Today is a new day. Mark and I installed a new windows server 2012 r2 and have also installed the drivers and software. We started using the Server Guide downloaded from the Lenovo Website and then the Operating System.
After installing, i loaded my app and hoped that it would run smoothly as always. But no, it did not push through as expected. I assigned the server with an ip address of #15. I use the DOS prompt ping and the ipaddress replied. I tried to look at the My Computer and typing the server name, and you can see the shared folders.
This is the whole message…
“EXCEPTION EBDE ENGINE ERROR IN MODULE XXX.EXE AT 00096F36. UNKNOWN DATABASE. UNABLE TO COMPLETE NETWORK REQUEST TO HOST ERVER_NAME? FAILED TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTION. A SOCKET OPERATION WAS ATTEMPTED TO A GENERAL SQL ERROR. UNREACHEABLE NETWORK ALIAS”
The error kept mentioning socket connection that was not successfuly. So what i did changed the ip address again. Lo and behold, i was able to run my app. Usually in normal windows pc the system should let you know if you have an ip address conflict. In this case, the server did not show that little dialog box.
It has been a very educational experience with conflicting ip address that in the windows server does not show you. Please note that the ip address belonged to a belkin device and not a PC or laptop. Maybe that could be the cause.
I tried to replicate the scenario in my Windows 7 pc and my pc reacted with a small message dialog of IP CONFLICT.
I have created a youtube video to show my adventure
Happy watching
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