I am trying to install Sitecore XC09 with SQL Server 2016 running on a separate server. The script terminates with the attached error.
I am running the Deploy-Sitecore-Commerce.ps1 provided in the sitecore commerce bundle.
Restarting SQL Server Something went wrong restarting SQL server again Install-SitecoreConfiguration : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'InputObject'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\SitecoreInstallFramework\2.1.0\Public\Install-SitecoreConfiguration.ps1:641 char:25 + & $entry.Task.Command @paramSet | Out-Default + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Install-SitecoreConfiguration
[TIME] 00:00:14 Install-SitecoreConfiguration : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'InputObject'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again. At C:\sitecorecommerce\SIF\Deploy-Sitecore-Commerce.ps1:80 char:2 + Install-SitecoreConfiguration @params + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Install-SitecoreConfiguration
[TIME] 00:01:05 Invoke-ManageCommerceServiceTask : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'InputObject'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again. At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\SitecoreInstallFramework\2.1.0\Public\Install-SitecoreConfiguration.ps1:641 char:25 + & $entry.Task.Command @paramSet | Out-Default + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Invoke-ManageCommerceServiceTask
Error Details : It says "Something went wrong restarting SQL Server again" and gives the error stack as shown in image above.