APM Smart Client does not respond due to database outage


 Product(s):APM Implementation and Performance Management
 Version(s):7
 Environment:N/A
 Area:N/A
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Problem Description

An APM user was suddenly unable to access an environment due to a database outage. The user received the following message:

2023-03-28 12:00:00.0000Z Error APMENV user.name@domain.com Ivara.PL.FatalExceptionPolicy [33] Database Connect Error: 
   DBErrorType     = 'dbConnection'
   Native SQL Code = 10054
   ODBC sqlstate   = 08001 
   ODBC errortext  = '[Microsoft][ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server]TCP Provider: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
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Solution

Database outages can happen for a variety of reasons. Report outage to the database administrator and restart all APM services.