I was scanning the newsgroup and found the following post that was exactly
the solution. I just needed to enable name pipes because they are disabled
by default in SQL 2005. Thanks CCA.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...8-b115c0449a6c
DLH
"DLH" wrote:
> I am using the OSD Feature pack in SMS in conjunction with the
> ZeroTouchInstallation.vbs script to deploy operating systems. When the ZTI
> script attempts to connect to the SQL server 2005 databases I receive the
> following error in the ZTI log.
> ZTI error opening SQL Connection: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL
> Server does not exist or access denied.
> (-2147467259) ZeroTouchInstallation.vbs 4/19/2006 8:39:06 AM 0 (0x0000)
> ADO error: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not
> exist or access denied. (Error #-2147467259; Source: Microsoft OLE DB
> Provider for SQL Server; SQL State: 08001; NativeError:
> 17) ZeroTouchInstallation.vbs 4/19/2006 8:39:07 AM 0 (0x0000)
> I have allowed appropriate permissions on the database and the SQL database
> is on the same server as the SMS server, but am still receiving this error.
> Are there additional steps that need to be taken to connect to the database
> on SQL Server 2005 ?
> Thanks,
> DLH