I just checked the task's settings and it is not set to use a proxy: in "LAN Settings", the proxy server box is not checked. On the "Account" tab it is set to use the default account. I created a new update task with the default settings but that didn't work either.
I checked the Admin Kit server's event log and there several events like this:
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Event Type: Error
Event Source: CSAdminServer
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 5/10/2009
Time: 12:14:07 AM
User: 2S\kav
Computer: CHEF
Description:
Database error occured: Error information: 1950/-2147467259 (Generic db error: "Database error: code = 0x80004005, message='Unspecified error', description='[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (PreLoginHandshake()).]General network error. Check your network documentation.', source='Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server', GUID='{0C733A8B-2A1C-11CE-ADE5-00AA0044773D}', LastStatement=''"), O:\CS AdminKit\development2\server\db\ado\db_inneradoconnectionimpl.cpp, 363
QUOTE
Event Type: Error
Event Source: CSAdminServer
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 5/10/2009
Time: 12:14:36 AM
User: 2S\kav
Computer: CHEF
Description:
Database error occured: Error information: 1950/-2147467259 (Generic db error: "Database error: code = 0x80004005, message='Unspecified error', description='Timeout expired', source='Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server', GUID='{0C733A8B-2A1C-11CE-ADE5-00AA0044773D}', LastStatement=''"), O:\CS AdminKit\development2\server\db\ado\db_inneradoconnectionimpl.cpp, 363
QUOTE
Event Type: Error
Event Source: CSAdminServer
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1
Date: 5/11/2009
Time: 1:12:47 PM
User: 2S\kav
Computer: CHEF
Description:
Database error occured: Error information: 1950/-2147467259 (Generic db error: "Database error: code = 0x80004005, message='Unspecified error', description='[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.', source='Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server', GUID='{0C733A8B-2A1C-11CE-ADE5-00AA0044773D}', LastStatement=''"), O:\CS AdminKit\development2\server\db\ado\db_inneradoconnectionimpl.cpp, 363
These were logged on May 10 and May 11. A similar set of events were logged on March 12. The dates don't exactly match up but I'm wondering if these events are related. What do you think?