2202778 - SMP 3.0 SP07 to SP08 server upgrade causes SQLServerDriver not found error

• SMP 3.0 SP08 server upgrade throws an error when trying to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 via JDBC.  This occurs when testing  the connection from the cockpit.
• SMP server log shows:
  
  2015 07 28 10:52:23#0- 400#ERROR#com.sap.gateway.core.odata4sap.ODataErrorCallbackImpl##xxxxxxxxxx#ht tp-bio-8003-exec-16##094a57f4-f070-40fd-becc-51afe2139f48##e42881bc-67c0- 44c8-af23-cba3a4c29b62####handleError(): failed to serve request for URI https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/gateway/odata/RESERVEDFORSAPIGW/REPOSI TORYSERVICE/PingDestination?DestinationName=%27ROUTEBOOKDEV%27, message = Driver class com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver not found: Transaction ID :3807f92b-a455-4500-8987-c48f5f87a0b5
  
  
• Another customer saw this message in their logs:
  2015 08 17 15:08:36#0-500#INFO#System.out##smpAdmin#http-bio-8083-exec-7########Cannot load JDBC driver class 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver' |
  2015 08 17 15:08:36#0-500#INFO#System.out##smpAdmin#http-bio-8083-exec-7####ba8701b9-7202-43c5-b2d6-83908fad202e#RequestResponse###java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver from bundle 618 (IGW_RCM_MOB_ODATA) |

• Windows Env
• Upgrade from SMP 3.0 SP07 to SMP 3.0 SP08  using MS SQL Server as the backend DB.
• You may also see the issue on a new install of SMP 3.0 SP08

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