NetXMS Support Forum

I am trying to install NetXMS in a Windows XP SP3 virtual machine with a SQL Server 2008 R2 express backend. At first, I had some issues getting the DB end of things configured, but after poking around the forums I was able to get the DB initialized. However, I am now running into an issues with the Core service not starting. Initially I followed this post: https://www.netxms.org/forum/installation/netxms-core-service-on-windows-won39t-start/ and upgraded the DB from version 104 to 105. Next, I went into the service manager and attempted to manually start the core service, but every time I do three events popup in the event log, EventID: 8, 7009, and 7000. Event ID 8 says that the service was unable to establish a connection to the database, but when I run "nxdbmgr.exe check" everything passes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Could you please post your netxmsd.conf? Also, try to run netxmsd from command line - will it start?
If you are using Windows authentication for connecting to SQL server, the problem may be with access rights to database of account used to run the service.

Best regards,
Victor