Three problems, possibly related, all giving me heartburn as I'm going away for 2 weeks and don't want to leave a server in this state...
Problem 1:
When I try to run a backup to anywhere *EXCEPT* the default SQL backup folder (\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql10_50.mssqlserver\mssql\backup\) fails with a system error 5 (Access denied.) Now, the SQL Server service account is a member of the local
Administrators group, and I've checked the permissions and there's nothing that should be blocking it.
Problem 2:
When I try to change the service account to any other account, I get a "wmi provider error - Access denied - 0x80070005" message. All the solutions I've seen for this say "click on the browse then key in the account name and "check name"
and re-enter the password." Well, no dice, same error. Even if I try to use one of the local system accounts, same error.
Problem 3: If I try to create a new database, I also get an access denied error (again, System error 5, being thrown by the OS)
I'm logging into the server with a local Administrator account, so I have the rights to do this stuff. It was all working before I installed some Windows updates, since then it's gone pear-shaped. I've tried uninstalling the updates, that hasn't helped. I've
got 2 other SQL Servers, identical configurations (same OS version, same SQL version, heck everything is installed to the same places!) which are NOT having this problem.
I've been Googling this problem most of today, and haven't found anything that really helps...
The server is Server 2008 SP2, SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. I've got 3 other servers with the same OS and SQL versions, and they're not having problems. I'm within a few breaths of calling MS Support on this to get it resolved...
Any help, any suggestions will be deeply appreciated.
Thank you,
Jason
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