https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/unable-to-open-sim/m-p/6259437#M57625 <P>I'm experiencing an issue where the SIM is not starting, it comes up with an error saying that I should check if the database service is running.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I had this issue in the past after I changed the password for the hpsim account. But I managed to correct that issue without long delay.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This current issue started two weeks ago and for the life of me, I can't seem to get it to work.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I can connect to the database using the management studio from another sql server, browse the database without getting an access denied.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The event log contains multiple error entries as indicated below:</P><P><BR />com.hp.mx.database.DbVerificationException: Problem initializing the database.<BR />com.hp.mx.database.DbVerificationException: Cannot start SIM: Authentication type should be host or dbms, check database.props</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'm now even thinking about reinstalling SIM but I'm afraid it might not resolve my issue.</P> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:50:31 GMT Seeletse 2013-11-05T14:50:31Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/unable-to-open-sim/m-p/6259437#M57625 <P>I'm experiencing an issue where the SIM is not starting, it comes up with an error saying that I should check if the database service is running.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I had this issue in the past after I changed the password for the hpsim account. But I managed to correct that issue without long delay.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This current issue started two weeks ago and for the life of me, I can't seem to get it to work.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I can connect to the database using the management studio from another sql server, browse the database without getting an access denied.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The event log contains multiple error entries as indicated below:</P><P><BR />com.hp.mx.database.DbVerificationException: Problem initializing the database.<BR />com.hp.mx.database.DbVerificationException: Cannot start SIM: Authentication type should be host or dbms, check database.props</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'm now even thinking about reinstalling SIM but I'm afraid it might not resolve my issue.</P> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:50:31 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/unable-to-open-sim/m-p/6259437#M57625 Seeletse 2013-11-05T14:50:31Z