Replication and site/location ID
Hi All,I'm in the process of creating some Replication Publishers for all our sites. I will have 1 subscriber (for now) that will collect the data from the Publishers (8 databases). What I'd like to...
View ArticleSQL Server- Large Pages Use WITHOUT trace flag 834
I read Bob Ward's post on SQL server and Large Pages (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2009/06/05/sql-server-and-large-pages-explained.aspx). He mentions that even without trace flag 834...
View ArticleSSPI handshakes failed
Hi,We have following error in error log:SQL Error Log: 17806: SSPI handshake failed while establishing a connection with integrated security.How to resolve it?Thanks
View Articletempdb and different disks speeds, how to optimize?
Hi,I want to know if there is options available to force SQL Server to use first some tempdb files before some others?I have SSD drives, SAS and SATA drives.the SSD is the better, but the smaller. for...
View ArticleAh - Its a Data Orgy !!!
SQL Server 2008 Fully Patched Enterprise Edition Database in Full Recovery Model Logs backed up every 15 minutes All indexes fully optimized =================================Thanks for looking at my...
View ArticleProcess got stuck with CXPACKET waits
This is a pretty large query running into this problem. The query gets stuck waiting indefinitely, eventually I have to kill the spid. I attached the sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks for the session I am having...
View ArticleSQL Server Alias Configuration
Hello,I have a question to create a SQL Server Alias to move an SQL Cluster instance to a new hardware.Our environment looks like, that we have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster Installation. On this...
View ArticleSys.dm_os_sys_info bpool_commited bpool_visible
BOL states:bpool_commited The total number of buffers with pages that have associated memory. This does not include virtual memory. --Here no doubt, Sql server Physical memory consumptionbpool_visible...
View Articlesql server memory 32bit systems
Hi All,Can anyone share their expericences which one is good and bad about below configurations on 32 bit systems and sql server 2005. On what factors we can choose either of the below and which one...
View ArticleCheckpoint on Readonly db
1) Are there checkpoints issued on Readonly database as there's no modification done?2) Internal Sql 2008 book....." most writing to disk doesn’t actually happen during checkpoint operations....
View ArticleIs there a resource governer for sql server 2005?
The resource governor is only for 2008, I wonder if there is similar tools in sql 2005? If there isn't any tools built-in, any 3rd party tool would you suggest?
View ArticleSQL 2012 SP1 system_health security_error_ring_buffer_recorded Events
Hello,I recenlty upgraded My SQL 2005 server to SQL 2012 SP1. The system_health in Extended Events is now continuously reporting the event listed below.After upgrading to SQL 2012 SP1 I installed a...
View ArticleSQL 2012 database stuck in Recovery Pending status
Hey all. Thanks in advance to anybody that can please help me. I have a SQL cluster which ran out of disk the other day. I threw plenty more disk at the SAN. However, 1 of the databases came back...
View ArticleWhat happens to Indexes if the Index Rebuild Maintenaince Plan fails
We are running MS SQL SERVER 2008 64 bit. We have a Maintenaince Plan setup for a large database to rebuild the indexes. Sometimes that job will fail. Can indexes get lost when this failure happens?
View ArticleHow The Query display the resul
HI ALL,How the query give the result.select * from BranchTable data isDENABANK1 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000 ANDHRABANK2 1900-01-01 00:00:00.000 ICICIBANK 3 1900-01-01 00:00:00.00--1--declare...
View ArticleBlob data pages have a lot of unused space.
I have a table with blob data that has a truckload of unused space that I can't get rid of. SELECT * FROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats (DB_ID(N'Test_dbname'), OBJECT_ID(N'tableName'), NULL, NULL...
View ArticleRunning DTS package through job in SQL Server 2008
Hi,I have imported DTS packages from SQL Server 2000 to 2008. Under Management-Legacy they show there. I already changed connection strings before importing. I want to run these dts packages through...
View ArticleUpdating many statistics on the same table quickly.
We have a table which has close to 400 columns, about 950 million rows and 3400+ partitions. There are 4 statistics created with indexes and another 40+ column statistics. When I tried updating all...
View ArticleSliding Window Partition Left Range
Hi All,I am in a tight time line and need some help to achieve it.below is the senario1. Create Database CREATE DATABASE [SPICA] CONTAINMENT = NONE ON PRIMARY ( NAME = N'SPICA', FILENAME =...
View Articlescript level upgrade for database 'master' failed because upgrade step...
Greetings. I recieved this error when attempting to restart SQL Server 2008R2 after installing SP2. The install claimed it was successful upon completion, but then wouldn't restart.There are many posts...
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