can not establish BCM 2010 connection to Shared DB on SQL 2008 Express

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Hi all,

first of all I did not want to post any repeating posts.. but I looked up any forum and all possible answers... but still found no solution for the planned company setup.

First of all we did test out the BCM 2010 on our local LAN using a Desktop WIN7/64 Professional with SQL 2008 Express SP1 and the BCM Database tool installing a MSSMLBIZ DB Instance and a BCM Database...

after making sure that :

> .. DB Tool and BCM use the same language - in our CASE "EN"

> .. the default Port 5356 is configured correctly in the Firewall

> .. the MSSMLBIZ Instance the Named Pipes and TCP/IP protocoll ist enabled and configured to use the Port 5356

> .. all Server users and PW match the local user / PW on the Client PC

We got the solution to work and are quite happy with the functionality for us as a small company.

But now our boss did want to have the BCM Database available even when not in the office (he is not satisfied with the offline standard solution...
ur Approach:

We did buy a virtual server Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter edition with a hosting provider and did install as above the SQL 2008 Express Server and the BCM Database tool to create the Database.

checked the firewall settings and the user settings... but can still not establish a connection with the Database from any of the clients / users.

We can ping the server via name or IP no issues

even using the SQL Command on any of the client PC's:
sqlcmd -E -S tcp:xxx.xxx.com\MSSMLBIZ,5356 does show an established connection to the DB instance

However the BCM connection dialog does allways show the same error message no DB no matter if using the server name or the IP Adress or even together with the Port "xxx.xxx.com\MSSMLBIZ, 5356".

Does anybody has any idea on what else could be wrong or what other settings (port, shares, etc) need to be adapted?

Thanks for any help.
 
one thing i did not try and i don't know if anyone else did, is a hosts file for the internet ip of the netbios name. For example, the server is called RT004, and the internet ip is 204.205.206.14 - you'd put that in the hosts file in this format

205.205.206.14 RT004
 
one thing i did not try and i don't know if anyone else did, is a hosts file for the internet ip of the netbios name. For example, the server is called RT004, and the internet ip is 204.205.206.14 - you'd put that in the hosts file in this format

205.205.206.14 RT004

Dear Diane,

thanks for your fast replies, I tried the DNS table host first but with no success.

Next thing I will try within the next couple of days to establish a VPN tunnel between the Virtual hosted Server and one of the clients.

Bernd
 
thanks - i din't think it would work, but it was the best option. given the choice between vpn and offline data, i'd take offline data all the time, but for people who are on the road, dialing in to sync up and refresh would be a good option.
 
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