I have been having the above problem whilst trying to install SRM 5.1 into our environment...
SRM version VMware-srm-5.1.2-1527967
VCenter version 5.1.0
Vcenter and SRM Server - Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
SQL Server - SQL 2008 R2
Troubleshooting I have already tried
1.) Confirmed 64bit DSN is connecting to db
2.) Confirmed SQL Schema and db username are the same. Schema is default.
3.) Username (which is a windows domain name) has dbo, bulk creator etc rights
4.) Username has Full Local Admin rights on the VCENTER Server where SRM has been installed
5.) Changed the service from local system to the domain name utilised above
The installation completes successully, but the service stops immediately after starting. The db gets fully populated with all the SRM tables.
I am receiving the rror messages highlighted in this KB
VMware KB: SRM service fails to start and exits with error: Panic: TerminateHandler called
however I can confirm that all these settings are configured correctly...
After attempting about 20 installations trying different options I don't know now how to resolve this issue... Has anyone come across this issue and can possibly suggest a way to get past it.