"SQLServerException: The connection to the named instance has failed." in JBoss EAP

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Issue

  • The following exception is raised when attempting to connect to SQLServer

    ... com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The connection to the named instance  has failed. Error: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Receive timed out.
        at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDriverError(Unknown Source)
        at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.getInstancePort(Unknown Source)
        at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
        at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
        at org.jboss.jca.adapters.jdbc.local.LocalManagedConnectionFactory.getLocalManagedConnection(LocalManagedConnectionFactory.java:260)
        ...

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6
    • 7
  • Microsoft SQL Server

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