SQL Server Agent won't start up.
Agent XPs is disabled too, even though I followed the following steps
--sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1;
--GO
--RECONFIGURE;
--GO
--sp_configure 'Agent XPs', 1;
--GO
--RECONFIGURE
--GO
I got the stack trace from below from SQL Management Studio when trying to start SQL Server Agent Service.
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Unable to start service SQLSERVERAGENT on server *****. (mscorlib)
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Program Location:
Server stack trace:
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.VSIntegration.ObjectExplorer.Service.Start()
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink._PrivateProcessMessage(IntPtr md, Object[] args, Object server, Int32 methodPtr, Boolean fExecuteInContext, Object[]& outArgs)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.PrivateProcessMessage(RuntimeMethodHandle md, Object[] args, Object server, Int32 methodPtr, Boolean fExecuteInContext, Object[]& outArgs)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.AsyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg, IMessageSink replySink)
Exception rethrown at [0]:
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.EndInvokeHelper(Message reqMsg, Boolean bProxyCase)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RemotingProxy.Invoke(Object NotUsed, MessageData& msgData)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.VSIntegration.ObjectExplorer.ServiceActionHandler.EndInvoke(IAsyncResult result)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.VSIntegration.ObjectExplorer.ServiceControlProgress.ActionCompletedHandler(IAsyncResult result)
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The SQLSERVERAGENT service on **** started and then stopped. (ObjectExplorer)
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Program Location:
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.VSIntegration.ObjectExplorer.Service.Start()