Hi Folks,
Problem - Unable to connect to SQL Server 2008 using Windows Authentication from Windows XP Client Systems. The SQL Server is configured in a NEC Cluster. The problem occurs only when I connect to the Virtual cluster Database Name/IP Address. But I am able to connect using hostname(SQL_Primary)/IP Address(192.168.10.101) using windows Authentication.
Observation - The virtual hostname is registered in DNS and it is resolving without any problem. But, when I was trying various options, I figured out by adding the following entry to 'c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts' file in my Windows XP client, it works fine.
192.168.10.203 "SQL_Virtual" SQL_Virtual.ABC.COM
"SQL_Virtual" is my Virtual Failover Database name and it is not the default database instance name.
Questions:
1. I couldn't figure out why it is working with the above entry in my host file?
2. How to add this in DNS server?
Thanks guys,
Lisa