The uci.config is identical on both servers.  Let me look for that security
tab; that may be the golden ticket right there.

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Lettau, Jeff <jlet...@polkaudio.com> wrote:

> Is the UCI.config file setup on the 2nd server?
> Does the SQL server recognize the driver as a valid provider under linked
> servers?
> Under the linked server in properties there should be a security tab that
> you need to fill in with the login and password to connect to remote
> systems.
>
> Jeffrey Lettau
> ERP Systems Manager
> polkaudio
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:
> u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Kevin King
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 7:31 PM
> To: U2 Users List
> Subject: [U2] [ud] Unidata as a SQL Server "Linked Server" via OLEDB
>
> I have a customer who is trying to configure a couple of SQL Server
> instances to access Unidata 7.1 on AIX via OLEDB by setting up Unidata as a
> "linked server" in SQL Server.   The exact same OLEDB (and ODBC) driver is
> installed on both systems and is configured identically between the two.
> One system can access the Unidata information in a table (that has been
> configured via VSG) but the other cannot.  The root question is "why can
> one
> server access Unidata and the other cannot, especially when the two are
> configured identically?".
>
> One thing I've noticed is that the linked server configuration doesn't
> include any authentication information for OLEDB, but clearly there has to
> be some authentication somewhere, right?  And with the presence of "ODBC"
> in
> the SQL Server "provider string" for the linked server, does that mean that
> OLEDB uses the ODBC connector to access Unidata?
>
> -Kevin
> http://www.PrecisOnline.com
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