Hello all. After two days of unsucessfully trying to create an alias; I need assistance. This SHOULD be a simple thing to do, but I'm missing something.
My environment consists of: A server running both SQL 2008 R2 (default instance) and SQL 2012 (named instance...SQL2012). Clients apps can connect just fine to either instance; however one app that needs to access the SQL 2012 instance isn't instance name aware so I've decided to create an alias for it. Afterwards, I try connecting the app to the named instance on SQL 2012 with no success. So, now I have many questions.
1. I noticed there's only one SQLBROWSER.exe running and it belongs to the SQL 2008 R2 default instance. Question. Should there be a SQLBROWSER.EXE for the SQL 2012 instance? Many blogs, websites, etc mention SQLBROWSER.exe should be running; however, I don't have one for the SQL 2012 install. Any ideas why????
2. I can connect to the alias via ODBC on the server itself (I'm RDP in); however if I try ODBC from another client machine, it fails with error: "Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL SERVER.........." Question. Do I need Named Pipes enabled? I've created the alias to use TCP/IP.
Any **clear** and concise instructions, website, etc anyone can provide is greatly appreciated. My only other option is to have my Win Admin create an DNS entry for the SQL 2012 instance and have the app use this DNS name; but I'd like to implement an "alias" to solve my problem without bothering another team.
Thanks All
Roz