SQLServerAgent could not be started (reason: Unable to connect to server ''XXX; SQLServerAgent cannot start).

• krishnaprasad14

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  December 24, 2012 at 2:50 am

  #393835

  Hi Everyone....

  I am getting this issue in windows server 2003 server cluster....I try to bring agent node online but no use. I can see this error message in event viewer

  SQLServerAgent could not be started (reason: Unable to connect to server ''XXX; SQLServerAgent cannot start).

  Suggest me to resolve this please....Please let me know if you need any other details

  Thanks in Advance.

  Krishna

• chadtsigler

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  December 25, 2012 at 4:24 pm

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  Check the service password. Maybe it has expired or changed.

• Feivel

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  January 22, 2013 at 10:11 am

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  Could you pls. provide some more details from the logs.

  Regards,

  Faisal