SYMPTOM:
In Strategy 9.x, when using a response file to create metadata tables and configure the Intelligence Server in the same execution of Configuration Wizard in command-line mode (the response file has a [Repository] section and a [Server] section) on a newly-created DSN, the following error is encountered:

Server Definition manipulations error: The connection failed. Possible causes are a) Server is not running, b) Server is loading project, c) Network problem, or d) Server reached maximum connection limit.