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mharran
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 Posted - 2013-03-02 : 09:12:04
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| I have a remote machine running SQL Server 2012 on Windows 2008 and am trying to connect to it from a machine running SQL Server Express 2012 on Windows 8.I have created an alias and am able to attach the remote machine as a linked server and browse the catalogue. When I try to connect to the alias through Management Studio, however, I get the network path was not found, error 53.Definitely not a problem on the remote server as I can connect from a different PC running SQL Server Express 2008R2 on Windows 2003.Any suggestions on what I should be looking at? |
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mharran
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Posted - 2013-03-02 : 10:04:44
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| Sorted - I remembered that when you are running a 64 bit version, you still have to set the alias up under 32 bit; I would have expected that sort of crapology to be sorted out in the 2012 version :( |
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Alias works with Linked Server but not with Studio