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Surface area configuration connection issue Sun
3/20/2007 1:49:06 PM
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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.


Re: Surface area configuration connection issue William (Bill) Vaughn
3/20/2007 4:04:25 PM
Is the SQL Browser service running?

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Re: Surface area configuration connection issue Sun
3/21/2007 5:10:45 AM
Yes it is. I have tried restarting all the services, but no good.

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Re: Surface area configuration connection issue William (Bill) Vaughn
3/21/2007 10:55:20 AM
Try disabling the firewall on the client and server. It could be that access
to the ports is blocked.

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Re: Surface area configuration connection issue Sun
3/21/2007 11:59:03 AM
There is no firewall running on the server and I disabled my desktop firewall
too. But it did not help. The SAC does not connect to the remote server.

And the other interesting thing is , when I try to connect to Reporting
Services from my Sql Server Management Studio and do a "Browse" for servers,
I get only a Local Servers tab. I do not see any Remote Servers or browse for
remote servers at all.

Please help. Has it got anything to do with the installation?

Thanks,
Sun.

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Re: Surface area configuration connection issue William (Bill) Vaughn
3/21/2007 1:22:55 PM
Perhaps a DNS issue. If the NetServeEnum is not returning names, they might
not be visible.

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Re: Surface area configuration connection issue Sun
3/22/2007 5:05:25 AM
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.

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Re: Surface area configuration connection issue William (Bill) Vaughn
3/22/2007 10:46:51 AM
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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Re: Surface area configuration connection issue Sun
3/22/2007 1:03:18 PM
If that was the case, wouldn't I get an error connecting to the database
engine itself. That works fine. Also I am able to ping the server from my
command prompt.

Sun.

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Re: Surface area configuration connection issue William (Bill) Vaughn
3/22/2007 5:26:02 PM
Yes, you would. IIRC there is an ODBC-based connection diagnostic that might
help, but given what we've seen I would suspect that the ports/protocols are
still not properly configured/exposed. See the surface area config tool.

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