I looked everywhere but I could not find an answer, so here I am.
I tried to run Sitecore's broken link report (in Control Panel > Reports > Scan the database for broken links) but got the below message. Have any of you encountered this?
An error occured
Job started: ScanBrokenLinks|System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): A transport-level error has occurred when receiving results from the server. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - The semaphore timeout period has expired.) ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The semaphore timeout period has expired
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean callerHasConnectionLock, Boolean asyncClose)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParserStateObject.ReadSniError(TdsParserStateObject stateObj, UInt32 error)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParserStateObject.ReadSniSyncOverAsync()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParserStateObject.TryReadNetworkPacket()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParserStateObject.TryPrepareBuffer()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParserStateObject.TryReadByteArray(Byte[] buff, Int32 offset, Int32 len, Int32& totalRead)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParserStateObject.TryReadString(Int32 length, String& value)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.TryReadSqlStringValue(SqlBuffer value, Byte type, Int32 length, Encoding encoding, Boolean isPlp, TdsParserStateObject stateObj)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.TryReadSqlValue(SqlBuffer value, SqlMetaDataPriv md, Int32 length, TdsParserStateObject stateObj, SqlCommandColumnEncryptionSetting columnEncryptionOverride, String columnName)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.TryReadColumnInternal(Int32 i, Boolean readHeaderOnly)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.TryReadColumn(Int32 i, Boolean setTimeout, Boolean allowPartiallyReadColumn)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataReader.GetString(Int32 i)
at Sitecore.Links.SqlLinkDatabase.AddBrokenLinks(IDataReader reader, List`1 links, Database database)
at Sitecore.Links.SqlLinkDatabase.GetBrokenLinks(Database database)
at Sitecore.Shell.Applications.Tools.BrokenLinks.BrokenLinksForm.Scanner.Scan(Boolean excludeSystemItems)
ClientConnectionId:fa92cfc7-d9f6-46ae-9d63-0c564d375123
Error Number:121,State:0,Class:20|Job ended: ScanBrokenLinks (units processed: )