Hi,
Just installed a new (second) instance of SQL2008R2, all went fine and I can connect to the instance locally no problems.
I ran this bit of SQL to determine the ports it was listening on and added new Inbound rules for the instance
USE master GO xp_readerrorlog 0, 1, N'Server is listening on' GO
In SQL server config manager I have "Shared Memory" and "TCP/IP" protocols enabled, everyting is basically the same as the pre-existing instance which I can connect to. The SQL browser is running. My domain account is a sysadmin in the security tab.
But I get this error when trying to connect from SSMS on my laptop.
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: -1)
The original instance was just single part e.g. server, this instance is named and is called server\instance.
There is nothing in the SQL log.
Any ideas?
Thanks