Connection Data Source name

Cidr 21 Reputation points
2021-06-22T06:06:43.947+00:00

Hi,

I'm a little stumped here. I have a server I inherited that allows connections from an alias. The windows server is hosted on an AWS EC2 instance.

AWS EC2 Server host name = sql123
I can also connect using = cubes.com (as in connecting to ssas/sql engine or connecting using client tools-excel- using the connection string Data Source)
cubes.com allows the connection string to remain the same for users if the data source is moved to another server.

I thought it was an alias in the DNS but I can't see this set up. Is there anywhere else I should be looking?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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  1. Olaf Helper 41,001 Reputation points
    2021-06-22T06:42:22.83+00:00

    An alias can be defined in "hosts" files, located in folder
    C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\
    it's a simple text file with host name + IP address. => Host Names and IP Addresses

    For SQL database engine you can define a "SQL Alias" on the client machine
    Create or Delete a Server Alias for Use by a Client

  2. AmeliaGu-MSFT 13,961 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-06-22T07:34:29.077+00:00

    Hi Cidr-4920,
    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A.
    Could you please share us the connection string you are using?
    I think you may use the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to connect to SQL Server.
    For default instance, the format is computer_name.domain_name .
    You can go to Control Panel –>System and Security –> System-> Computer name, domain and workgroup settings to check if the domain name is cubes.com.
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    You also can check it from the Domain Controller-> DNS manager->Forward Lookup Zones->domain name-> right-click the host name->Properties.

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    Best Regards,
    Amelia

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