hi
it has been a long while since i had to do a setup similar to this, and I am finding it cumbersome..
our windows cluster has 2 node on active-active & multiple instances of SQLSERVER installed (a total of 4)
while at using SSMS on this cluster i can connect to the named instance ssinst04\ssinst04 and everything is well.
however, it will not connect while i try to connect from another system.
there are no firewalls running on either system nor a firewall in between them.
the OS on both is Windows Server 2008 R2.
on the client, I can run a correct ping.
on the client, if i try testing SQLSERVER connectivity as below, i have no response:
telnet ssinst04 1433
i have checked the ports used by the server, like:
SELECT local_tcp_port
FROM sys.dm_exec_connections
WHERE session_id = @@SPID
/*
returned
1433
*/
i have set the connection on SSMS in the host server to use TCP/IP and defined the connection string as:
ssinst04\ssinst04,1433
that has worked correctly.
but the same connection string on the remote client does not work.
Yes! I have checked the tick-box for 'allow remote connections to this server'
maybe it is something very very obvious .. I am not seen.
please let me know if you have any further info.
could I please ask for some suggestions?
thanks,
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