Microsoft SQL 2008 Agent not starts

I was playing around with VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1 & vCenter 4.1 together with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 & Microsoft SQL 2008. I can login to my vCenter and everything seems to be work perfectly. Due to certain reason, I have rebooted the Windows server and the incident happen. The VMware Virtual Center service and SQL Agent do not start. The VMware vCenter service is highly depending on SQL Services before it can startup.

The SQL agent event log show as example below:

Log Name: Application
Source: SQLAgent$SQL2008
Date: 10/9/2008 11:22:57 AM
Event ID: 103
Task Category: Service Control
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: WIN2K8.local.planetmy.com
Description:
SQLServerAgent could not be started (reason: Unable to connect to server ‘WIN2K8\VCSQL2008′; SQLServerAgent cannot start).
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September 14, 2010 · Filed Under Tips, VMware

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How To Capture PUTTY Session Log

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. It is written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham.

Here I would like to share How To Capture PUTTY Session Log.

1. To capture a session with PuTTY, open up a PUTTY.
2. Look for Category Session -> Logging
3. Under Session Logging, choose “All session output” and key in your desire log filename(default is putty.log).

4. This should create the file in the location you choose and start loggin everyting from the session.
5. For capture Cisco Router or Switches(I tried with Nexus 1000V on VMware vSphere), type ‘show running-config’.

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