We are running a couple servers, both running Windows Server 2008, the first is the remote web server which serves up HTTP through the first NIC. It has a second NIC installed and I would like to use it for dedicated backups using our internal local server over a VPN.
I have setup the VPN on the remote server but this is where my inexperience with Server 2008 comes into play. I am having trouble understanding how to getting the backup server to connect to the 2nd NIC. This will be the only machine connecting to the second NIC.
Also my boss has purchased and is wanting me to use ViceVersaPRO on the backup machine to fetch the folders from the remote machine using their VVEngine to automate it.
I seem to have everything working except getting the darn machines to connect. Even a link to a tutorial (which I did many searches for) would be helpful.
What are my best options here to accomplish this? Should I be using SSTP? I'm sure I can get my boss to use whatever is going to work best.
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Can anyone explain to me, in the simplest possible terms, whether it is possible to create/edit and host a SQL database locally on my PC?
I've so far managed to run PHP locally using XAMPP, but have been at a loss as to how I could implement SQL locally too.
For example, can I download phpmyadmin directly to my PC and use it to implement database features on my website without having to be connected to the internet?
It's possible. And you don't need to download any other software.
Fire up XAMPP and start the Apache and MySQL servers then go to your browser and enter http://localhost/phpmyadmin.
Once your MySQL server is up, you can easily access it from applications running locally with the necessary configuration (i.e host, username, password, port etc).
I can't connect to my Azure SQL Database that I have hosted on MS Azure.I have tried with Visual Studio and MSSM with no luck.
I can't seem to work out how I could possibly be going wrong. I allowed access to the server on all IPs.
I am using the correct login info.
I dont seem to be even able to ping the server, despite it showing no issues in the Azure interface.
The server is located at: kkbpeyaf0t.database.windows.net
I tried to connect to the URL you provided using SSMS and it gave me a login failed (which I expected), so that tells me that the database is running and that you did indeed open up the IP ranges to allow anything (which isn't a best practice, but I'm assuming you did this as part of your troubleshooting). IF the Azure SQL DB firewall was still in the way it would block immediately indicating so.
I would think that if you have the correct username and password combination it should connect. Make sure that your outbound port 1433 isn't being blocked by your own firewall (machine, work, ISP, etc.).
Azure SQL Database won't respond to pings.
Docs can be found on MSDN.
I wanted to place a file in UNIX file system from local desktop using Excel VBA, which is in remote server,which is in another Remote Server.
Problem Statement:
First I have to connect to Remote Server 1 and then i need to connect Remote Server-2 which is in Remote Server-1.
The Unix server is in Remote Server -2.
Please let me know possibilities of connecting to Unix Server from my local desktop using Excel VBA.
Thanks,
DEEPAK
Quite a confusing setup but your "server in a server"... is it a virtual server? If so, your admin should have set it up to have its own resources and network access so you don't have to access one inside another. You just connect to the server you need.
If you are connecting to the UNIX server from a Windows machine your admin should have installed and configured SAMBA so you can then access files through Windows Explorer.
I've made an assumption at the beginning because I'm unsure of your precise configuration as I've never heard of a server in a server unless you're talking about a virtual server, but these are usually seen as individual servers that can be directly connected to...
This may answer your question
check it out here:
http://www.thinkplexx.com/learn/howto/linux/system/using-pipe-and-ssh-to-connect-commands-between-different-unix-hosts-output-local-cat-less-etc-into-remote-files-grep-or-watch-remote-logs
I have two network segments and both are connected using the internet, say one as corporate server and another as remote production. I have an Intranet application running in both environments using the single SQL instance, everything works fine. But my production environment internet disconnects frequently, so my application unable to reach corporate SQL Instance and production stops for a while. Now I'm thinking of placing a server in remote production, and I want to sync up(automatically) once the internet is connected. I'm new to this area please help me.
If you need to sync database objects then you can use Replication.
Read more on MSDN at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151198(v=sql.100).aspx
I have a Delphi application running on SQL Server 2000, but it's taking awfully long to connect to the database!
But when I run this application on my development server it connects pretty fast!
I am running on Windows 2003 server, SQL Server 2k personal edition, when I look on my MDAC version in the registry, I see version 2.8 already installed!
Any ideas why this happens on the production machine but not on the development machine?
There's a reasonable chance that this is down to a network level issue connecting to the database. Depending on whether you're running the application and database on the same box of course.
Try connecting to the database from the same machine using a different tool. You could set up a data source and test it from the control panel as an alternative. If the connection is slow from another tool test the connectivity between the servers for other types of connection (e.g. run a ping). It may be that it's resolving the server via broadcast rather than the domain, for instance. Or any number of other issues - firewall, switch, wins etc.
If you are connecting using integrated authentication also ensure that the database can resolve the application server as well as vice versa. This is part of the authentication process and I've seen it cause slow downs in creating database connections before.
In short, I'd be confident that this isn't a problem specific to delphi / sql, but something in the communications between your production servers.
Good luck!
Keep your connection open once you have established it. This is called connection pooling and will improve performance. I have no clue how to do it with a delphi application.
Your problem most likely is network or transport layer related
Are you connecting through TCP, Named Pipes or another mechanism?
Have you tried tracing opening a connection with Microsoft SQL Profiler?
regards,
Lieven
I had a problem a long time ago like this, and it came down to the workstation section of the connection string. its possible if you've copied the connection string from your dev machine that the workstation parameter is still in the connection string and pointing to your dev machine which probably does not exist on your deployment network.
In this case your connection to the database has to wait until the network tries to connect ot a non-existant machine (which obviously takes time). Remove the workstation cluse and it will speed up no end.