Fix: The Data Access Service is Either Not Running or Not Yet Initialized – SCOM SCSM

You may receive an error while in Microsoft SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) or SCSM (System Center Service Manager) either while trying to connect or while already in the application.

Service Manager Console

Failed to connect to server “”

The Data Access service is either not running or not yet initialized. Check the event log…

On the SCSM or SCOM server, check to ensure that the System Center Data Access Service is running in Windows services. If the service is running, re-start the service.