Problems with mirroring

I have the three server ready to go. The prinicpal is set, the mirror
is set. I have a back up of the prinicipal restored on the mirror and
then I have a third server that acts as the witness. The problem is I
am getting an error message. I am getting this error message:
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TITLE: Database Properties
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An error occurred while starting mirroring.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Alter failed for Database 'SQLServer'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?Prod...se&LinkId=20476
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or
batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
The server network address "TCP://xxx.xxx.org:5022" can not be reached
or does not exist. Check the network address name and that the ports
for the local and remote endpoints are operational. (Microsoft SQL
Server, Error: 1418)
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Any ideas would most helpful.
-ThanasCan you show your scripts that you used to create your mirrors?
Did you open the ports on your firewall?
Thanas wrote:
> I have the three server ready to go. The prinicpal is set, the mirror
> is set. I have a back up of the prinicipal restored on the mirror and
> then I have a third server that acts as the witness. The problem is I
> am getting an error message. I am getting this error message:
> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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> TITLE: Database Properties
> --
> An error occurred while starting mirroring.
> --
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
> Alter failed for Database 'SQLServer'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
> For help, click:
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?Prod...se&LinkId=20476
> --
> An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or
> batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
> --
> The server network address "TCP://xxx.xxx.org:5022" can not be reached
> or does not exist. Check the network address name and that the ports
> for the local and remote endpoints are operational. (Microsoft SQL
> Server, Error: 1418)
> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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>
> Any ideas would most helpful.
> -Thanas|||Used Management Studio to generate the mirror. No firewall up, all
internal. There is not even a windows firewall.
PSPDBA wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Can you show your scripts that you used to create your mirrors?
> Did you open the ports on your firewall?
>
> Thanas wrote:|||Try using TCP://ServerName:5022 rather than the full path.
Thanas wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> Used Management Studio to generate the mirror. No firewall up, all
> internal. There is not even a windows firewall.
> PSPDBA wrote:|||Read step 2 in the section "Troubleshooting" in the following document.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...5/dbmirror.mspx
If your services are running as LocalSystem, it will not work. Try
changing to an account with the appropriate privileges. I changed to a
domian account and my problem went away.
Good Luck
Jamie|||Still having trouble. Not really sure why anymore. here is the error
message that I got. Of course I have "x" out my server information for
obvious reason ...
The witness is a SQL Server Express. It is up to date as far as
updates goes.
Thanks for your help and patience everyone.
-Thanas
TITLE: Database Properties
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An error occurred while starting mirroring.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Alter failed for Database 'xxxxSQLServerDev'.
(Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?Prod...se&LinkId=20476
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or
batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
The ALTER DATABASE command could not be sent to the remote server
instance 'TCP://xxx.xxx.org:5022'. The database mirroring configuration
was not changed. Verify that the server is connected, and try again.
(Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1456)
For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?Prod...56&LinkId=20476
BUTTONS:
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jamie@.encompassgroup.ca wrote:
> Read step 2 in the section "Troubleshooting" in the following document.
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...5/dbmirror.mspx
> If your services are running as LocalSystem, it will not work. Try
> changing to an account with the appropriate privileges. I changed to a
> domian account and my problem went away.
> Good Luck
> Jamie