Error connecting to remote server for Best Practices Analyzer

  • Hello experts,

    I want to run the Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer remotely so that I don't have to install it on each server. I open the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 and click "Connect to Another Computer." I enter in the remote server name and (whether or not I add different credentials) I get this error:

    Connecting to remote server failed with the following error

    message : The client cannot connect to the destination specified in

    the request. Verify that the service on the destination is running

    and is accepting requests. Consult the logs and documentation for

    the WS-Management service running on the destination, most

    commonly IIS or WinRM. If the destination is the WinRM service,

    run the following command on the destination to analyze and

    configure the WinRM service: "winrm quickconfig". For more

    information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.

    I can go ahead and follow these steps on each server, but I just want to know ahead of time - is this really the only way to remotely scan SQL Servers for best practices? And is this step OK for the server, or is it invasive and has to be undone after I finish the scan?

    Thanks for any help!

    - webrunner

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    A SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables. He walks up to them and asks, "Can I join you?"
    Ref.: http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2009/02/sql-joke.html

  • I am in the same boat with similar questions. Please let me know if you found any answers? Or if some one has any answers.

    Thanks!

  • krishna.vanne (1/29/2015)


    I am in the same boat with similar questions. Please let me know if you found any answers? Or if some one has any answers.

    Thanks!

    No one responded to my original post. I'm sorry I don't recall exactly how I got this working, but try these links to see if they help:

    https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/667466/sql-server-2008-r2-best-practice-analyzer-bpa-problems-connecting-to-sql

    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2010/06/21/known-issues-installing-sql-2008-r2-bpa-relating-to-remoting.aspx

    Good luck,

    webrunner

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    A SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables. He walks up to them and asks, "Can I join you?"
    Ref.: http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2009/02/sql-joke.html

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