Installed SQL Server, yet not listening on any port

Hi all,

I'm working on a school project on web and mobile applications, and had decided to use MS SQL Server for my backend database.

However, after I've installed MS SQL Server 2000, I ran a port scan and I couldn't find the server running on any ports (MySQL is running on my port 3306, but I guess it doesn't matter) Can something drop some hints on how to debug the problem?

I'm running on Athlon XP 2000+ w/ Windows XP Professional SP2

Thanks a lot!SQL Server runs on port 1433 by default, I believe. In your SQL Server group on the machine running SQL Server, there is a Client Network Utility. Go into that and ensure that TCP/IP is enabled.|||yes i went to the Enterprise Manager, under my Server Group's properties, went to Network Configuration and enabled both TCP/IP on port 1433 and Named Pipes. It still didn't work though.

Another thing I've noticed is that my server is named "(LOCAL) (Windows NT)." Could this be a hint that it's not listening for external connections?|||No, local is an alias for the machine you are on.

Are you certain that SQL Server is running? In Enterprise Manager, can you see the any databases?|||Yes I could see all the databases from the master database to the NorthWind and tempdb database.

The Distributed Transaction Coordinator, SQL Server and SQL Server Agent are all enabled.

Update: I've checked the Event Log. I think I probably know what's the problem.. Here is the message from the log:

You are running a version of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (also called MSDE) that has known security vulnerabilities when used in conjunction with this version of Windows. To reduce your computer's vulnerability to certain virus attacks, the TCP/IP and UDP network ports of Microsoft SQL Server 2000, MSDE, or both have been disabled. To enable these ports, you must install a patch, or the most recent service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or MSDE from http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/default.asp

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

I'll go patch up and reply if I had any more problems. Thanks for the help douglas.reilly!|||This is just to say that the problem is resolved after patching the SQL Server to SP3. Sorry for the trouble and thanks!sql

Installation problem: Unable to start service (3) - Error Code: 0x80070003

Hello,

I have Vista x64 and I had been fighting SQL Server for a few days and yesterday I decided for reinstallation. Unfortunately now I am not able to instal the server back!

Each time I got the following error (it refers to SQL Server service):

Code Snippet

<Func Name='LaunchFunction'>
Function=Do_sqlShutDownRANUInstance
<Func Name='GetCAContext'>
<EndFunc Name='GetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='203'>
Doing Action: Do_sqlShutDownRANUInstance
PerfTime Start: Do_sqlShutDownRANUInstance : Tue Sep 04 23:32:16 2007
<Func Name='Do_sqlShutDownRANUInstance'>
Service SQLEXPRESS with parameters '' is being started at Tue Sep 04 23:32:16 2007
Unable to start service (3)
Error Code: 0x80070003 (3)
Windows Error Text: System nie mo?e odnale?? okre?lonej ?cie?ki.
Source File Name: sqlsetuplib\service.cpp
Compiler Timestamp: Wed Jun 14 16:29:04 2006
Function Name: sqls::Service::Start
Source Line Number: 316

- Context --

Setting status of unmanaged components and removing unmanaged resources

Error Code: 3
MSI (s) (F4:E4) [23:32:24:490]: I/O on thread 3716 could not be cancelled. Error: 1168
MSI (s) (F4:E4) [23:32:24:493]: I/O on thread 788 could not be cancelled. Error: 1168
MSI (s) (F4:E4) [23:32:24:493]: I/O on thread 2948 could not be cancelled. Error: 1168
MSI (s) (F4:E4) [23:32:24:493]: I/O on thread 4392 could not be cancelled. Error: 1168
MSI (s) (F4:E4) [23:32:24:493]: I/O on thread 5048 could not be cancelled. Error: 1168
MSI (s) (F4:E4) [23:32:24:495]: I/O on thread 4464 could not be cancelled. Error: 1168
MSI (s) (F4:E4) [23:32:24:495]: I/O on thread 4992 could not be cancelled. Error: 1168
MSI (s) (F4:E4) [23:32:24:495]: I/O on thread 4768 could not be cancelled. Error: 1168
MSI (s) (F4:E4) [23:32:24:497]: I/O on thread 3004 could not be cancelled. Error: 1168
MSI (s) (F4!4C) [23:32:24:497]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -- Error 29503. The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
The error is (3) System nie mo?e odnale?? okre?lonej ?cie?ki.
.

Error 29503. The SQL Server service failed to start. For more information, see the SQL Server Books Online topics, "How to: View SQL Server 2005 Setup Log Files" and "Starting SQL Server Manually."
The error is (3) System nie mo?e odnale?? okre?lonej ?cie?ki.
.
<Failure Type='Fatal' Error='3'>
<EndFunc Name='LaunchFunction' Return='3' GetLastError='203'>
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:507]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:507]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
Action ended 23:32:24: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:512]: Executing op: Header(Signature=1397708873,Version=400,Timestamp=925154312,LangId=1033,Platform=0,ScriptType=2,ScriptMajorVersion=21,ScriptMinorVersion=4,ScriptAttributes=1)
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:512]: Executing op: DialogInfo(Type=0,Argument=1033)
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:513]: Executing op: DialogInfo(Type=1,Argument=Microsoft SQL Server 2005)
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:514]: Executing op: RollbackInfo(,RollbackAction=Rollback,RollbackDescription=Rolling back action:,RollbackTemplate=[1],CleanupAction=RollbackCleanup,CleanupDescription=Removing backup files,CleanupTemplate=File: [1])
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:516]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=Do_sqlShutDownRANUInstance.D20239D7_E87C_40C9_9837_E70B8D4882C2,Description=Running action to shutdown instance(Run As Normal User),)
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:517]: Executing op: ProductInfo(ProductKey={C3F5DBA5-ABFC-443E-AA60-928223AADF53},ProductName=Microsoft SQL Server 2005,PackageName=sqlrun_sql.msi,Language=1033,Version=151129058,Assignment=1,ObsoleteArg=0,ProductIcon=ARPIcon.ico,PackageMediaPath=\Setup\,PackageCode={08AD0897-0300-4F7D-A3CC-A0CCEDD42E0D},,,InstanceType=1,LUASetting=0,RemoteURTInstalls=0,ProductDeploymentFlags=3)
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:518]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=ProcessComponents,Description=Updating component registration,)
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:519]: Executing op: RegOpenKey(Root=-2147483646,Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs,,BinaryType=0,)
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:520]: Executing op: RegOpenKey(Root=-2147483646,Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs,,BinaryType=0,)
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:520]: Executing op: ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={68C6D258-77E0-11D5-8528-00C04F68155C},ProductKey={C3F5DBA5-ABFC-443E-AA60-928223AADF53},BinaryType=0,)
MSI (s) (F4:80) [23:32:24:520]: Executing op: ComponentUnregister(ComponentId={68C6D257-77E0-11D5-8528-00C04F68155C},ProductKey={C3F5DBA5-ABFC-443E-AA60-928223AADF53},BinaryType=0,)

What can I do solve the problem?

I would run through a manual uninstall procedure:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909967

and then try and re-install it.