Can't start sql agent

Hi there,
I install SQL server 2000 in Win 2000 server with SQL SP3
and Win 2000 SP4.
The SQL is default instance and use local system as
service startup account.
Currently I change the startup services account from local
system to domain user account.
SQL Server success start but the sql agant no! I don't
know why? I check the error message - it say cannot
connect local server.
Now I change back the sql agent startup agent to local
system but it still can't start!!
Please help cause I need SQL agent!!
ThanksMay be that the BUILTIN\Administrators group was dropped from SQL Server. If
so, recreate it.
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"Chai" <wingschai@.hotmail.com> escreveu na mensagem
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> Hi there,
> I install SQL server 2000 in Win 2000 server with SQL SP3
> and Win 2000 SP4.
> The SQL is default instance and use local system as
> service startup account.
> Currently I change the startup services account from local
> system to domain user account.
> SQL Server success start but the sql agant no! I don't
> know why? I check the error message - it say cannot
> connect local server.
> Now I change back the sql agent startup agent to local
> system but it still can't start!!
> Please help cause I need SQL agent!!
> Thanks|||I'd check what the SQL Server instance is listening on. In the errorlog, you
should find entries similar to the following:
2003-10-03 20:45:28.95 server SQL server listening on 67.83.16.85: 1058.
2003-10-03 20:45:28.95 server SQL server listening on 127.0.0.1: 1058.
2003-10-03 20:45:32.49 server SQL server listening on TCP, Shared Memory,
Named Pipes.
Also, you may want to log into the SQL Server box with the SQL Agent account
and try osql -S<ServerName> -E from the command line.
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Linchi Shea
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"Chai" <wingschai@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> I install SQL server 2000 in Win 2000 server with SQL SP3
> and Win 2000 SP4.
> The SQL is default instance and use local system as
> service startup account.
> Currently I change the startup services account from local
> system to domain user account.
> SQL Server success start but the sql agant no! I don't
> know why? I check the error message - it say cannot
> connect local server.
> Now I change back the sql agent startup agent to local
> system but it still can't start!!
> Please help cause I need SQL agent!!
> Thanks|||If I'm not mistaken, a different error (other than cannot connect to local
server) would be issued if you drop BUILTIN\Administrators from SQL Server
and then try to start SQLServerAgent.
By the way, SQL Server Agent log file SQLAgent.out may contain useful info.
--
Linchi Shea
linchi_shea@.NOSPAMml.com
"Sérgio Monteiro" <shsmonteiro@.horizon.com.br> wrote in message
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> May be that the BUILTIN\Administrators group was dropped from SQL Server.
If
> so, recreate it.
> --
> Sérgio Monteiro - Brasil
> www.sqlpass.org
> "Chai" <wingschai@.hotmail.com> escreveu na mensagem
> news:082a01c38a25$78aa36f0$a401280a@.phx.gbl...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I install SQL server 2000 in Win 2000 server with SQL SP3
> > and Win 2000 SP4.
> >
> > The SQL is default instance and use local system as
> > service startup account.
> >
> > Currently I change the startup services account from local
> > system to domain user account.
> >
> > SQL Server success start but the sql agant no! I don't
> > know why? I check the error message - it say cannot
> > connect local server.
> >
> > Now I change back the sql agent startup agent to local
> > system but it still can't start!!
> >
> > Please help cause I need SQL agent!!
> >
> > Thanks
>|||You're right. The exact message is "SQLServerAgent could not be started
(reason: SQLServerAgent must be able to
connect to SQLServer as SysAdmin, but '(Unknown)' is not a member of the
SysAdmin role). "
But I remember one situation in which I faced this issue and somebody had
dropped the BUILTIN\Administrators. May be I'm confusing the situations.
Sérgio Monteiro - Brasil
www.sqlpass.org
"Linchi Shea" <linchi_shea@.NOSPAMml.com> escreveu na mensagem
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> If I'm not mistaken, a different error (other than cannot connect to local
> server) would be issued if you drop BUILTIN\Administrators from SQL Server
> and then try to start SQLServerAgent.
> By the way, SQL Server Agent log file SQLAgent.out may contain useful
info.
> --
> Linchi Shea
> linchi_shea@.NOSPAMml.com
>
> "Sérgio Monteiro" <shsmonteiro@.horizon.com.br> wrote in message
> news:ucRO6piiDHA.3204@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > May be that the BUILTIN\Administrators group was dropped from SQL
Server.
> If
> > so, recreate it.
> >
> > --
> > Sérgio Monteiro - Brasil
> > www.sqlpass.org
> > "Chai" <wingschai@.hotmail.com> escreveu na mensagem
> > news:082a01c38a25$78aa36f0$a401280a@.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I install SQL server 2000 in Win 2000 server with SQL SP3
> > > and Win 2000 SP4.
> > >
> > > The SQL is default instance and use local system as
> > > service startup account.
> > >
> > > Currently I change the startup services account from local
> > > system to domain user account.
> > >
> > > SQL Server success start but the sql agant no! I don't
> > > know why? I check the error message - it say cannot
> > > connect local server.
> > >
> > > Now I change back the sql agent startup agent to local
> > > system but it still can't start!!
> > >
> > > Please help cause I need SQL agent!!
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> >
>