SQL Server 2012 Express - Error 10060 sleeping connection

  • We have SQL Server 2012 Express installed on a VMware instance of MS Server 2012. Most (but not all) mornings I find that a connection cannot be established through the clients. SQL Server returns the 10060 error. I then open the SSMS and make the connection with a SQL authenticated account and all is well for all the clients who can then connect normally. It is like SQL is sleeping. I've read the 10060 error posts but since a connection can be made the suggested resolutions do not seem applicable.

    Selected Server Settings:

    Protocols: Shared Memory, TCP/IP enabled; Named Pipes disabled

    SQL Server Services: SQL Service, Browser: Automatic; Server Agent: State-Stopped w/Start Mode set to Other

    Windows Services:

    SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS): Automatic

    SQL Server Agent: Disabled

    SQL Server Browser: Automatic

    SQL Server VSS Writer: Automatic

    Any ideas would be appreciated.

  • One other observation... When a connection is made through SSMS to, for lack of knowledge, wake up the SQL server, only the System Databases can be seen in the SSMS database tree of the Object Explorer. If that connection is disconnected and a new connection is made, the various application databases become visible.

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