[Troubleshooting]: FIM Service Management Agent: Failed to retreive schema or Cannot connect to database when creating the FIM Service Management Agent

Hello.

A common scenario that we see in support for the FIM Service Management Agent is one of two error messages:

  • Failed to connect to the specified database
  • Failed to retrieve schema

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