I'm receiving the message 'The MOF Compiler could not connect with the WMI
server' when installing SQL 2008 R2. It appears others have had this same
issue, but there's been no solution posted that I've been able to identify.

Has anyone else resolved this issue?

Here is some more detail from the installation log:

2009-11-25 10:52:24 Slp: Attempting to install MOF/MFL file for WMI Provider
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Shared\sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof
2009-11-25 10:52:24 Slp: Sco: Attempting to install MOF file
2009-11-25 10:52:24 Slp: Running: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM\mofcomp.exe
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Shared\sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof"
2009-11-25 10:52:25 Slp: Microsoft (R) 32-bit MOF Compiler Version
5.1.2600.2180
2009-11-25 10:52:25 Slp: Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp. 1997-2001. All rights
reserved.
2009-11-25 10:52:25 Slp: File 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\100\Shared\sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof' not found!
2009-11-25 10:52:25 Slp: Sco: Compile operation for mof file C:\Program
Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Shared\sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof failed. Exit
code 1
2009-11-25 10:52:25 Slp: Configuration action failed for feature CommonFiles
during timing ConfigNonRC and scenario ConfigNonRC.
2009-11-25 10:52:25 Slp: The MOF compiler could not connect with the WMI
server. This is either because of a semantic error such as an incompatibility
with the existing WMI repository or an actual error such as the failure of
the WMI server to start.
2009-11-25 10:52:25 Slp: The configuration failure category of current
exception is ConfigurationFailure
2009-11-25 10:52:25 Slp: Configuration action failed for feature CommonFiles
during timing ConfigNonRC and scenario ConfigNonRC.
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.ScoException :
The MOF compiler could not connect with the WMI server. This is either
because of a semantic error such as an incompatibility with the existing WMI
repository or an actual error such as the failure of the WMI server to start.
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.WmiProvider. InstallMof()
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Slp.SlpConfigura tionPrivate.Install_ConfigWMIProvider(Dictionary`2 actionData)
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Slp.SlpConfigura tionPrivate.Install_PostMSI(Dictionary`2 actionData, PublicConfigurationBase spcb)
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Slp.SlpConfigura tionPrivate.InstallImpl(ConfigActionTiming timing, Dictionary`2 actionData, PublicConfigurationBase spcb)
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Slp.SlpConfigura tionPrivate.Install(ConfigActionTiming timing, Dictionary`2 actionData, PublicConfigurationBase spcb)
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlConfigBase.Pr ivateConfigurationBase.Execute(ConfigActionScenari o
scenario, ConfigActionTiming timing, ConfigBaseAction action, Dictionary`2
actionData, PublicConfigurationBase spcbCurrent)
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlConfigBase.Sl pConfigAction.ExecuteAction(String actionId)
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: at
Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.SqlConfigBase.Sl pConfigAction.Execute(String actionId, TextWriter errorStream)
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: Exception:
Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.ScoException .
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: Source: Microsoft.SqlServer.Configuration.Sco.
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: Message: The MOF compiler could not connect with
the WMI server. This is either because of a semantic error such as an
incompatibility with the existing WMI repository or an actual error such as
the failure of the WMI server to start..
2009-11-25 10:52:26 Slp: Watson Bucket 1

"Ray" wrote: