I am facing server name problem in SQL Server 2012. When I click on configure distribution I get an error:
Unable to connect to server. Specify the actual server name.
I changed my server name and restarted the services but unable to connect through new server name.
Basically, I am doing this on local domain based server.
Kindly suggest a suitable solutions.
After you rename a SQL Server machine, you will also need to rename the SQL Server instance itself using:
sp_dropserver <old_name>;
GO
sp_addserver <new_name>, local;
GO
For more information, see Microsoft's article called Rename a Computer that Hosts a Stand-Alone Instance of SQL Server.
I think what your probably finding is that changing the Windows server hostname doesn't actually change the original SQL Server instance name which still gets used for certain services. Run the following on the DB engine:
SELECT ##SERVERNAME
You'll probably find a different value to what your expecting from the OS.
There isn't really a solution to this that I'm aware of without re-installing SQL Server on the newly named box.
Also be careful with names that exceed to the 15 character NetBIOS limit.
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Installed SSMS 2017 version. When I launch it first time, it asks for server name to connect to. I installed SQL server 2014 already. But I don't know the name of the server. I tried giving server name as "local". But it wouldn't accept. It says "Cannot connect to to local" Error: 53
Since I installed SQL server on my local machine, "local" should be acceptable name as a server to connect to from SSMS.
server name?
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localhost
127.0.0.1
Any of these will connect to sql server running on your local machine.
If you installed sql as a named instance, then .\myinstance, localhost\myinstance, etc
You can use (.), or local or localhost.
If you used named instance, follow the next:-
Use Browse for more, for getting the accurate server name as next screen shots;-
and under Database Engine, you will get the accurate server name
If you have Db connection you can use this command
select ##servername + '\' + ##servicename
you can also check SQL Server Configuration Manager.
In Configuration Manager you need to find SQL Server Service. When you Double click the SQL Service and navigate through Service Tab, you need to see SQL Server Name
It should be localhost, just setup my SQL server last month and had to find this information aswell.
You need connect using . only.
connect Local instance using .
I use SQL Server Management Studio. I want to connect the local server. But, I am missing the local server name.
I entered local, localhost and ., but it couldn't connect.
How can I get the local server name in SQL Server Management Studio?
Please let me know which path you can check.
A network related or installer-related error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server can not be found or inaccessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections.
Other way to find is , drop down the server name box, at the end there is an option called . click it and there database engine , expand the database engine and u ll find the list of sql servers in your pc/network. Click the required one and u ll get servername .
Just write SELECT ##servername and run in your SQL Server Management Studio.
It will return the name of the current servername you are connected with.
The alias (local) (yes, including the parentheses) should allow you to connect to your local instance, but please supply the actual error that's occurring, in case the hostname isn't the actual problem.
From your question I assume that you're logged on to the machine that is running SQL Server. If so you can open SQL Server Configuration Manager to confirm the name of your SQL Instance. SQL Server Configuration Manager shows all of the SQL Services Running. Look for the one called SQL Server (instanceName) and note the instance name. You can then access the server from SQL Server Management Studio using either (local)\instanceName, .\instanceName, or servername\instanceName.
Need some help understanding how to connect to Sql Management Server Studios 2017 from my Azure Virtual Machine.
I thought I just enter my Computer (VM-computer name) in server name, see picture below, but I get the error saying: The server was not found or is not accesible. Do I need to configure it to allow remote access? Am lost and have tried googling without result, any easy step-by-step guides?
pic of login
You can use your server name in "servername" or . and the connect. If still not connecting do check whether it is named instances running in SQL Server Configuration Manager. If it is running with named instance you need to provide "Servername\namedinstancename" in server name
I did not have any sql installed, only the SSMS..........rookie move.
I have installed many SQL Server setups but I want to know how to install SQL Server without an instance name i.e. i want to connect to SQL Server with IP or server name only.
Installing an instance and connecting to an instance of SQL Server are two different things.
Every time you attempt an SQL Server installation you have to specify an instance (create a new one or select an existing one)
Connecting to an instance is a different thing.
For example if you want to connect to an instance through MS Management studio without writting the name of the instance you can define the connection in following manner:
ComputerName\IP,port
e.g:
MyPC\192.168.1.1,1433
In order to do this you need to install SQL Server as the default instance on the machine. When it is set as the default instance you no longer need to specify an instance name when connecting to it.
After I renamed my PC, I couldn't create new paublications, for database replication in SQL Server 2005.
I receive un error "SQL Server replication requires the actual server name to make connection to the server."
When I returned my old PC name, the problem solved. How could I make use of replication after renaming the PC?
The SQL Service itself still thinks it has the old server name, and since it has the habit of referring to itself in the third person, this causes problems when the underlying server name has changed. You need to take the following steps to correct it:
Run "Select ##ServerName" to verify the servername - it should be the old name.
sp_dropserver ‘OLDSERVERNAME’
sp_addserver ‘NEWSERVERNAME’, local
Restart both the SQL Service and the Agent Service
Run step 1 again to confirm that the server name is now correct