On 18/11/2011 1:32 PM, Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> sql464 (
sql...@nowhere.com) writes:
>> What are these IP addresses in the properties of TCP/IP in configuration
>> Manager of SQL Server 2005 Standard? How do I know what to type here?
>> The problem is that if I enable TCP/IP and stop/start SQL Server service
>> it doesn't start. It starts only if TCP/IP is disabled. And the only
>> reason I can think of is that there are strange hex numbers in the these
>> IP Addresses. Can any one help me to figure out what goes in here?
>
> Interesting. I don't think I've ever heard of SQL Server not starting
> because TCP/IP is enabled.
>
> Have you looked in the LOG directory of the SQL Server installation? You
> should see the files ERRORLOG and ERRORLOG.1 to .6. There is one for each
> time you start SQL Server. However, if SQL Server dies before it creates
> the file, there is no file. So that is the first thing to check. Do you get
> an Errorlog file, and in such case, is there any error message in it? If
> you don't get any Errorlog, is there something else? A dump file?
>
I think I found the cause. SQL Server 2000 was also running on the
'any' <ipv4> 1433]. Tcp port is already in use.