SQL collation "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" needs to be designated for installing OpsMgr DB

Source: Microsoft Support

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If a SQL Collation besides"SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" is specified when installing SQL OpsMgr will have to be reinstalled as you will get errors after installing the product similar to the following:

Cannot resolve the collation conflict between "SQL collation "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" and "Latin1_General_CI_AS" in the equal to operation.

Workaround:

When installing SQL server be sure to select SQL collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. If OpsMgr has already been installed you will have to reinstall SQL and OpsMgr to change the SQL collation.

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