Ok we did all that.  I got the certificates loaded in SQL and we exported it from the SQL Server machine and then imported it to the keystore in the...

Ok maybe dumb question.... I noticed that the last time the trace wrote to the output file was on 9/24.  Our servers are rebooted every Sunday and 9/24 was a...

BAH!!!!  It stopped again!!! 🙁

Ok thank you!  I changed it to 2 and I put the max file count at 3.  I have plenty of room on the drive, so its not a space...

Ok, so I checked and yea you're right I do have 6 in there.  But 6 should still be doing rollover?
If I change it to 2, and I only...

Odd I have that set though... I have the max file size set, the number of rollover files set to 2... and the second parameter is set to 6.

Hmmm.... I never enabled remote admin connections... so, I suppose the DAC won't work anyways.  😀

Nope. 🙁  I tried doing the ADMIN:<servername> and my windows credentials and it still says login failed.  What account am I supposed to connect to the DAC with?

Your presumption is correct my friend!  😀  
I will try this method tomorrow... I am hoping this solves my problem.... if it does.... then you have saved me soooooooooo...

Well let me also put it another way... we are all sort of noobs at this AWS stuff, so I need to do things the simplest and less complicated way...

Ok, so if we do the AMI clone - then everything comes with SQL including the system databases.and all I have to do is change the servernames/IPs and the TCP/IP...

Hi!  Sorry I'm late replying.....

We are going to AWS but I'm not trying to do the cloning to "migrate" to AWS but just take AMI copies of the...

Thank you thank you!  I believe that solves my problem!!  Much appreciated.