Re: Sahrepoint Database Problem

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From: Mike Walsh (englantilainen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:20:42 +0200

If Ian's suggestion didn't help, look at the two items with this error
message in the WSS FAQ section III and also look at the various KB articles
on "cannot connect to the configuration database" listed in the KB Articles
section of the WSS FAQ site (menu item Useful Documents then KB Articles) 

-- 
Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at http://wss.collutions.com
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"pjwulf" <pjwulf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:B9741F6C-052C-4146-B87C-6372C4BA54F3@microsoft.com...
>I am running WSS. The Server and sites are running fine. The system is on a
> front-end wed server with MS Sql backend server.
>
> In tryin use STSADM to do backups I am getting the following error.
> "Cannot connect to the configuration database"
> When I check the error log I am seeing serveral errors messages related to
> the above. See example below:
>
> #50070: Unable to connect to the database SharepointDB on <MS SQL SERVER
> NAME HERE>.  Check the database connection information and make sure that 
> the
> database server is running.
>
> I can backup the server fine with SMIGRATE. And I can add and remove sites
> fine.
>
> Any suggestions?
>

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