Error on Connect MS SQL server from Openfire:org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager - I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed

I am trying to configuring Openfire to MS SQL Server database . SQL DB has port number 1408 configured for the instance where Openfire database has been created.
I am getting an error even after using Port number in the url tried both with and without port number.
jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://xx.xx.xxx.xx/OpenFire;appName=jive;instance=SQLEXPRESS
jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://xx.xx.xxx.xx:1408/OpenFire;appName=jive;instance=SQLEXPRESS
Error Stack Trace as available on Openfire log is as follows.
Any help in getting this figured out and suggesting solution would be great.

org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager - I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
java.sql.SQLException: I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2307)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:602)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.(ConnectionJDBC2.java:344)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:182)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.DefaultConnectionBuilder.buildConnection(DefaultConnectionBuilder.java:39)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.buildConnection(Prototyper.java:159)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.ConnectionPool.getConnection(ConnectionPool.java:211)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.ProxoolDriver.connect(ProxoolDriver.java:89)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.jivesoftware.database.DefaultConnectionProvider.getConnection(DefaultConnectionProvider.java:86)
at org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager.setConnectionProvider(DbConnectionManager.java:620)
at org.jivesoftware.openfire.admin.setup.setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp._jspService(setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp.java:206)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:547)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1359)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.jivesoftware.util.LocaleFilter.doFilter(LocaleFilter.java:74)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.jivesoftware.util.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:50)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.jivesoftware.admin.PluginFilter.doFilter(PluginFilter.java:78)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.jivesoftware.admin.AuthCheckFilter.doFilter(AuthCheckFilter.java:164)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:478)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:119)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:520)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:227)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:941)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:409)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:186)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:875)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:117)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:250)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:149)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:110)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:349)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:441)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:936)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:801)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:224)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:51)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:586)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:44)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:598)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:533)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.readPacket(SharedSocket.java:841)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.getNetPacket(SharedSocket.java:722)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.getPacket(ResponseStream.java:466)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.read(ResponseStream.java:103)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2202)
… 53 more
2018.08.20 02:40:04 org.jivesoftware.util.log.util.CommonsLogFactory - Prototype
java.sql.SQLException: I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2307)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:602)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.(ConnectionJDBC2.java:344)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:182)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.DefaultConnectionBuilder.buildConnection(DefaultConnectionBuilder.java:39)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.buildConnection(Prototyper.java:159)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.sweep(Prototyper.java:102)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.PrototyperThread.run(PrototyperThread.java:44)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.readPacket(SharedSocket.java:841)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.getNetPacket(SharedSocket.java:722)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.getPacket(ResponseStream.java:466)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.read(ResponseStream.java:103)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2202)
… 10 more
2018.08.20 02:40:44 org.jivesoftware.util.log.util.CommonsLogFactory - Prototype
java.sql.SQLException: I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2307)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:602)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.(ConnectionJDBC2.java:344)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:182)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.DefaultConnectionBuilder.buildConnection(DefaultConnectionBuilder.java:39)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.buildConnection(Prototyper.java:159)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.sweep(Prototyper.java:102)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.PrototyperThread.run(PrototyperThread.java:44)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.readPacket(SharedSocket.java:841)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.getNetPacket(SharedSocket.java:722)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.getPacket(ResponseStream.java:466)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.read(ResponseStream.java:103)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2202)
… 10 more
2018.08.20 02:41:14 org.jivesoftware.util.log.util.CommonsLogFactory - Prototype
java.sql.SQLException: I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2307)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:602)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.(ConnectionJDBC2.java:344)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:182)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.DefaultConnectionBuilder.buildConnection(DefaultConnectionBuilder.java:39)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.buildConnection(Prototyper.java:159)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.sweep(Prototyper.java:102)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.PrototyperThread.run(PrototyperThread.java:44)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.readPacket(SharedSocket.java:841)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.getNetPacket(SharedSocket.java:722)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.getPacket(ResponseStream.java:466)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.read(ResponseStream.java:103)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2202)
… 10 more
2018.08.20 02:41:27 org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager - I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
java.sql.SQLException: I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2307)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:602)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.(ConnectionJDBC2.java:344)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:182)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.DefaultConnectionBuilder.buildConnection(DefaultConnectionBuilder.java:39)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.buildConnection(Prototyper.java:159)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.ConnectionPool.getConnection(ConnectionPool.java:211)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.ProxoolDriver.connect(ProxoolDriver.java:89)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.jivesoftware.database.DefaultConnectionProvider.getConnection(DefaultConnectionProvider.java:86)
at org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager.setConnectionProvider(DbConnectionManager.java:620)
at org.jivesoftware.openfire.admin.setup.setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp._jspService(setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp.java:206)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:547)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1359)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.jivesoftware.util.LocaleFilter.doFilter(LocaleFilter.java:74)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.jivesoftware.util.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:50)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.jivesoftware.admin.PluginFilter.doFilter(PluginFilter.java:78)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.jivesoftware.admin.AuthCheckFilter.doFilter(AuthCheckFilter.java:164)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1330)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:478)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:119)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:520)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:227)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:941)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:409)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:186)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:875)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:117)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:250)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:149)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:110)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:349)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:441)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:936)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:801)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:224)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:51)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:586)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:44)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:598)
at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:533)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.readPacket(SharedSocket.java:841)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.getNetPacket(SharedSocket.java:722)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.getPacket(ResponseStream.java:466)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.read(ResponseStream.java:103)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2202)
… 53 more
2018.08.20 02:41:44 org.jivesoftware.util.log.util.CommonsLogFactory - Prototype
java.sql.SQLException: I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2307)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:602)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.(ConnectionJDBC2.java:344)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:182)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.DefaultConnectionBuilder.buildConnection(DefaultConnectionBuilder.java:39)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.buildConnection(Prototyper.java:159)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.sweep(Prototyper.java:102)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.PrototyperThread.run(PrototyperThread.java:44)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.readPacket(SharedSocket.java:841)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.getNetPacket(SharedSocket.java:722)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.getPacket(ResponseStream.java:466)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.read(ResponseStream.java:103)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2202)
… 10 more
2018.08.20 02:42:14 org.jivesoftware.util.log.util.CommonsLogFactory - Prototype
java.sql.SQLException: I/O Error: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2307)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.login(TdsCore.java:602)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.(ConnectionJDBC2.java:344)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:182)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.DefaultConnectionBuilder.buildConnection(DefaultConnectionBuilder.java:39)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.buildConnection(Prototyper.java:159)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.Prototyper.sweep(Prototyper.java:102)
at org.logicalcobwebs.proxool.PrototyperThread.run(PrototyperThread.java:44)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.readPacket(SharedSocket.java:841)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.getNetPacket(SharedSocket.java:722)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.getPacket(ResponseStream.java:466)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ResponseStream.read(ResponseStream.java:103)
at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.TdsCore.nextToken(TdsCore.java:2202)
… 10 more

can you give this a try

jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://<sqlhostnameORip>:<port>:/<databasename>;instance=<instancename>

note: there is a colon after the port number

Yes I tried using port number as well similar to what you have suggested but that does not work either

but did you add the colon to the end of the port number?

Yes I did

can you telnet from your openfire server to your sql database on that port?

Yes I can telnet SQL server with port number from the server where Openfire Server is installed :frowning:

sorry, I got sided tracked and didn’t see this post.
so your string looks like this

jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://xx.xx.xxx.xx:1408:/OpenFire;instance=SQLEXPRESS

Yes Correct with appName as well added to conn string
jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://xx.xx.xxx.xx:1408:/OpenFire;appName=jive;instance=SQLEXPRESS