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it clearly mentioned that your file is corrupted, missing, or misnamed..

make sure that name is same in path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\60\Service\CustomSettings.config

check the < and > inside the file..

it clearly mentioned that your file is corrupted, missing, or misnamed..

make sure that name is same in path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\60\Service\CustomSettings.config

check the < and > inside the file..

You are great boss
Finally my NAV Server started
(customsettings file had / symbol extra, took 1 hr to find it out)
what a relief

thanks a lot
Chowdary

The Best Practices Analyzer for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 tries to connect to SQL Server using the DatabaseServer, DatabaseName, ServerInstance, and ServerPort parameters that are specified in the CustomSettings.config file, which is the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server configuration file. If it cannot connect using these parameters, then it reports an issue and provides information about which parameter was invalid.

To correct this issue
Check the values in the CustomSettings.config file. Also check firewall setting on the computer running SQL Server and verify that SQL Server is listening for remote connections using TCP/IP.

Can you show your Customsettings file..

also check firewalls in server..

<appSettings>
<!--
The network protocol used to access the database.
Valid options: Default, NamedPipes, Sockets
-->
<add key="NetType" value="Default"></add>
<!--
Name of the database server to connect to.
-->
<add key="DatabaseServer" value="NAVSERV2"></add>
<!--
Name of the database instance to connect to.
-->
<add key="DatabaseInstance" value="NAVSERV2"></add>
<!--
Name of the database to connect to.
-->
<add key="DatabaseName" value="RTCTest"></add>
<!--
Name of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server instance to connect
to (for client) or listen on (for server).
-->
<add key="ServerInstance" value="DynamicsNAV"></add>
<!--
The listening TCP port for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server.
This is part of the server's URL.
Valid range: 1-65535
-->
<add key="ServerPort" value="7046"></add>
<!--
The listening HTTP port for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Business Web Services.
This is part of the web service's URL.
Valid range: 1-65535
-->
<add key="WebServicePort" value="7047"></add>
<!--
Turns on or off the https for Web Services
-->
<add key="WebServiceSSLEnabled" value="false"></add>
<!--
Maximum permitted size of a Web Services request, in kilobytes
-->
<add key="WebServicesMaxMsgSize" value="512"></add>
<!--
Turns on or off NTLM authentication protocol for Web Services
false: Use SPNEGO (recommended)
true: Use NTLM only
-->
<add key="WebServicesUseNTLMAuthentication" value="false"></add>
<!--
The default time zone in which web service calls are run.
Supported values "UTC" (the default), "Server Time Zone"
(the time zone of the server), or the ID of a Windows
time zone defined in the system registry under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones,
for example "Romance Standard Time"
-->
<add key="WebServicesDefaultTimeZone" value="Arabian Standard Time"></add>
<!--
Maximum time in seconds a call from the client to the server
may take to return.
Time span format: [dd.]hh:mm:ss[.ff]
dd: days
hh: hours
mm: minutes
ss: seconds
ff: fractions of a second
Or "MaxValue" to indicate there is no timeout.
-->
<add key="OperationTimeout" value="MaxValue"></add>
<!--
The security services used to protect the client/server data stream.
Valid options: EncryptAndSign, Sign, None
-->
<add key="ProtectionLevel" value="EncryptAndSign"></add>
<!--
Maximum number of concurrent client calls that can be active on the
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server. To disable this setting set the value
to "MaxValue".
-->
<add key="MaxConcurrentCalls" value="40"></add>
<!--
The maximum number of concurrent client connection that the service
will accept. To disable this setting set the value to "MaxValue".
-->
<add key="MaxConcurrentConnections" value="150"></add>
<!--
Sets the grace period within which the client can reconnect to a
running session.
Time span format: [dd.]hh:mm:ss[.ff]
dd: days
hh: hours
mm: minutes
ss: seconds
ff: fractions of a second
Or "MaxValue" to indicate there is no timeout.
-->
<add key="ClientReconnectPeriod" value="00:10:00"></add>
<!--
Sets the maximum number of orphaned connections to be kept alive
simultaneouly for a maximum time specified by the
ClientReconnectPeriod setting. A connection becomes an orphan when
the client becomes involuntarily disconnected from the server.
-->
<add key="MaxNumberOfOrphanedConnections" value="20"></add>
<!--
Threshold for when to start compressing data sets to avoid that they
consume prohibitive amounts of memory.
-->
<add key="CompressionThreshold" value="64"></add>
<!--
Sets the Metadata Provider cache size (in number in objects cached).
Set to 0 to disable cache.
-->
<add key="MetadataProviderCacheSize" value="150"></add>
<!--
Limits the size of files that can be uploaded in order to avoid out of memory errors. This value is in megabytes.
-->
<add key="MaxUploadSize" value="5"></add>
<!--
With the EnableDebugging flag set to true the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server
will start with debugging mode enabled. This mode has three main functions:
1) Upon first connection by a RoleTailored Client all C# for that application
will be generated.
2) C# files will be persisted between server restarts.
3) Application Objects will be compiled with debug information.
-->
<add key="EnableDebugging" value="false"></add>
<!--
Sets the maximum number of items to serialize or deserialize, in KB
-->
<add key="MaxItemsInObjectGraph" value="128"></add>
<!--
Sets the default size of a chunk, in KB. Should be a value between 4 and 80.
-->
<add key="ChunkSize" value="28"></add>
<!--
The type of client credential used for authentication. (Values are Windows/UserName)
-->
<add key="ClientCredentialType" value="Windows"></add>
<!--
The CertificateThumbprint, for the x509 certificate that is going to be used for authentication
-->
<add key="CertificateThumbprint" value=""></add>
</appSettings>

<add key="DatabaseInstance" value=""></add>

Could not connect to 'RTCTest' database on database server 'NAVSERV2'. Verify that this database server is running and that you have network access to the database. Check the firewall on the database server.

Server Address:__________

Delegation should work correctly.
A Microsoft Dynamics NAV database is installed on the server computer.

Did you try by setting

<add key="DatabaseServer" value="NAVSERV2\SQLEXPRESS"></add>