I had this same issue. I was working on a vm cluster. I had updated the host file on one server but not the other. Once I...

This was great, of all the posts regarding setting up linked server for Oracle in SQL Server this was the simplest explanation as well as the only one that worked.

20+ front ends, 25+ million users

Thales finally discovered the issue. They provided information to increase the level of logging and were able to determine a bug in the sql_ekm. THey provided a fix...

An update on our situation, although we did resolve the exception noted earlier, we continue to work with Thales and Microsoft on a solution for the TDE + nCipher HSM...

I just wanted to post a summary of what we did to correct the issue. Not only did these steps correct the error but improved performance immensely.

This is for...

my email is jamiegreiver@aim.com

Let me know what you have, thanks!

What time is it at your location? I am in USA Eastern time (11:22 AM).

we are working with nCipher right now to validate. Thanks for all the details.

Jamie

Thank you so much, you have been incredibly helpful.

When you get a chance, please let me know if this is the correct one - or send me whatever you have....

I am on sql 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 as well. ANy help is much appreciated as we have been wrestling with issues for several months. Please...

Can you also provide information on how you upgraded that file? Did MSFT provide it?

Thanks,

Jamie

I am also using nCipher, thank you for the response. I will respond if this also resolves our issue.

Jamie

I have same exact issue, did you ever find a resolution? I have worked with MSFT on TDE And Sharepoint SIde without any.