High Single Core CPU Utilization
Hi, We have a single instance SQL Server 2008 R2 database on Windows 2008 R2, on a dedicated database server. We are noticing that one of the CPU cores is consistently having high utilization(almost...
View ArticleexchangeEvent WaitType="e_waitPortOpen" with "unknown" in executionStack frame
Hi.Our system:SQL Server Enterprise 2008 R2 with SP2One phisical Six core Intel Xeon E5 262032 GB of RAMRecently I got the following deadlock graph.Have you any ideas what may cause this deadlock?Thank...
View ArticleSQL Server occasionally refuses new connections for short periods
I have an application that has been running for years. Starting in early January, I've started seeing connection errors when simple queries run against the database. This only happens to maybe one...
View ArticleRe:Dead Lock Issue...
HI friends,i am facing one main issue.DEADLOCKS I HAVE ONE DATABASE 'A' THIS 'A' DATABASE GETTING MORE DEADLOCKS ,THIS 'A' DATABASE SIZE IS 200 GBI AM REBUILD THE EACH TABLE AND RUN THEUPDATESTATS...
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CPU utilization is not evenly distributed on 4 numa system
It's quite often I see 2 numa node cpu's at 100% utilization the the remaining numa cpu's at around 20% or less average utilization. There are 160 visible schedulers in dm_os_schedulers dmv. The system...
View ArticleRebuild index task failed with error: Could not proceed with index DDL...
Hi Friends,I have one rebuild index job in my environment which is created using maintenance plan & having an option "keep index online ".job is continuously failed at this schedule time, when i...
View ArticleSuggested Criteria for Database Table Compression
Hi,We are about to move some large databases (150Gb to 270Gb) from SQL2005 to SQL2012. One feature that is now available is Database Compression. I do not really see any advantage to compressing a...
View ArticleDatabase Drop and Delet
Hi Gurus,MAy i know what is the difference between dropping a database and deleting a database.Please answer.Appreciate your help.Thanks,Venkat.
View ArticleExecute permission on Procedure
Hi Gurus,Am new to sqlserver.May you please clarifymy doubt.Can i give execute permission to a non existing procedure means there are procedures that will be created later starting with name 'Ba_'.Can...
View ArticleTransaction isolation level READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT not being used in...
Hi all,I am troubleshooting a locking issue have have taken a SQL Profiler trace to identify the blocked/blocking processes. Before taking the trace, read committed isolation using row versioning was...
View Articlesql server 2012 enterprise trial version. does it exist?
I'm not sure how the editions go, but is there a such thing as a free version of sql server 2012 enterprise edition that I can try out?
View ArticleCannot create view
Hi,I am trying to create following view:create view dbo.abcasselect * from otherschema.abcThere is error: Msg 2714, Level 16, State 3, Procedure abc, Line 3There is already an object named 'abc' in the...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 - Change Tracking - Autoclean up is not working
Hi i am trying to test the Change Tracking SQL Server feature.I created a new DB and a single table with just 3 columns.I enabled the Change Tracking, put the retention period as 1 and the retention...
View ArticleSQL2008 how to open .sqlaudit file
Hi everyone,I created sqlserver audit specification which should audit events to a file. However, now I want to open it and review the file and I do not know how to open it or where to import it. Any...
View ArticleHow often is sys.dm_os_performance_counters refreshed?
I thought it was infrequently, like on the order of ten seconds, back in SQL 2005, but here in SQL 2008R2 it seems to be updated much more often, maybe once a second. Is that correct?Thanks.Josh
View ArticleSQL Server uptime
Hi. Is there a way to directly or indirectly obtain how long the Sql Server service has been running since last restart? I realize I can look in the SQL Server error log, but I want to get the info...
View ArticleSQL Server Express Limitations
Hey Guys,I know this is probably a redundant question but I need to confirm the following: According to the SQL Server Features, there is a 10GB size limit for SQL Server Express 2008 R2 editions. Is...
View ArticleMost I/O intensive query in last 6 hours
Hi All,I am on SQL 2008 R2.I want to find out which has been the most I/O intensive query on my data server in last 6 hours (or say 3 hours). How can I do that (without using Third party tools) ?Also,...
View ArticleReseed Identity Column but the change is not reflecting in Identity...
I have an identity column with configuration (emp_id int identity (10,1). It is understood that when we truncate the table the identity start from its specified values .Means start from 10 again. But...
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SQL consistency based I/O error, help needed
Hello everyone.I'm new to database errors so I'm not really sure what I should do next. I'm using an accounting program running on SQL Server Express 2005 (9.0 SP3) on a Windows Server 2008R2. While...
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