I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition. A problem occurs with the linked servers where it is necessary to restart the server, or to stop the MSSQLSERVER
service. When the server is running again, the linked servers (to DB2) don't work properly and the SQL Server shows this error:
Msg 7302, Level 16, State 1, Line 10
Cannot create an instance of OLE DB provider "DB2OLEDB" for linked server "Airspe".
Only after restarting the server several times does the linked server start working.
- Why is necessary to restart the server several times to get up linked servers?
- Are there other solutions?
This is the script to create one of the linked servers:
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver
@server = N'AIRS',
@srvproduct=N'Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2',
@provider=N'DB2OLEDB',
@datasrc=N'###.###.###.##',@provstr=N'Provider=DB2OLEDB;
Data Source=#####;Persist Security Info=True;Password=**********;
User ID=######;Initial Catalog=######;
Network Address=###.###.###;Package Collection=AICOLDP;DBMS Platform=DB2/AS400',
@catalog=N'#####'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname=N'AIRS',@useself=N'False',@locallogin=NULL,@rmtuser=N'#####',@rmtpassword='########'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'collation compatible', @optvalue=N'false'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'data access', @optvalue=N'true'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'dist', @optvalue=N'false'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'pub', @optvalue=N'false'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'rpc', @optvalue=N'false'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'rpc out', @optvalue=N'true'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'sub', @optvalue=N'false'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'connect timeout', @optvalue=N'0'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'collation name', @optvalue=null
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'lazy schema validation', @optvalue=N'false'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'query timeout', @optvalue=N'0'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'use remote collation', @optvalue=N'true'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_serveroption @server=N'AIRS', @optname=N'remote proc transaction promotion', @optvalue=N'true'