Can you create an ODBC connection (and successfully test the connection) from the server where NetBackup is running to the named instance?

I've had these types of discussions with our (formerly) Veritas rep and never got a satisfactory result from him. I prefer to do the backup to disk and backup this...

Can you connect to the server remotely at all?

If not, is there an error in the SQL Server error log indicating it couldn't bind to the port?

Are you building by hand our are you allowing Profiler to build the template for you?

You can't modify it on the fly, no. The question, though, is are you going to severely impair the performance of your SQL Server by doing multiple traces like this?

It's not the Windows account, I guarantee that. Do you have Audit Failures turned on for SQL Server?

If the SPN needs fixing, verify that you have set the TCP port set for static and not dynamic. If it's set for dynamic and for some reason couldn't grab...

Did the SPN have to be corrected?

As pointed out, it's the sa account this error is being returned on, not a Windows account. SQL Server doesn't check passwords on Windows accounts. It relies on the operating...

Password is always case sensitive because SQL Server is generating and comparing a hash.

Did an SPN get put in place in Active Directory to allow Kerberos authentication? Can you connect with a SQL Server based login like sa?

GilaMonster (8/14/2008)

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What my former manager did when he approved requests like that was to make it very clear that he expected a presentation to himself and other managers after the...

The default collation isn't case-sensitive.

Larry Johnson (8/14/2008)

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Thanks for your feedback!

I get a little frustrated when someone asks for money to attend a conference, and all the bloggers can talk about are silly things. ...

If you have audit logon failures turned on at the OS level, do you see the failures in the Security event log?