Symptom
SAP application servers fail to connect SQL Server with following errors:
Work process developer traces (dev_wX file) or sapinst logs show the following possible errors:
sql error -21468 performing CON
The target principal name is incorrect.
Cannot generate SSPI context
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Environment
- SAP NetWeaver based systems;
- Windows Server 2008 (R2) or higher;
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (R2) or higher;
- The SAP NetWeaver is installed as High-Availability (Cluster) or Distributed System;
- SQL Server is running under a Domain Account;
Product
Keywords
WFCS, HA, high_availability, AD, Active Directory, mssql, msql_sever, msql, mssqlserver, mssql_server, after server restart, after server reboot, after failover, Cannot generate SSPI context, the target principal name is incorrect, -21468 , KBA , BC-DB-MSS , SQL Server in SAP NetWeaver Products , BC-OP-NT , Windows , Problem
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