Microsoft KB Archive/312751

= PRB: BizTalk Administration Generates an Error If Microsoft BizTalk Server Cannot Connect to Microsoft SQL Server =

Article ID: 312751

Article Last Modified on 4/8/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q312751



SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following error message when you open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) interface for BizTalk Server 2002 Administration:

Instances of MicrosoftBizTalkServer_Group cannot be enumerated: The connection to the BizTalk Messaging Management database could not be opened.



CAUSE
This error message is displayed if:
 * The BizTalk server cannot connect to the SQL server that contains the BizTalk Messaging Management database.

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 * The SQL server that contains the BizTalk Messaging Management database is offline.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, ensure that the BizTalk server can connect to the SQL server and that the SQL server is online.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

 * 1) Stop the SQL server that hosts the BizTalk Messaging Management database.
 * 2) Start the BizTalk Server 2002 MMC interface for BizTalk Server Administration; you receive the error message.

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