AutoRestart error in SQL Server logs (reason: Access is denied)

Posted by Michael Teper on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Michael Teper
Published on 2009-11-18T15:56:54Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 1:51 UTC
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My instance of SQL Server 2008 SP1 crashed, which is a separate issue, and I see the following set of messages in the SQL Server Agent log:

[139] AutoRestart: Attempting to restart the MSSQLSERVER service (attempt #1)...
[368] AutoRestart: Unable to restart the MSSQLSERVER service (reason: Access is denied)

Is there an authoritative place that describes what permissions should be assigned to a domain account that the SQL Server Agent runs as?

Thank you!

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