Database engine on separate OS/VM or same
We have to deploy SQL Server 2012 as database engine to our front end application. We are given option to have two VMs one for SQL and one for front end. OR One VM with specs same as of two...
View ArticleSQL Server Performance Counter
Hello,Very quick question. What is a Free List? I can see a performance counter for Free List Stalls/Sec, is there any documentation detailing what a free list is? I have been unable to find anything...
View ArticleRestore Job has been failed with error message as "Skipped log backup file....
We have already configured log shipping on server. But now restore job failed with error message as "Skipped log backup file. Secondary DB"Kindly provide resolution steps for same.
View Article300 million rows in a table
Hello Gurus,I have a table with over 300 million records in it. I was wondering if you can give me some ideas on how to ensure performance of the database is optimum. What is generally advised?1- Can I...
View ArticleForeign keys are not showing up in Visual Studio
Hello all,I am having an issue where my SQL Model in Visual Studio 2010 is not fully generating code for my foreign keys. In my SQL database I have a few tables with foreign key relationships. In VS...
View ArticleFullText Index Population
Hiin one our production database Fulltext Index Full build was kicked off and table was locked , now i see the status is "Full Population In Progress" running ... and its been since one day now.. is...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Enterprise Core license for MSDN version?
I've been trying to do some scalability testing on SQL 2012 Enterprise edition (from MSDN - no Key required). After wondering why I couldn't use all the CPU, I found the issue that Enterprise+CAL is...
View ArticleDifference between SQL server 2008 Sp2 standard edition and 2008 R2 sp1...
Hi All,If there is a big differance between between SQL server 2008 Sp2 standard edition and 2008 R2 sp1 standard edition. please sned me wt kind of changes have between them. because my system can...
View ArticleSQL Server is terminating because of fatal exception c0000005
I believe this is related to old DTS packages running, but I'm not certain of the exact cause or the fix. This is running on Windows 2003 Std SP2 x86 build 3790 GDR 080813-1204 and SQL Server 2005 Std...
View Articledatabase engine connection
In my laboratory i have a P2P LAN, and on each Windows 7 - PC i have installed SQL Server 2008 (Standalone/Enterprice Server). On Windows there are the Administrator and User - Accounts. Both accounts...
View ArticleNeed to generate a report on SQL Server Service dependencies in a cluster for...
Hi Guys,I got one requirement that I need to extract the sql server service dependencies on 20 cluster servers and generate a report this in the below formatSQL Server Service || SQL server virtual...
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We have OLTP and OLAP sitting on the same database for different reasons. I have 16 Proc machine and i have set MAXDOP to 4. While i am still testing different values, But i see select queries on...
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Microsoft TechNet Wiki Guru - Winners for August!!
The results for August's TechNet Guru competition have been posted!http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2013/09/11/technet-guru-awards-august-2013.aspx Congratulations to all our new Gurus for...
View ArticleUpdate Job owner for all SQL Agent jobs;
Hi Is it possible to update the job owner for all sql agent jobs? I have several jobs on a server don't want to do it manually. I am running sql 2008 EE.Thanks
View ArticleIs it possible for me to save the script of the database i created in Azure?
Hi guys,I developed my webapp in Visual Studio 2012 and i also created my database in my Windows Azure SQL. However, i'm using a trial account which will be expiring very soon and my database contain...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 - Cannot connect to the instance
I am not sure what is happening. It has been several times I am loosing the instance of SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition installed on Windows 7 PC.A connection was successfully established with...
View ArticleWay to seperate data file and log file
I have a weird situation. Currently, I have a server that hold IIS, some apps, and SQL Server on the same C. Right now, we got another drive on the server. The Question is : should I move the data file...
View Articlesql 2008 r2: two cdc questions
hi folks,i have two questions regarding CDC1. are there any perfmon indicators for CDC? if so, under what category are they in? I thought they might be somewhere under replication but not seeing it....
View ArticleDB datafile setup
Hi all, We build up a new sql 2012 db for storing picture data with some few selects on that data. All disk are SAN and we expect the data at ~ 1 TB. How should I setup datafiles for this DB? Multiple...
View ArticleError Connecting to SQLSERVER:SQL as a drive for LocalDb
Please see below. There is some kind of communication problem when I try to access "(localdb)\Projects" using the ability to connect to SQL Server as a drive, and then ultimately later (e.g. $server =...
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