While I was trying to access Central Administration in SharePoint 2010 server
I was getting the following error. SQL Server (SPSQLServer) service might be
stopped which might be one of the reason for getting this error.
Error: “Cannot connect to the configuration database”
How to resolve:
- Open Run and type services.msc
- Start SQL Server (SPSQLServer) service.
- Now you try opening the Central Administration, you will be able to access successfully.