Hey guys,
I have a VirtualBox Virtual Machine running Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, SQL Server 2008 R2, SharePoint 2010 and some MS Office applications. Everything worked fine: After starting the VM, the SQL Server started automatically with SQL Server Agent, Analysis Services, Reporting Services etc. (as configured in the SQL Server Configuration Manager).
However, I recently installed Visual Studio 2010 Professional and since that moment, the SQL Server refuses to start automatically aftter the VM has been started. I checked the Configuration Manager - everything is still set to Automatic Startup. If I check
the Windows Event Logs, there is a SharePoint Foundation Error 5586 - which is of course raised as the SQL Server instance isn't running. Services.msc show that both SQL Server and SQL Server Agent are set to Automatic Startup, but haven't been started.
Any guesses?