engine itself. That works fine. Also I am able to ping the server from my
"William (Bill) Vaughn" wrote:
> I'm not an expert DBA/system admin either--I need help from time-to-time as
> well. As I understand it, there situations where the Directory Name Service
> is incorrectly configured or not running. This service takes the server name
> "MyDomain\MyComputer" and determines "where" it is. It returns a TCP/IP
> address like 192.168.248.22. If this is not working correctly, the
> connection mechanism within ADO can't find the server or the port that it's
> listening on. The SQL Browser service broadcasts the address of all SQL
> Server instances running on the server so when asked the client can be given
> the right location and port.
>
> hth
>
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> "Sun" <Sun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0C25AA32-6201-4971-A1B7-3A04D495C65C@microsoft.com...
> >I am sorry Bill, I did not understand. I am neither a DBA nor a network
> > person :-( could you please explain me further.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sunanda.
> >
> > "William (Bill) Vaughn" wrote:
> >
> >> Perhaps a DNS issue. If the NetServeEnum is not returning names, they
> >> might
> >> not be visible.
> >>
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> >> "William (Bill) Vaughn" <billvaRemoveThis@betav.com> wrote in message
> >> news:uz9YYI%23aHHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> > Try disabling the firewall on the client and server. It could be that
> >> > access to the ports is blocked.
> >> >
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> >> > "Sun" <Sun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:8D9C9674-90EC-44CD-8C7F-ABB26B798A29@microsoft.com...
> >> >> Yes it is. I have tried restarting all the services, but no good.
> >> >>
> >> >> "William (Bill) Vaughn" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Is the SQL Browser service running?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> ____________________________________
> >> >>> William (Bill) Vaughn
> >> >>> Author, Mentor, Consultant
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> >> >>>
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> >> >>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "Sun" <Sun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >>> news:9AEA4089-FD94-4A30-B205-E65698D9BEE3@microsoft.com...
> >> >>> > Hi,
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > I have Sql Server 2005 Std edition installed on a Windows 2003
> >> >>> > server
> >> >>> > and
> >> >>> > the client components installed on my machine with Win XP.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > The Surface area configuration was configured on the server to
> >> >>> > allow
> >> >>> > TCP/IP
> >> >>> > and named pipes.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > My network login has been added to a group that has been given the
> >> >>> > necessary
> >> >>> > permissions to MSTDServer through WMI.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > There is no firewall running on the server.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > When I launch the surface area configuration manager on my machine
> >> >>> > and
> >> >>> > try
> >> >>> > to change the computer to the server, I get the following error
> >> >>> > message.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > TITLE: Select Computer
> >> >>> > ------------------------------
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Computer <...>does not exist on the network, or the computer cannot
> >> >>> > be
> >> >>> > configured remotely. Verify that the remote computer has the
> >> >>> > required
> >> >>> > Windows
> >> >>> > Management Instrumentation components and then try again.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > How do I resolve this?
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Issue 2:
> >> >>> > This could be connected to the previous issue. I am not able to
> >> >>> > connect to
> >> >>> > Integration Services/Reporting Services through the Sql Server
> >> >>> > Management
> >> >>> > studio. I am able to connect to the Database Engine and the
> >> >>> > Analysis
> >> >>> > Services.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Please help me resolve these issues.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Thanks,
> >> >>> > Sunanda.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>