Comments on: “Cannot connect to the configuration database” and SharePoint http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/ and Boris Gomiunik Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:38:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ritesh http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-65 Ritesh Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:35:44 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-65 "By changing the DNS server in the network we’ve had to add one more record manually to point to the correct one and the sites started to work"...where did you add a record and what info was in the record? We seem to have the same problem after moving our DNS to another server.... Plz help. “By changing the DNS server in the network we’ve had to add one more record manually to point to the correct one and the sites started to work”…where did you add a record and what info was in the record?

We seem to have the same problem after moving our DNS to another server….

Plz help.

]]> By: Boris Gomiunik http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-64 Boris Gomiunik Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:46:24 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-64 Thanks for sharing. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: DBA http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-63 DBA Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:08:21 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-63 I've Found a SQL scanner that can locate any SQL server at your network (multi-subnet) it can also try to brute force the SA user account (or any other account) to make sure the password is not easy. you can get it here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Servers/Database-Utils/SQL-Locator.shtml I’ve Found a SQL scanner that can locate any SQL server at your network (multi-subnet) it can also try to brute force the SA user account (or any other account) to make sure the password is not easy.
you can get it here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Servers/Database-Utils/SQL-Locator.shtml

]]> By: JAY http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-62 JAY Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:55:10 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-62 We found a fix for this to be a password change issue. There was an admin account vs. using a svc (service) account in both IIS and the SS Admin. We made the update of the new password and we were back online. still using an admin account in the following places: 1. IIS > Application Pools > SharePoint -80 > Properties > Identity 2. And Shared Services Administration > Default Shared Services (dropdown) > Edit Properties > hope this helps. We found a fix for this to be a password change issue. There was an admin account vs. using a svc (service) account in both IIS and the SS Admin. We made the update of the new password and we were back online.

still using an admin account in the following places:

1. IIS > Application Pools > SharePoint -80 > Properties > Identity
2. And Shared Services Administration > Default Shared Services (dropdown) > Edit Properties >

hope this helps.

]]> By: Boris Gomiunik http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-61 Boris Gomiunik Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:49:44 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-61 Thanks Anon for sharing! Thanks Anon for sharing!

]]> By: anon http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-60 anon Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:56:43 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-60 "I dont know if this will help anyone but I had issues similiar to this and nothing seemed to work. I checked the application Pool – properties- Identity and sure enough that was it. It was set to predefined network service but it actually needed to set to configurable and the user name /password that it was originally set up with. Very strange but this worked for me." Yay! This worked for me as well. (Now on to the next dumb obstacle that Sharepoint throws my way =) “I dont know if this will help anyone but I had issues similiar to this and nothing seemed to work. I checked the application Pool – properties- Identity and sure enough that was it. It was set to predefined network service but it actually needed to set to configurable and the user name /password that it was originally set up with. Very strange but this worked for me.”

Yay! This worked for me as well.

(Now on to the next dumb obstacle that Sharepoint throws my way =)

]]> By: Avinash.Devkate http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-59 Avinash.Devkate Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:26:54 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-59 Look at the Networks credentials,it may change upon installation security patch .Same was happened with me. Upon resting it.Problem resolved. Look at the Networks credentials,it may change upon installation security patch .Same was happened with me.
Upon resting it.Problem resolved.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-58 Anonymous Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:33:00 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-58 I dont know if this will help anyone but I had issues similiar to this and nothing seemed to work. I checked the application Pool - properties- Identity and sure enough that was it. It was set to predefined network service but it actually needed to set to configurable and the user name /password that it was originally set up with. Very strange but this worked for me. I dont know if this will help anyone but I had issues similiar to this and nothing seemed to work. I checked the application Pool – properties- Identity and sure enough that was it. It was set to predefined network service but it actually needed to set to configurable and the user name /password that it was originally set up with. Very strange but this worked for me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-57 Anonymous Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:59:00 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-57 Hi all,<br/>we have the same problem. We checked everything according to MS (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823287), but nothing changed. In our case it turned out to be FILE PERMISSIONS problem. Eventually in the morning one of the guys installed windows server security patch. It seems that this patch changed file permissions for config DB file to Administrator only. Hi all,
we have the same problem. We checked everything according to MS (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823287), but nothing changed. In our case it turned out to be FILE PERMISSIONS problem. Eventually in the morning one of the guys installed windows server security patch. It seems that this patch changed file permissions for config DB file to Administrator only.

]]> By: Priyanka http://www.sharepointboris.net/2007/05/cannot-connect-to-the-configuration-database-and-sharepoint/#comment-56 Priyanka Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:43:00 +0000 http://doma.gomiunik.net/?p=63#comment-56 Hi, I have this problem. I installed MOSS and WSS 3.0 on my machine, First when I open central admin site, it opens fine and I created webapplication and SSP and everything. Then after some time if I open the central admin, I get the message "Cannot connect to the configuration database.". The possible reason that I can see in the SQL management studio I can't see Sharepoint_Config database connected. So what I can do to solve this? Any help would be more than appreciated. Hi, I have this problem. I installed MOSS and WSS 3.0 on my machine, First when I open central admin site, it opens fine and I created webapplication and SSP and everything. Then after some time if I open the central admin, I get the message “Cannot connect to the configuration database.”. The possible reason that I can see in the SQL management studio I can’t see Sharepoint_Config database connected. So what I can do to solve this? Any help would be more than appreciated.

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