Hi All,
I have a server that is a Virtual Machine running on a Windows Server 2008 system. Both the host machine and the VM are Windows 2008 SP2. I'm attempting to troubleshoot another application that relies on SQL, and it seems to be unable to communicate with SQL. The tech instructed me to run "netstat -ab > c:\netstatlog.txt" but when I do so I get an error: "x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5"
I tried resetting TCP/IP using netsh, but it did not fix the problem. I looked in the forums and found this thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/f49ec223-5026-4dac-9f2a-6d4d5ec4e016 but the answer link referenced is no longer working. MS support wrote back saying "The reason, why this feedback item was not visible because it has been disabled by the administrator. Also the bug is closed. I’ll forward your request to the product team to look into your issue."
So while I wait to hear back from him, I figured asking the forums might help. Here is the output from the netstat command:
C:\Users\administrator.AISWW>netstat -ab > c:\netstatlog.txt
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
x: Windows Sockets initialization failed: 5
C:\Users\administrator.AISWW>
Again, any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
--Zaheer