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Typical Alerts to setup to monitor system resources?
I want to set up an alert to notify me when our DB server starts runs into trouble due to low memory.I was wondering what some of the typical Alert configurations other DBA's use to keep an eye on...
View ArticlePage Life Expectancy
My boss wants to cut down on the RAM that is being allocated to our virtual sql servers wherever possible. The problem is that you cannot say that sql server is not using any memory as it will of...
View ArticleRestore Database Failed
I think this post belongs to the SQL Database Engine Forum since we are focusing on what the Restore Command is doing. Here is the situation I am in.I have a ssis package which restores database from...
View ArticleConsistency Error, tried with DBCC checktable ('Table...
Consistency Error, tried with DBCC checktable ('Table name', REPARI_ALLOW_DAT_LOSS) not able repair this error Problem remains same . The CREATE UNIQUE INDEX statement terminated because a...
View ArticleMoving to proprietary database. Advice earnestly seeked!
I very much appreciate any help I can get for this. Thank you in advance for your time to read and hopefully respond.I work for a national/government health service. In this country there exists a new...
View ArticleTempDB growth and huge reads
I am working on a report query generated by COGNOS. This report when run sumetimes bloats the tempdb to 100+GB filling the disk space, this is on a read-only logshipped database. The query takes almost...
View ArticleSQL Server Connectivity Issue
I am able to connect the server but not to the SSMS. getting the below error:"The client was unable to establish a connection because of an error during connection initialization process before login....
View ArticleSQL server backup for 3 months only.
Hi all,I have database which having data across last four year.Now I need to take a backup of only last 3 or 6 months data.PLease let me know how can take only 3 or 6 month backup instead of...
View ArticleHow to connect different SQL servers without using linked server connection...
Hi,We're trying to read data from another SQL Server through our SQL server but we're not allowed to do that using Linked Servers. Please suggest an alternative here as the DBA says Linked Servers are...
View ArticleThe client was unable to reuse a session with SPID XX, which had been reset...
Hello,We have a recurring problem with one of our MS SQL Servers (Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP1) - 11.0.3128.0 (X64) ). The error message from the applicatoion log: Event Type: Error Event Source:...
View ArticleTransactionScope locks table in SQL Server
Hello, I need a little help with a big problem. In my application I need open a Transaction to SQL Server 2005 and call a stored procedure that returns a result set. But executing some stored...
View ArticleProcedure within the merge
My scenarioMERGE Books USING ( SELECT MAX(BookId) BookId, Title, MAX(Author) Author, MAX(ISBN) ISBN, MAX(Pages) Pages FROM Books GROUP BY Title ) MergeData ON Books.BookId = MergeData.BookId WHEN...
View ArticleMaster db restored and services not started
I have restored master database in single user mode .After that when i tried to restart sqlserver i got below error.What is the solution?2013-07-19 17:42:24.64 Server Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2...
View Articlescheduled job fails
Hi,I have a scheduled job fails with following message. The weird thing is that I can run the ssis package in BIDS with no problem. Also I can MANUALLY run the job in SQL Server Agent. can you help...
View ArticleHow to interpret instance_name in Lock Timeouts/sec metric?
Hi, Am trying to get a deeper understanding on locks. I ran this simple query :SELECT * AS LockTimeoutPerSecFROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters WHERE counter_name = 'Lock Timeouts/sec' I see...
View ArticleHow to remove manually a one instance on a server with 4 instances sql 2005 exp
Hello at all, I have a win2003 server with sql2005 exp with 4 instance. Now I can remove a one of these istances but the add/remove procedure faill and this instance can not uninstall. I would like to...
View ArticleDBCC CHECKDB (master): error 2570 in sys.sysbinobjs
Dear experts,After running the DBCC checkdb against master databas with DATA_PURITY argument, we recieved the error 2570 in sys.sysbinobjs. The complete output is the below (it's in spanish but you'll...
View ArticleCannot connect to server
Hi, I am using sql server 2005 sp1 developer edtion. I have looked at the install logs and all ok, but when connecting to my server (LAPTOP) i get the following error below. I have not changed any...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 failover cluster on Windows 2012 ,, supported??
Dears,i need to build SQL Server 2012 failover cluster with 2 nodes on Windows server 2012 standard Edition ?? is it supported ?? as i know install SQL 2012 in standalone Windows 2012 server is...
View ArticleSQL server utilizing more RAM
Hi, One of my customer says, the ram utilization of sql server is high on particular day but on next day sql is utilizing very normal.how to find previous days transactions or sp’s or quiries which...
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