Suspect that a low PLE leads to a performance problem
Version;Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.5000.00 (Intel X86) Dec 10 2010 10:56:29 Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation Express Edition on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)The...
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Why does SQL server resets TCP connections?
Hi experts, Please see screenshot here(http://www.4shared.com/file/jTRUk_Gf/All_SAP_connections_are_droppe.html).Application Reset:This situation also generates a lot of calls and, unfortunately,...
View ArticleTempDB and User Data Files
I have a Server with 2 Physical Disk and I was wondering if it would be good if We use a distribution like this:Disk1: SO (C:\), DataFiles(user mdf + Tempdb mdf) (E:\)Disk2: LogFiles (user ldf + Tempdb...
View ArticleMS SQL 2012 transaction response time breakdown
Hi,Is there anyway to breakdown the transaction response time in terms of disk time, CPU time, waiting time, service time? Thanks.Cw
View Article2 processors with 4 cores each or 4 processors with 2 cores each
2 processors with 4 cores each or 4 processors with 2 cores each, does it make any difference?Edit: does it make any difference to performance? is there any reason why one set up works better than the...
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SQL Server 2005 SQL Agent Oddity
Hey all,I ran into a very wierd issue and looking for some input on this one. Here is the backgroundI have a thousand servers that are remote and they all basically run the same SQL job locally in the...
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Unable to delete a SQL 2005 Maintenance Plan
When trying to delete a SQL 2005 Maintenance Plan through the Object Explorer, I receive the following error:Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Exception has been thrown by the target of...
View ArticleSQL Server Memory Configuration
Hi,I have a 64 bit sql server 2008 Enterprise edition, total memory was 224 GB and sql has been configured with 200 GB as max. memory and the remaining 24 GB for OS. Whenever I check the memory...
View ArticleThe patch installer has failed to update the shared features Exit Code...
During SQL 2008 SP3 install to SQL 2008 2008 SP2 64 bit enterprise server with a defaults instance and a named instance the installation failed. I was not able to find much information about. Any idea...
View ArticleDoes SQL Server 2005 run efficiently on VMWARE?
Hi. We have a big concern with VMWARE. We are running over VMWARE windows server 2008 (domain controller and DNS). We also run SQL Server 2005 that has a 25 Gb database on a LAN with 15 clients (4 are...
View ArticleIs there a way to gather performance statistics/engine statics from one...
Techies--Here's my dilemma: I have a production db instance that is performing poorly. I don't see this in any of the UAT testing environments. I'd like to replicate the workload by importing the...
View ArticleDeciphering deadlock trace information
I turned on trace flags 1222 and 1204. I got a lot of information about deadlocks but there seems to be missing information.When it says "Wait-for graph" is it producing a graph somewhere or is the...
View ArticleDatabase Mail. Unsent messages.
Hi, I've gone over a dozen Database Mail install instructions. They are all very well written and the same.I've searched for answers to the error messages, found some talented solutions but haven't...
View ArticleThe Firewall and SQL
Hey All I am under the impression that if I enable the windows firewall and have an exception for SQL that this will place an overhead on the servers CPU because it will use clock cycles doing packet...
View ArticleError 5(Access is denied.).
I got the following error while executing a query in SSMS. "Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Directory lookup for the file "C:\xxxxx\xxxx\xxx\xxx\xxxxxx" failed with the operating system error...
View Articledisabling Sql Browser: is it really nessesary?
Hello folks, decision was made in my company to disable sql browser because somebody found it in a 'Best Practices' recommended by Microsoft. Is it really big security whole and is it really...
View ArticleDoes DDL affect an explicit transaction?
I need to rebuild a table in SQL 2000 to reclaim a huge amount of unused space. DBCC CLEANTABLE didn't help at all. I'd like to rebuild the table and with "SELECT * INTO newtable...", duplicate the...
View ArticleALTERING an already partitioned table ...
I am looking for the definitive step-by-step doc on how to go about "updating" <for lack of a better word> and out-of-date partition scheme.The table is serveral billion rows so I want to make...
View ArticleTempdb usage
Hi,Suddenly my tempdb has reached a saturation of 1 TB in sql 2008. How can I troubleshoot this and what causes the tempdb to get bloated so quickly. I know the restart will flush the tempdb files but...
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