version of SQL Server instance MSSQLSERVER does not match the version expected by the SQL Server update

While trying to patch SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU4 with CU6, I got the following prompt

It specifically says the below:
"The version of SQL Server instance MSSQLSERVER does not match the version expected by the SQL Server update. The installed SQL Server product version is 10.50.1600.1, and the expected SQL Server version is 10.51.2500.0"


This error says that I don't have SQL Server SP1 installed. This is rather interesting as I know for a fact I have SP1 installed. What to do?!!

Well I decided to reapply SP1 and see if there was a repair option. There wasnt a repair option, but on the config screen, I saw it had "Incompletely Installed" as the Upgrade Status. I ran it, and it quickly completed.

After the install completed, I retried to apply the latest CU patch, and voila!! It worked!!.

Installing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 on SQL Server 2012

With SQL Server 2012's release this past April, we knew we would have to prepare for our future deployment of Microsoft Dynamics 2012 to run on it. We had successfully upgraded existing versions of SQL Server 2008 R2 supporting Dynamics 2012 to SQL Server 2012. But one thing we never tested was installing Dynamics 2012 directly onto SQL Server 2012.

I set up all the pre-requisites for the Dynamics AX. The DB successfully installed and then I got the following error on the AOS install:
An error occurred during setup of Application Object Server (AOS) MicrosoftDynamicsAX at port 2712.
The following error/warning occurred:Cannot find the object 'UTILIDELEMENTS', because it does not exist or you do not have permission. Cannot find the object 'UTILELEMENTS', because it does not exist or you do not have permission. Cannot find the object 'UTILMODELS', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
Hmmm.... interesting as I know we've successfully gotten these running on SQL Server 2012 before. I did a bit of google-fu and saw someone listing as needing to run Dynamics AX 2012 patch listed as KB2680186. Luckily we had this in our share. I ran that update, and noticed that it didnt actually update a client, but rather installed an update of the "Installation Support Files".

Once that completed, I rebooted my server and voila. It installed.
-Victor


Edit: I had used version 6.0 of the Dynamics AX 2012 installer. Although I was able to proceed, I got various errors that I couldnt get past. I ended up undoing the AOS install and db install.

I then redid the AOS and DB install with version 6.1, which was patched to run with SQL Server 2012 out of the box, and lo and behold, IT WORKED!!!!!