3.6.0 MxDB for SQL Server Installation and Administration Guide (5697-7088, December 2007)

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6 Instance Aliasing
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Move the Mapping File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configure Instance Aliasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configure Instance Aliasing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Map Default Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Map Named Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Modify Instance Aliasing Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Delete Instance Aliasing Mappings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Recommendations for Monitoring Instance Aliasing. . . . . . . . . . . . 91
7 Troubleshooting
Install/Uninstall Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SQL Server 2005 Installation Takes Too Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installations via a Microsoft Terminal Services Client . . . . . . . . 93
Installer Reports A Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Uninstall Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Connection Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
DNS Misconfiguration Causes Connection Failure . . . . . . . . . . 95
Connection Error With Windows Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . 101
Windows Authentication Fails with SQL Server Replication . 101
Client Receives Error When Connecting via an Alias. . . . . . . . 103
Cannot Authenticate on the Local Machine with a Virtual Host
Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Error When Creating a Virtual SQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Failure to Virtualize a SQL Instance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cannot Access a Virtual SQL Instance from the Active Node . . . 105
SQL Server 2005 Instance Does Not Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Error When Creating a Distributor for Replication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
MSDTC Not Configured for Windows 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
8 Upgrade Production SQL Servers
General Upgrade Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
1. Plan the Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
2. Test the Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
3. Back Up the Current Machine State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
4. Notify Users of Upgrade Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
5. Apply the Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
6. Confirm the Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
7. Notify Users of Upgrade Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120