I'm trying to enable SQL Filestream on Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2016 64 bit, Management Studio 2017

Question

The machine config is Windows Server 2012, 64 Bit SQL Server 2016, and SQL Server Management Studio 2017. When I use SQL Server Configuration Manager to enable filestream, it gives me an error that I do not know how to get around.

There was an unknown error applying the FILESTREAM settings. check the parameters are valid. (0x80041008)

Answer 1

Root Cause?

During October we installed SQL Server 2016 on the server – but the desktop icons were still set to SQL Server 2017. When I used the 2016 Configuration Manager, it seemed to work.

Multiple versions installed on TEST Server:

Configuration manager on TEST Server with Configuration Manager 2017:

SQL Server Version on TEST Server:

Using SQL Server 2016 Configuration Manager:

So basically we were running the wrong version of configuration manager. Also we did a server restart. When I had previously tried to configure it on both 2016, 2017 configuration manager, it didn't work.