Environment
NetIQ AppManager 6.x
NetIQ AppManager 7.0.x
Microsoft SQL Query sp_who2
Microsoft SQL Server Activity Monitor
Situation
A Management Server consistently holds many open SQL connections to the Repository (QDB). (sp_who2 within Query analyzer or SQL Activity Monitor)
Resolution
Reconfigure the SQL connection to use TCP\IP instead of named-pipes.
Cause
The Management Servers in question may be using named-pipes instead of TCP\IP and the connections may hang.
Additional Information
Formerly known as NETIQKB44593