https://am2.co/2012/Recent content in 2012 on Andy M Mallon - AM²Hugoen-USTue, 27 Mar 2012 12:19:30 -0400https://am2.co/2012/03/some-sql-server-msx-targets-show-as-normal-blocked/Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:19:30 -0400https://am2.co/2012/03/some-sql-server-msx-targets-show-as-normal-blocked/<p><a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/q/15681/52344"><img src="https://am2.co/images/stack-exchange-question-mark.svg" alt="Question on Stack Exchange" width="96" height="96" class="stack-exchange-question-icon" /></a></p> <h2 id="question">Question</h2> <p>I've centralized my farm's jobs in MSX, covering about 70 instances of SQL Server. Seemingly randomly, at least once a week, several instances will stop accepting instructions. Within the MSX window Manage Target Servers, instead of all instances showing as <strong>Normal</strong>, they show as <strong>Normal, Blocked</strong>. I have failed to figure out why this happens. Defecting and re-enlisting usually cures this ill, but that means having to re-add that target in any appropriate jobs, so I would rather resolve the cause than endure the workaround. </p>