3368851 - SAP HostAgent is unable to discover the MS SQL Server database with "SSL Provider: The target principal name is incorrect" - NetWeaver

Symptom

Hostagent is unable to discover the MSSQL DB installed.

When running the command "C:\Program Files\SAP\hostctrol\exe>saphostctrl.exe -function listdatabases", the following message is displayed.

No databases found

Error in dev_sapdbctrl shows: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server]SSL Provider: The target principal name is incorrect.

Environment

SAP Host Agent

Microsoft SQL Server

Product

SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.1 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.2 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.4 ; SAP NetWeaver 7.5 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.3 ; SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ; SAP enhancement package 3 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0

Keywords

SSL Provider, The target principal name is incorrect, No database found , KBA , BC-DB-MSS , SQL Server in SAP NetWeaver Products , Problem

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