Instance was found.
CAQuietExec:  Error 0xfffffff6: Command line returned an error.
CAQuietExec:  Error 0xfffffff6: CAQuietExec Failed
CustomAction RunInitialize returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
Action ended 10:38:33: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
Action ended 10:38:34: INSTALL. Return value 3.
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MSI (s) (34:88) [10:38:34:039]: Product: Windows Azure Storage Emulator - v3.0 -- Installation failed.

MSI (s) (34:88) [10:38:34:039]: Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: Windows Azure Storage Emulator - v3.0. Product Version: 3.0.6848.39. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation. Installation success or error status: 1603.

=== Logging stopped: 4/25/2014  10:38:34 ===

I saw this answer but did not understand what he meant by

I just deleted them manually. Recreated the v11.0:

sqllocaldb stop v11.0
sqllocaldb delete v11.0
sqllocaldb create v11.0

And reinstalled...

I saw these 2 files

WAStorageEmulatorDb30.mdf
WAStorageEmulatorDb30_log.ldf

but it still fails to install.

Edit 2

This is the errors I see

Log Name:      Application
Source:        SQLLocalDB 11.0
Date:          5/5/2014 9:44:32 AM
Event ID:      267
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      chobo2
Description:
LocalDB instance is corrupted. See the Windows Application event log for error details.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="SQLLocalDB 11.0" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="35269">267</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-05-05T16:44:32.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>74923</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>chobo2</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
  </EventData>
</Event>


Log Name:      Application
Source:        SQLLocalDB 11.0
Date:          5/5/2014 9:44:32 AM
Event ID:      261
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      chobo2
Description:
Cannot access LocalDB instance folder: %%LOCALAPPDATA%%\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Local DB\Instances\<instance name>.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="SQLLocalDB 11.0" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="35269">261</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-05-05T16:44:32.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>74922</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>chobo2</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
  </EventData>
</Event>

Answer 1

I encountered similar issues when updating to v2.5. I tried everything outlined in the various blogs and technet forums with no luck but it seems like the advice given was correct, just slightly different for my case.

• Uninstall all previous version of azure sdks
  • Optional and probably not related to fixing my issue. I uninstalled all azure sdks, authoring tools, azure tools for VS, azure libraries for .Net, storage emulators and compute emulators.
• Delete WAStorageEmulatorDb files
  • Next up was to clean up any previous WAStorageEmulator database files. For most users these appear to be kept in c:\users\{user}\WAStorageEmulatorDb*.*.
    • sqllocaldb stop v11.0
    • sqllocaldb delete v11.0
    • manually delete c:\users\{user}\WAStorageEmulatorDb*.*
    • sqllocaldb create v11.0
• At this point reinstalling Azure SDK 2.5 via Web Platform Installer failed to install with the following error.
  • CAQuietExec: Windows Azure Storage Emulator 3.0.0.0 command line tool CAQuietExec: Error: Cannot create database. CAQuietExec: Error 0xfffffff3: Command line returned an error. CAQuietExec: Error 0xfffffff3: CAQuietExec Failed
• This is where I noticed my environment was different. Running sqllocaldb info I noticed I had 4 instances, V11.0, two instances which hosted personal databases and a 4th one called MSSQLLocalDB. If you open (localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB in Visual Studio - SQL Server Object Explorer you should should see WAStorageEmulatorDb. The problem for me was that my WAStorageEmulatorDb wasn't being stored in v11.0 as it was for other people, so deleting v11.0 didn't help.
• Delete WAStorageEmulatorDb files again. So now that I knew where my WAStorageEmulatorDb was, I re-ran the following
  • sqllocaldb stop MSSQLLocalDB
  • sqllocaldb delete MSSQLLocalDB
  • sqllocaldb create MSSQLLocalDB
• Re-install Azure SDK 2.5 via Web Platform Installer completed successfully.
• Lastly, running c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\Storage Emulator\WAStorageEmulator.exe init followed by c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\Storage Emulator\WAStorageEmulator.exe start started successfully.
  • To verify you should also have new c:\users\{user}\WAStorageEmulatorDb34.* files.

Answer 2

The solution you quoted should work for you as well, we can clean up those problematic files with a command.

That post is telling you to execute those commands using powershell. Open powershell as an administrator (or type powershell from an admin cmd.exe prompt) and type the following:

sqllocaldb stop v11.0
sqllocaldb delete v11.0
del %UserProfile%\WAStorageEmulatorDb30*.*
sqllocaldb create v11.0

Answer 3

What worked for me:

• Go to Windows' 'Uninstall/change programs'
• Select Microsoft Visual Studio and hit change
• Then select the Web Developer tools and the SQL Server Data Tools and install.

If I then re-run the Azure SDK installation, everything's fine.

Answer 4

I had the same problem with installing to a brand new Windows 8.1 installation. Matt Davies's solution did not work as such, since the sqllocaldb instance had never been started, but still got me on the right trail.

Simply opening C:\Users\{myuser} and removing all files named WAStorageEmulatorDb3* solved the problem. In my case the conflicting files were WAStorageEmulatorDb34.*, but will probably be some higher number in future versions.