SQl Upgrade Error - Access to the Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\License Terms\SQLServer2012_License_SQLBI_1033.rtf is denied
SQL Upgrade Error - Access to License Denied Ahh a wonderful time to experience an error, when you are upgrading SQL, during a limited window for downtime. Sop much for the weekend plans eh? No worries, this one is easy. In my case I received the following when downgrading an edition for a reporting Server that houses several instances. After the first one processed, I received this error: If I browse to that path, we notice the file is set to read only. Easy enough, lets un-check read only and try again. Success! I had to do this for each instance install. So if you have multiple instances be prepared to set the file to read/write each time.