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 Unable to Stop or start sql server from SSMS

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NeilG
Aged Yak Warrior

530 Posts

Posted - 2012-02-16 : 10:56:14
I've just installed SQL Server 2005 with SP2 on a windows 2008 sp1 server, however I've noticed that I'm unable to stop and start the services from within SSMS and the normal green arrow is not there and is just blank.

I'm a system admin on both and the services both run under admin domain account (currently, in an attempt to get this started).

Any ideas people?

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Peter99
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

498 Posts

Posted - 2012-02-17 : 15:09:07
check in start->run->services.msc that sql server service is running.
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jackv
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2179 Posts

Posted - 2012-02-18 : 11:23:53
if it's stopped - use from the command line : NET START MSSQL$INSTANCE_NAME


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Bustaz Kool
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1834 Posts

Posted - 2012-02-22 : 11:24:35
The green arrow indicates that you are allowed to control the services remotely. Try to "register" the server and see if the green arrow appears when you re-connect.

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jeffw8713
Aged Yak Warrior

819 Posts

Posted - 2012-02-25 : 08:43:06
Try running SSMS as an administrator - on Windows Server 2008 you are probably running into an issue with UAC which can be fixed if that is the case.

Jeff
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