Insufficient System Memory - Failed Allocate Pages
Unable to Start SQL Server
In my own local SQL Server I ran across a problem starting the SQL instance. I went to SQL Server configuration Manager and manually started the SQL Server instance. The UI showed the instance had started. I opened SSMS and tried to connect. And I waited, waited and waited some more until it didn’t connect and threw an error.
How To Locate the SQL Server Error Log
I knew I could look at the SQL Server Error Log to get more information on what had gone wrong. I browsed to the directory where the log file is. For any system that is found by going to the drive where the binaries have been installed and go to \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLServerVersionNumber.InstanceName\MSSQL\Log. In that location you will look for files like Errorlog, errorlog.1 through errorlog.6 The file with no number at the end is the most recent Error Log. Double click it and open in your favorite viewer. As I read through the file, I came across the below.