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How to install Distributed Replay (dreplay.exe) for SQL Server 2017

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In SQL Server 2014, dreplay.exe was available under "Management Tools – Basic" feature. However, in SQL Server 2017 that feature no longer exists (Enterprise edition) and it doesn't come with SSMS installer either. Here is what available from SQL Server 2017 installer: enter image description here Did they move dreplay.exe somewhere else? Any help is much appreciated! **Update 1.** ------------- It seems there is a bit of confusion around Distributed Replay and what exactly I am looking for. So I thought to include a diagram from this article : enter image description here **Administration tool** (dreplay.exe) is what I am looking for. **Controller** (DReplayController.exe) is Distributed Replay Controller from feature selection screen. It is useless without Administration tool. **Client** (DReplayClient.exe) is Distributed Replay Client from feature selection screen. It is useless without Controller. **Update 2.** ------------- OS: Windows Server 2016 Standard SQL Server Management Studio version: 18.4 ** ** (As this post suggests dreplay.exe came with SSMS 17.x, but got removed from 18.x) SQL Server version: 14.0.1000.169 *** *** (displayed at Installation Type step or can be found in MediaInfo.xml Property Id="BaselineVersion" that is located in the root of disk with SQL Server installer) Binn folder contents: Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\140\Tools\Binn 18/11/2019 15:19 . 18/11/2019 15:19 .. 18/11/2019 15:19 DQ 22/08/2017 18:39 697,528 DReplayCommon.dll 22/08/2017 18:39 20,592 DReplayServer.tlb 22/08/2017 18:40 32,952 DReplayServerPS.dll 04/11/2019 15:25 Resources 04/11/2019 15:28 schemas 15/06/2019 11:09 602,848 SqlManager.dll 22/08/2017 18:47 60,088 SQLPS.exe 22/08/2017 18:48 379 SQLPS.exe.config 15/06/2019 11:09 29,472 sqlresld.dll 15/06/2019 11:09 29,264 SqlResourceLoader.dll 15/06/2019 11:08 59,672 SQLSCM.DLL 15/06/2019 11:08 133,200 SQLSVC.DLL 10 File(s) 1,665,995 bytes 5 Dir(s) 97,550,450,688 bytes free
Asked by Vladimirs (131 rep)
Nov 18, 2019, 05:40 PM
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