About every 3-4 months, I like to get into the habit of tearing down my lab and rebuilding it from scratch. This lets me get a good refresher on setup tasks that I normally do once, then never have to do again. So while I was building my SCCM lab, I installed Microsoft SQL server 2016, later installed Service Pack 2, and when it came time to install the SCCM portion, I kept on getting an SQL Server TCP Port Failed error with a description of Configuration Manager primary site and central administration site require SQL Server Tcp is enabled and set to Static port. I’ve come across this error before so I figure I would document it this time around.
SQL Server TCP Port Failed Fix
Follow these steps and you should be able to successfully get past this error message.
- On your SQL server hosting your SCCM database, open SQL Server Configuration Manager.
- Once open, go to SQL Server Network Configuration -> Your SCCM instance.
- Right click TCP/IP on the right pane and go to properties.
- Go to the IP Addresses tab.
- Set all TCP Dynamic Ports to blank.
- Set all TCP ports to 1433.
- Press Ok to confirm the dialog box about restarting services.
- Within SQL Server Configuration Manager, Highlight SQL Server Services.
- Restart all SQL services for the SCCM instance.
- Close out of SQL Server Configuration Manager.
- Back in your SCCM setup wizard.
- Rerun the prerequisite check and the error SQL Server TCP Port Failed should be gone.
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