My understanding is that SQL doesn't use page files

Is the failover target SYNCHRONIZED

Try reading this

http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server/six-common-problems-failover-clusters

Can you confirm that you have only 1 cluster ip address

If you have SA licence mobility then you are only required to licence cores on the active server.

So if you have 8 cares in your active and 8 cores in...

This may help

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic694674-146-1.aspx

the "System" account should have permissions everywhere accross your infrastructure. If not any service that is using a local service account will fail. Your backups are most likely to fail...

farax_x (11/18/2015)

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Yes. It connects when I'm connecting with "." or server name...

You need to look at the state part of the error message

2, 5 = Invalid userid

6 = Attempt to use a Windows login name with SQL Authentication

7 = Login disabled...

itguy2015 (11/18/2015)

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Here is a screen shot of the services. Note that where I...

See if this returns anything, changing recipient

USE msdb ;

GO

-- Show the subject, the time that the mail item row was last

-- modified, and the log information.

-- Join sysmail_faileditems to sysmail_event_log...

In the port config for the instance in config manager do you happen to have a default port 1433 and a dynamic port assigned?

anthony.green (11/18/2015)

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Check any firewalls (software / hardware) for any outbound rules from your SQL server to your SMTP server for port 25 access (assuming you are using port 25)

Telnet from...

Brandie Tarvin (11/18/2015)

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Which configuration option are you talking about?

Have you gotten with the server admin to...

So you are on the SQL server itself and you are trying to connect to 127.0.0.1 ?