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bluespartan
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 Posted - 2011-12-27 : 09:47:52
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| TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio------------------------------The test connection to the linked server failed.------------------------------ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)------------------------------Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL Server [5]. OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "PCPCATEST-05" returned message "Login timeout expired".OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "PCPCATEST-05" returned message "A network-related or instance-specific error has occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Server is not found or not accessible. Check if instance name is correct and if SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. For more information see SQL Server Books Online.". (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 5)ALex |
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sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2011-12-27 : 10:59:21
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| You may want to check if named pipes are enabled in client protocols (in SQL Server Configuration Manager). Also, if you have firewalls, you would need to open them - there is some information here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189307.aspx I don't have much familiarity with named pipes, so what I said is based simply on my intuition. Someone else on the forum may be able to offer more concrete suggestions.Some other useful information is here (which may or may not be applicable to your situation). |
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Please help, issue when testing connection remote