
Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. The server was not found or was not accessible. I disabled the firewall while installing it and has just turned it back on,Ĭannot connect to MIBELOVED-PC\SQLEXPRESS.Ī network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. I installed it as per instructions in the Microsoft SQL 2008 book by Mike Hotek.Ĭould you look at the error message and give some advice on what to do. I am new to this and would appreciate any help.

I am always getting stuck at the point of connecting after installation and presently got the message below. I just reinstalled the same but the R2 Developer disc. Thanks and Regards, Readers please vote for my posts if the questions i asked are helpful.I read your post about the installation of SQL server 2008. But i dont have access to that system as of now. I can check it directly on a system in which SQL Server express edition is installed. \named1201 -E -Q "EXEC sp_BackupDatabases Server Data\2012 Named instance - Named1201\Backups', i am unable to succeed. And i am using the below command to do that sqlcmd -S.

I am asking this because, i am trying to do the same thing in SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Evaluation Edition. \SQLEXPRESS -E -Q "EXEC sp_BackupDatabases can you give me any link that explains the significance of each option in the above command? They gave this command to be written into a ".bat" file.

In that, they mentioned how to automate backup job in sql server express editions using windows task scheduler. Please mark this reply as the answer or vote as helpful, as appropriate, to make it useful for other readers You were anyhow going to install 2008 R2 why not 2012 You can go for SQL server 2012 evaluation edition also if you like. Regarding scheduling jobs in Express editon see below links.SQL agent is not avaialble in express edition SQL server 2008 r2 evaluation editon is not available for download as of now.It has been removed by Microsoft.

Yes, will that trail version has "SQL Server Agent" service?Īnd i am not able to find a download link for SQL Server 2008 R2 evaluation edition in the link provided by you.
