E-Mail reports failing after upgrading to DPM 2012 R2.

Question

I am trying to follow Mike Jacquet's blog post regarding fixing e-mailed reports after ugprading to DPM 2012 R2.  The link is here:  http://blogs.technet.com/b/dpm/archive/2013/12/05/attempts-to-schedule-a-mailed-report-in-dpm-2012-fail-with-reporting-services-server-cannot-connect-to-the-dpm-database.aspx
I get to step 13, and at that point, I try to Test the Connection -  I get the error "A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that
the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)"
On my system, there is no Connection String on that screen -  I assume that could be the problem?  Does anyone know approximately what should go in that box?  I've tried something similar to what the screenshot displays, changing the server
name and database names of course, but I get the same error.
KW

Answer 1

Hi
From within DPM console select Management tab. From here select About DPM. Obtain needed information from section DPM’s SQL Server.
The data source = DPM ServerName\SQL instance
initial catalog = DPMDB Name
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Figure 1: From DPM console select About DPM