Problem with two jobs affiliated with a sql script
Hello --I am testing a script called dbWarden on our 2008R2 standard server. The URL for the script in question is the following:http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbwarden/I have executed the script, and...
View ArticleError while Publish Lync Topology
HiI have install Lync Enterprise and SQL Developer Edition each on a virtual Server. Now I'd like to publish my first topology. This works fine, until it creates the Database on a second Server. They...
View Articleazman + SQL Server 2008 : Access Denied
Hi,I am trying to create a new Authorization store with Azman with SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2008 Server machine. However, when i try to do that, i get an error from Azman : "Can not create...
View ArticleLogshipping issue
Hello,I have currently setup logshipping in our staging. And now I am planning to move the database data and log files on the primary server to a different drive. To perform this activity I plan on...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 syspolicy_purge_history fails step 3 "Erase Phantom System...
I recently installed SQL Server 2012 Ent (x64). The install is a stand alone default instance.The syspolicy_purge_history job fails on step three with the following error:Executed as user:...
View ArticleUPDATE STATISTICS WITH FULL SCAN - High reads than normal
Hi Update statistics when it runs with full sampling, reads high amount of data. my database size is 300GB and update stats is reading TBs of data from the data drive. Did anyone come across...
View ArticleDowngrade SQL Server 2008 Enterprise to SQL Server2008 Standard Edition
I would like to know from fourm users, what are the necessary steps I would take care for above mentioned activity and also please let me know best suitable option for Production. SNS
View ArticleHow to encrypt database backup
Hi,We are sending database backup to vendor for troubleshooting. Vendor have secure ftp site. We just want to make sure backup file is secure. I want to encrypt database backup. How to do that? or is...
View ArticleOptimum DR strategy for Datawarehouse DBs.
We have a SQL Server 2008R2 servers with Datawarehouse DBs which gets populated by SSIS packages for ETLs. The database sizes are around 380GB - 400GB. The ETLs run throughout the night and load the...
View ArticleRecovery model for Datawarehouse databases
Hi We are building up a new Datawarehouse environment where there will be lot of of Inserts/Updates/Deletes will be happening. i would like to know what is the recommended recovery model for databases...
View ArticleMissing Index DMVs suggesting index additions that already exist????
Hi all.I have a missing index view utilising the views sys.dm_db_missing_index_group_stats, sys.dm_db_missing_index_groups and sys.dm_db_missing_index_details. I have stumbled across a suggestion from...
View ArticleSql Server login failure error: 18456 with Windows account and sa account
Hi All,I am using Win 2008 R2,SQL Server 2008R2When i try to connect to SQL Server i am getting error 18456. Previously i have installed Active Directory and immediatly i haved un installed it. After...
View ArticleReducing size of files
We have a database in SQL server 2008 that grew to 2,5GB and we try to make it smaller. We have deleted unused data and now the actual space is below 1 GB, however the data file is still 2,5GB. I have...
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Connecting to SQL2000 DB from SQL2008 Linked Server
Hi im trying to Access one Table of SQL 2000 from SQL 2008for that i have created Linked Server in SQL 2008,It is showing all the Catalaogs also,but when im trying to access using the Query it is...
View ArticleDeadlock captures: "FETCH API_CURSOR..." but not query behind it......
This article shows how to "unmask" the sql query behind a FECTH API_CUSORhttp://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/joe/hunting-down-the-origins-of-fetch-api_cursor-and-sp_cursorfetch/that is shown in a deadlock...
View Articlehow to change the default shrink size of logfile?
how to change the default shrink size of log file?when i go to shrink option its showing am option reorganize pages before releasing unused space. where i can see default size set to 220MB in one of my...
View ArticleMemory / virtual memory problem on Win2K8 server
Greetings everyone ! This kind of trouble and question. I have Windows 2008 R2 Standard server installed on VM host on 1 vCPU (4 cores), 5120MB vRAM and 600GB vHDD virtual machine. Server acts as SQL...
View ArticleNeed to recover database for past date
Hi,I had executed some deleted statement on date 04-apr-2013. but i did not take any backup. now i need to recover the same data. Please assist me to delete data. Kapil Kaushish
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SQL Agent Job Output File
Hi ALLare there any option I can add time time at the output log file, then different file name can be created when the job run.
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