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CRM loses connection to SQL

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Posted on by AEdwards 765

Hi Everyone,

I have a Dynamics CRM 2015 On-Premise instance installed on a Windows Server 2012 R2 and a connection to a SQL Server on a different machine with similar specs. 

Just recently an issue has popped up that occasionally (once or twice a day) that when trying to browse to CRM the browser loads for a couple minutes before showing an Error Page. This is accompanied by several errors in the Windows Logs: "A network-related or instance-specific error occured while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible."

If I restart the machine where CRM is hosted than the problem gets resolved, but only temporarily.

I've tried a few troubleshooting steps including:

  • Restarting Async Service, but it fails when trying to stop and hangs at 'Stopping'
  • Disabling Firewalls, all the windows firewalls on both servers are turned off

Any thoughts? Thank you

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  • Bruno Lucas Profile Picture
    Bruno Lucas 5,421 on at

    Hi, check this list of items to check on the SQL server. So you have a proxy between the servers? you mentioned you disabled the firewall, but I guess  you mean the server windows firewall. do you have a network firewall?

    stackoverflow.com/.../cannot-connect-to-server-a-network-related-or-instance-specific-error

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    Community Member on at

    I am guessing you have quite a few workflows / plugins? Please check the pattern in which the Current connections in Webserver Performance counter (Start --> Run --> perfmon) look like when you face this issue.

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    AEdwards 765 on at

    I found that the Email Router was hogging 90-100% of the CPU, which I figured to be the cause of the issues with CRM as after resolving the Email Router issue the CRM connection issue stopped occurring.

    Thank you for your help!

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