About VLF Filesize in DB.
Hello,The below question is to understand how VLFs are created when DB is created and the size's of VLFs.Below are two examples of DBs,DB1: The VLFS are as...
View ArticleHow to give Read-Only access to SQL Agent Jobs
Hi Folks,Could you please help me on how to give Read-Only access to SQL agent jobs?Thanks in advance
View ArticleVery Very Strange issue in SQL Server 2005 Engine Services itself is not visible
Hi All,I am facing a very very strange issue.I am a local administrator. I added my account explicitly to Local Administrator group. In SQL server BUILTIN\Administrator has sysadmin rights. I added my...
View ArticleData compression in SQL Server 2008 R2
Hi,I would like to know if we can roll back the action of data compression on a table. For ex: I have compressed a table with PAGE compression option. Now I want to rollback the compression and get the...
View ArticleSQL Server standard edition License
Hi,Do we need license to install sql server 2008 r2 standard edition on dev box to use as dev or test server?Thanks
View ArticleIs cluster mandatory to install alwaysonavailibilty?
Is cluster mandatory to install alwaysonavailibilty?Thanks
View Articlesysjobactivity in msdb database
Hi, I m using sysjobactivity in one of the queries to start a job if its not running. Somehow that table got messed up and not showing the right information. so I deleted records in sysjobactivity for...
View ArticleGot Error in SQL server error log and application event log -event ID 3041...
Got Error in SQL server error log and application event log -event ID 3041 , "Backup failed to complete the command BACKUP DATABASE <dbname>. check the backup application log for detailed...
View ArticleTPC-E test on SQL Server 2012 high runnable task count
I know I probably shouldn’t be replying to this old thread, but I’m crossing my fingers that Jonathan Kehayias will see activity on this old thread and respond…I’m using Quest Benchmark Factory to run...
View ArticleSql2008 doesn't release memory.....
Setting: Windows 2008 R2, Sql 2008, SP3. 64GB RAM. Sql Memory usage capped at 40GB for the datawarehouse server.While processing a large amount of data Sql uses up to its cap of 40GB. Hours after the...
View ArticleUsing SQL 2005 DMV to verify effects of fragmented indexes?
I have a db server that I have inherited and sql is running pretty slow it seems for some processes.I ran a query that indicated I have several fragmented indexes and the indexes have not been rebuilt...
View ArticleHow to trick Data collector to insert data in a view?
We are using Data Collector to aggregate data from some SQL Server views and insert them into a table in the Management Data Warehouse DB. I would like to create an identity column in the destination...
View ArticleSQL Server on a VM - are profiler CPU and Duration times honest?
If my SQL Server is running on a VM and the physical CPUs are oversubscribed, my actual performance will be impacted.Will this be visible in the times the profiler reports - will the CPU and Duration...
View Articlesql server data display change
Hi,I have a data in a table likeRetailer_SK Regional_SK National_SK12 226 NULL23 224...
View ArticleSQL Server 2005: 20vcpu/124GB with 4 numa nodes. ple drops and foreign pages...
I took a DBCC Memorystatus and it doesn't look right to me....Is this normal? I could be starving the system for memory.Memory Manager KB------------------------------...
View ArticleAccessing System Tables (books online)
I have taken this comment from the SQL Server 2005 Books Online documentation but am having problems accessing the system tables (elsewhere it is stated that there is NO modification of system views,...
View ArticleWarning: Failure to calculate super-latch promotion threshold. appears in SQL...
We are running SQL Server 2008 R2 and have just applied Service Pack 2 to our QA environment.Today we noticed this message in the SQL Server log: Warning: Failure to calculate super-latch promotion...
View Articlexp_delete_file extremely slow on a server - Wait_Info...
I am looking at one server where xp_delete_file is extremely slow to delete files.One subdirectory contains a few thousands files and it takes about 1 second for each file to delete.The wait_info is...
View ArticleTable Partitioning
SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition - Windows 2008 R2.I have never done a table partitioning and I am not familiar with the concept (Yes I have googleed and look at a couple of links). Now, I have been...
View ArticleError: Link Server in Sql Server2008
HiI have two sql server A is 2008 R2 and B is 2005I have created link in A for B.when I am updating data from A to Bit gives me error:OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "LINK_A" returned...
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