Werk #14768: mssql.vbs: some database specific sections contain data from a different database

If you require this fix, you must reinstall the agent plugin "mssql.vbs" on the relevant hosts.

Please note that applying this fix could lead to vanished services. If this is the case, it makes sense to remove them from your monitoring, as these services belong to a different database and have been falsely created. You can find detailed error messages in the host's agent output.

In some settings the user that is used to run queries against the various databases on a MSSQL server does not have access rights to query all databases. This could lead to data from a different database shown for any database that the user could not query.

Known services affected by this error:

• tablespaces
• transactionlogs
• datafiles
• clusters

The problem was that the error after attempting to switch to a different database was not captured, and it was assumed to be successful. Instead, the subsequent query was run against the database the user could last switch to.

If you would like to give the user extended access rights to query all databases, please read the article at https://kb.checkmk.com/x/pAKqAg

We have introduced a more consistent way to perform queries against the system and handle any errors.

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