topic Database connection failed in ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 in Geodatabase Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872852#M6326 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Anyone know what is causing this error or how to fix it? I am brand new to ArcGIS Pro and I am trying to connect to our existing SDE database. I have no issues with this connection in ArcMAP 10.3 and I verified my login credentials so that's not the issue.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="This is a screenshot of a pop-up that says &quot;Connection Error - Failed to connect to the specified DBMS instance.&quot;" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/398483_GDBconnectionError.PNG" style="height: auto;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:24:13 GMT MichaelThompson2 2018-03-09T18:24:13Z Database connection failed in ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872852#M6326 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Anyone know what is causing this error or how to fix it? I am brand new to ArcGIS Pro and I am trying to connect to our existing SDE database. I have no issues with this connection in ArcMAP 10.3 and I verified my login credentials so that's not the issue.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="This is a screenshot of a pop-up that says &quot;Connection Error - Failed to connect to the specified DBMS instance.&quot;" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/398483_GDBconnectionError.PNG" style="height: auto;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:24:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872852#M6326 MichaelThompson2 2018-03-09T18:24:13Z Re: Database connection failed in ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872853#M6327 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>ArcMap is a 32-bit application and Pro is a 64-bit application so your database client for Pro would be different from your database client for ArcMap.</P><P></P><P>What type of database are you trying to connect to?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:26:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872853#M6327 MichaelVolz 2018-03-09T18:26:30Z Re: Database connection failed in ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872854#M6328 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Of course I am going to be asked questions I don't know answers to, ha! SQL Server 2008 I believe, is this what you are asking for?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:30:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872854#M6328 MichaelThompson2 2018-03-09T18:30:01Z Re: Database connection failed in ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872855#M6329 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>As per link I don't believe SQL Server 2008 is supported:</P><P></P><P><A class="link-titled" href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/databases/database-requirements-sqlserver.htm" title="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/data/databases/database-requirements-sqlserver.htm">Microsoft SQL Server database requirements for ArcGIS Pro 2.1—Help | ArcGIS Desktop</A>&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>In addition, I believe you will need a 64-bit SQL Server Native Client installed on your machine.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:33:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872855#M6329 MichaelVolz 2018-03-09T18:33:53Z Re: Database connection failed in ArcGIS Pro 2.1.2 https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872856#M6330 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would say that is probably the issue! 2008 isn't supported. We are upgrading to 2016 sometime in the next year or so, guess I will have to wait.</P><P></P><P>Thanks for the help, Michael!</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:50:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geodatabase-questions/database-connection-failed-in-arcgis-pro-2-1-2/m-p/872856#M6330 MichaelThompson2 2018-03-09T18:50:32Z