I have a SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition 64-bit with SP4 cluster on Windows 2008R2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit Cluster. Database mail was working fine on it for months. Out of the blues it stopped working last week with error below:
Exception Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlIMail.Server.Common.BaseException Message: There was an error on the connection. Reason: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified), connection parameters: Server Name: SQLVirtualName\instanceName, Database Name: msdb.
The issue got resolved by restarting SQL Server Browser service. But it kept recurring every now and then. While browsing for resolution, got thru the following link:
Although this didn't sound very promising, I implemented the same, but still the issue has re-occured. Database mail started working again after restarting the SQL Server Browser service.
Can someone help me with a possible cause and a permanent solution?
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Thanks in advance, AY |