Google Cloud offers different support packages to meet different needs, such as 24/7
coverage, phone support, and access to a technical support manager. For more information,
see Cloud Customer Care.
Prepare for Google support
Before contacting technical support, see if your question or problem has
already been addressed in one of the following places:
When you contact technical support, we recommend that you have the following
types of information ready:
Your project ID and Cloud SQL instance name.
If your issue involves an error of any kind,
check the Cloud SQL logs.Copy and
save any resulting log entries that appear to be relevant to the time the
problem occurred.
Read the entries carefully. Error logs can be full of information,
and often the root cause of the problem is hidden somewhere in the text.
If you are still stuck, take one of the following steps:
Ask a question on
Stack Overflow.
Use the tag google-cloud-sql for questions about
Cloud SQL for SQL Server. This tag not only receives responses from the
Stack Overflow community, but also from Google engineers, who monitor the tag
and offer unofficial support.
Visit the Google Cloud
Slack community to discuss
Cloud SQL for SQL Server and other Google Cloud products. If you haven't
already joined,
use this form to sign up.
When posting your question, provide:
A description of your problem, including any error messages.
The operation you attempted, for example, an admin operation or query.
The time and date (including timezone) you encountered the problem.
The tool or library that you use to interact with Cloud SQL.
From the Cloud SQL for SQL Server documentation click "Send feedback" near the
top right of the page. This will open a feedback form. Your comments
will be reviewed by the Cloud SQL for SQL Server team.
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