SCOM it is!

To make this work use a service account to run the scom agent service with this:

Member of "Performance Monitor Users" local group

Member of "Event Log Readers" local group...

Thanks, but no jobs owned by 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM' just 'NT SERVICE\SQLSERVERAGENT' owned ones.

I did a SQL Profiler trace (Audit) and see a lot of these kind of queries, issued by...

So, what you mean is that I should find the cause, correct it and by doing so solve the problem?

I was thinking along those lines myself. 😉

The call is coming from the same server as the SQL server and the application is "Microsoft ® Windows Script Host".

Example from the trace:

eventclass:Audit Login Failed

textdata:Login failed for...

Have exactly the same problem... every 15 minutes 24/7.

Filling the log with this:

Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 38.

Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'. Reason: Failed to open the explicitly specified...