Can't access Sql 7 Server via EM/QA

  • Setting: Sql 7 server (no SP due to conflict with PowerBuilder), Windows NT (SP6)

    The server was working fine until about noon today. Then I received notification that our hourly trans log dump routine failed. I ran the trans dump manually but it still failed. The error message is

    "Microsoft SQLMaint Utility (Unicode) Version [Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLState: HYT00)]

    Error 0: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server] Timeout expired.

    Another odd thing:

    1. I can connect to the server without any problem using EM on my local box. But when

    I try to connect using EM on the server itself, it times out (similar ODBC error message to above). It also hangs when I try to login locally to the server using Query Analyzer. Oh, yes, I can login in remotely to the server using QA.

    2. I just rebooted the server. Now I can’t get in even remotely using EM or QA!

    3. While I still can’t use EM or QA on the server I did use net stop MSSQLSERVER and SQLSERVERAGENT to stop the services. Then I restarted them using "net start". That worked fine but EM and QA still won't let me in locally or remotely.

    Any help much appreciated!

    Bill

  • Might check to see if sqlmaint.exe is still running, might have gotten hung up.

    Andy

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/awarren/

  • Increase your timeout as well. If the network or server are busy, the defaults don't cut it.

    Steve Jones

    steve@dkranch.net

  • More info on this problem: this morning everything was working fine (surprise!) on the server. That is until 11am when the timeouts started up again during a DB dump. Here's the error message:

    Microsoft (R) SQLMaint Utility (Unicode), Version

    [Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLState: HYT00)] Error 0: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Timeout expired

    I recreated a new SQLMaint job but it had the same problem. Next I dumped the databases manually from QA (backup database...) and it worked fine. Maybe this is a SQL Main problem?

    TIA,

    Bill

  • I've seen timeouts when there was heavy fragmentation - run your dbcc's recently?

    Andy

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/awarren/

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