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Lesson Learned #212: Hands-On-Labs:TCP Provider: The semaphore timeout period has expired

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Jun 28, 2022

We used to have cases where our customer faced the following error message: "TCP Provider: The semaphore timeout period has expired" in this video below my colleague Dineu Assis is going to provide us some insights about it. 

 

  • Why?
    • Application gave up on waiting for results from the target server

 

  • How to find?
    • Application Error messages: mainly followed by client driver names or protocols (such as OLEDB / TCP)

 

  • How to Fix?
    • Look for network blockers
    • Check performance on target server

 

In this video we will cover scenarios causing error - TCP Provider: The semaphore timeout period has expired and mitigation steps.

 

 

 

Enjoy!

Published Jun 28, 2022
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