Hi,
I have installed the MSDE and use mixed mode authenticaton.
The SQL Server Agent will not start due to login failures.
Normally, I would use the Enterprise Manager Managment wizard to
correct the System Account and Connection Credentials.
Can anyone tell me how to achieve this using OSQL?
Thanks
Hi All,
I would appreciate any help here at all. I am pulling my hair out!
I am unable to start the snapshot agent or log reader agent from within SQL management studio. it fails on executing step 2 with unknown username or bad password.
I have checked all account details and they are correctly using my domain admin account. I can connect to SQL using teh same account and it also has sysadmin permissions.
If i copy the step 2 paramters and start from the cmd prompt (again logged in using the same domain account) they both start fine.
Any ideas would be gratefully received.
I am testing peer to peer replication in our environment. I simulated a three node peer to peer topology and a local distributor.
For some wierd reason I cannot get the Log Reader Agent and snapshot agent to start. The domain account under which SQL Server Agent runs has administrator previlage on the box. I also use a domain account for SQL Server Service. (none of the passwords changed).
This is the error I am getting - "Executed as user: abc. A required privilege is not held by the client. The step failed"
Any ideas???
Also this domain account is a member of
SQLServer2005MSSQLUsers$ServerName$MSSQLSERVER
SQLServer2005MSAgentUser$ServerName$MSSQLSERVER
After installing WebMatrix on my computer, I installed Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) in my computer, but I can't see MSDE on my Start menu. I am really new to this and don't know how to open MSDE, so I could work with it. Nothing displayed after I installed MSDE, such as the typical "Installation is complete."
Sorry for such a silly question, but please help me. How can I open MSDE from the Start menu. I have windows XP Home.
Any help or suggestions are truly appreciated.
I have spent megabucks buying a book called MSDE Bible and they have started the book by not telling how you create a database (with all the exact steps required so you can actually work with it. I find this highly unprofessional, and wonder if the authors David C Walls and Denise M Gosnell actually know anything about teaching. (One enormally teaches step 1 before step 2 where I come from - obviously not in some places). Anyway, later on in the book there is an example on creating a database.
My problem is that it does not work because I do not understand what is required in terms of security clearance / user names / passwords / user authority. (They also assume you know all about that too).
All I have done is installed MSDE 2000 Rel A and am now trying to use it. The only question I was asked during the install was to define a "Strong Password" and thats all.
I am now attempting to
1) Create a Database
2) Create a table with some fields
3) See if I can access the database
Now is that too much to ask ?
Here is the code that supposedly creates the database:
The problem is in the connect - something to do with security of some sort that is completely overlooked.
dim oMSDEserver
dim oDatabase
dim oDataFile
dim oLogFile
set oMSDEserver = CreateObject("SQLDMO.SQLServer")
set oDatabase = CreateObject("SQLDMO.Database")
set oDataFile = CreateObject("SQLDMO.DBFile")
set oLogFile = CreateObject("SQLDMO.LogFile")
oDatabase.Name = "scheduling"
oDataFile.Name = "sched_data"
oDataFile.PhysicalName = "c:mssql7datasched_data.mdf"
oDataFile.Size = 5
oLogFile.Name = "sched_log"
oLogFile.PhysicalName = "c:mssql7datasched_log.ldf"
oLogFile.Size = 3
oLogFile.MaximumSize = 50
oDatabase.Filegroups("PRIMARY").DBFiles.add(oDataFile)
oDatabase.TransactionLog.LogFiles.add(oLogFile)
oMSDEserver.connect "0kh2h","sa","" <<<<<< PROBLEM HERE
oMSDEserver.databases.add(oDatabase)
oMSDEserver.disconnect
I have not done anymore than install MSDE and run this code - what steps have I missed please ???
Please explain this simply for me.
(I understand DAO / ADO and Access programming but have never used DSN's and SQL Server connections)
Hello everyone,
Any ideas of how to start a SQL Agent job, from OTHER-THAN Enterprise Manager !!!
Does Microsoft provide any stored procs, extended procs or any SDK that can help me force-start a scheduled task ?
There has got to be a way, coz' Enterprise Manager is doing it !!!!..
Any help is greately appreciated.
Thanks..
I changed my server's service account to Domainsqladmin and the service started successfully.
I did the same for SQL Agent but the service starts and stops. In Event Viewer saw this error:
SQLServerAgent could not be started (reason: SQLServerAgent must be able to connect to SQLServer as SysAdmin, but '(Unknown)' is not a member of the SysAdmin role).
I checked Logins under under security in SSMS and the Domainsqladmin is a member of SysAdmin roles. What's wrong?
Canada DBA
While installing the MSDE I get the folowing error:
A storng SA password is required forsecurity reasons.
Please use SAPWD switch to supply the same.
Refer to readme for more details.
Setup will now exit.
Thanks in advance
Mustapha
I'm trying to set up SQL 7 for replication, so I set SQLAgent to start automatically, same as SQL Server itself. SQL Server starts fine, but SQL Agent "fails to connect in a reasonable time" according to the Event log (3000 milliseconds).
Can you suggest how I go about fixing this? They both are using valid logins, so I don't know what else could be wrong.
Advice appreciated!
Arthur
I have a problem with a server where for some reason when it is rebooted the SQLAgent service does not start automatically. You have to go into control panel, services and start it, even the it is set to Automatic.
Thanking in advance for any ideas??
hi
when i try to start sql agent hang then mmc
i look the log and the problem is the mail profile
i try remove it from the property of sql agent but this hang the mmc too
can i remove this with tsql?
thanks
In attempt to run the SQLServer Job Agent, the following error occurs:
An error 1068 (the dependency service or group failed to start) occured while performing this service opertion on the SQLServer Agent Service.
An user a/c with Administrator rights is assigned to the SQLServer Agent Service upon setup.
Any idea what is causing it?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
We restored a database with replicated tables. Now, the Log Reader Agent will not run. This displays:
"The process could not execute 'sp_repldone/sp_replcounters' on 'ourservername'."
In Error Details for the agent:
"The process could not set the last distributed transaction."
And, from the logs:
"ForwardLogBlockReadAheadAsync: Operating system error 998(Invalid access to memory location.) encountered."
Does anyone know how we get the Distribution database and the Log Reader running again?
It is only affecting Transactional replication (not snapshot or merge).
Hi guys,
I'm trying to set up merge replication between a SQL Server 2000 SP4 / Win2k box and a MSDE SP4/WinXP box and I'm finding that the initial snapshot isn't being produced.
The SQL Agent runs as a windows user that has admin privileges, the snapshot agent impersonates the SQL Agent. The SQL Server login for the agent account has the server role "System Administrators" and database access to all db's.
When I turn on logging and try to start the agent, the following is written to the log:
Microsoft SQL Server Snapshot Agent 8.00.760
Copyright (c) 2000 Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft SQL Server Replication Agent: SVRName-POS-POS_Test_Suburb-1
Connecting to Distributor 'SVRName'
SourceTypeId = 5
SourceName = SVRName
ErrorCode = 18456
ErrorText = Login failed for user 'SVRNameSQLAgent'.
The process could not connect to Distributor 'SVRName'.
Most of the posts I've seen regarding problems like this are due to subscriber authentication issues (not up to that, this is the initial snapshot) or windows/domain user permissions.
Any ideas what else it might be?
We came across a biggg issue with SQL Agent service on one of our SQL Server 2012 production servers. Suddenly, it stopped working. So we just thought of disabling and enabling the service, but once we disabled and try to set automatic (before starting it), gives us error message "The Remote Procedure Call Failed [0x800706be]".
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i have start sql server agent then dispaly following error message
(The system cannot find specified path) occured while performing this service operation on the sqlserveragent service
Straight from the sqlagent error file: (the username and login I'm providing is correct. for testing purposes only its and admin account and works on another instance)
2007-05-14 15:12:07 - ! [298] SQLServer Error: 10061, TCP Provider: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. [SQLSTATE 08001]
2007-05-14 15:12:07 - ! [165] ODBC Error: 0, Login timeout expired [SQLSTATE HYT00]
2007-05-14 15:12:07 - ! [298] SQLServer Error: 10061, An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. [SQLSTATE 08001]
2007-05-14 15:12:07 - ! [000] Unable to connect to server '(local)'; SQLServerAgent cannot start
2007-05-14 15:12:38 - ! [298] SQLServer Error: 10061, TCP Provider: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. [SQLSTATE 08001]
2007-05-14 15:12:38 - ! [165] ODBC Error: 0, Login timeout expired [SQLSTATE HYT00]
2007-05-14 15:12:38 - ! [298] SQLServer Error: 10061, An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. [SQLSTATE 08001]
2007-05-14 15:12:38 - ! [382] Logon to server '(local)' failed (DisableAgentXPs)
2007-05-14 15:12:39 - ? [098] SQLServerAgent terminated (normally)
I cannot run SQl Server Agent service. Each time I try I get these 2 errors
Event Type:Error
Event Source:SQLAgent$MY_INSTANCE
Event Category:(2)
Event ID:17310
Date:18/06/2007
Time:09:27:49
User:N/A
Computer:MY SERVER
Description:
A user request from the session with SPID 53 generated a fatal exception. SQL Server is terminating this session. Contact Product Support Services with the dump produced in the log directory.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
Event Type:Error
Event Source:SQLAgent$MY_INSTANCE
Event Category:Service Control
Event ID:103
Date:18/06/2007
Time:09:27:49
User:N/A
Computer:MY SERVER
Description:
SQLServerAgent could not be started (reason: SQLServerAgent cannot start because the msdb database is not set to a compatibility level of 70 or higher).
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
I am on SQL Server 2005. Do you have any ideas what might cause it and how to fix it?
Chris
I have a SQL Server 2000 that failed to start after a Windows reboot.Agent properties are checked to auto start if stopped. Under the AgentError Log, I have the following data:Information:SQL Agent stopping because of Windows shutdown.SQL Agent terminated normally.Error:SQL Server Error: 1115, cannot generate SSPI context SQLState HY000.Logon to server(local) failed.Help apprecaited. ThanksFrank*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
View 2 Replies View RelatedI cannot run SQl Server Agent service. Each time I try I get these 2 errors
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SQLAgent$MY_INSTANCE
Event Category: (2)
Event ID: 17310
Date: 18/06/2007
Time: 09:27:49
User: N/A
Computer: MY SERVER
Description:
A user request from the session with SPID 53 generated a fatal exception. SQL Server is terminating this session. Contact Product Support Services with the dump produced in the log directory.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: SQLAgent$MY_INSTANCE
Event Category: Service Control
Event ID: 103
Date: 18/06/2007
Time: 09:27:49
User: N/A
Computer: MY SERVER
Description:
SQLServerAgent could not be started (reason: SQLServerAgent cannot start because the msdb database is not set to a compatibility level of 70 or higher).
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
I am on SQL Server 2005. Do you have any ideas what might cause it and how to fix it?
Chris
HELLO TO ALL OF YOU
IS THERE ANY SQL COMMAND IN ORDER TO START SQL AGENT ?
THANKS IN ADVANCE
Hi,
I am a VB programmer and we have a VB application that uses Access as its db (~500MB mdb file) using DAO.
We want to upgrade to MSDE/Sql Server because we have clients that will use around 5 connections to the db and others with no more then 20 users.
I was asked to build a simple test program in Vb under MSDE that will
enable us to test few clients working simultaneously (I have few days for that).
There is so much material on MSDE and we just ordered an MSDE Developer
guide book from the Amazon that will arrive in a few days.
The amount of material is confusing like hell and I didn't work with ADO
before, I don't even know if to work with Access 2000 or with a different db, can you advice ?
Do you know of a good sample that show a beginner like me how to access
MSDE from VB using ADO?
If you do please please advice it will ease the pressure and the days are
numbered.
Thanks a lot.
Yossi
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please help me
Castrogeneris
how i can do it?Under Xp/2000, i write a application that stop/start this serices, butunder Win98, how i do it?Exists a method via SqlServer or a dos command to stop/start the MSDEprogram?Thanks a lotTomas--Questa è una firma automatica di MesNews.Sito: http://mesnews.no-ip.com
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I can not find error 22029 in Books on Line. I will go to Microsoft Knowledge base
and research this problem.
In the mean time if someone can help, it is much appreciated.
Thanks to all.
I need to start SQL Server Agent so that I can run scheduled jobs. I am running SQL Server 7.0 with windows NT 4.0 service pack 4. When I try to start the agent I get the following error
Error 22003: StartService() returned error 5,'Access is denied'
Does anyone have an idea as to why this is happening?
Any help with this problem would be appreciated.
Thanks
Phil
hi guys i keep getting this error when trying to start the sql server agent service.
"The SQLSERVERAGENT service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they have no work to do, for example, the Performance Logs and Alerts service".
the SQL server service starts fine and i tryied starting the agent with the same user but it fails still.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Hello everyone! We had an issue this week where SQL Server Agent did not restart automatically. Weekly maintenance runs on the server each Sunday in which a reboot of the server occurs. Both SQL Server and SQL Server Agent are set to auto-start when OS starts. SQL started fine, but SQL Server Agent didn't.
Anyone know of a reason why SQL Server Agent wouldn't have restarted? Also, does anyone know of a way to set something up that would alert me (through email) if this service hasn't restarted?
Thanks in advance,
Lance
When l try to start up sql agent on a remote server l get the following error. Error 1722 RCP Server is unavailable. How can l fix that.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedWell, this is very confusing.
I have 2 servers that are members of the same AD Domain.
I need an account that can login to either one, but needs to be able to start a service, which my network admin says a local domain administrator cannot do.
So, I just decided to create an account with the same name, properties and password on both machines.
This I did. The account is a member of local Windows Administrator group on each server. Additionally, it is an SQL account on the SQL Server local instance, and a member of the SysAdmin group.
I can assign this account to SQL Server as the startup account (Log in with this account). That works fine.
However, when I assign this account to SQL Server, then SQL Server Agent quits running. So I try to assign this same account to this service and I get an error that the account 'Unknown' cannot login and needs to be a member of the SysAdmin group!??
This is a completely confusing error message since the account is a Windows Admin, SQL Server SysAdmin account and can start SQL Server fine without a hitch.
Anyone else having this very annoying problem ?!