changing block size on database disk
Hi,I have an request from an application demand vendor sighting this below MS link :http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd758814(v=sql.100).aspxThe vendor is asking me why this practice was not...
View ArticleCannot open backup device 'F:\foldername'. Operating system error 5(Access is...
SQL 2005 EnterpriseEven if I logon as Administrator and try to backup any of my databases to local partitions, I get this error below. I have been operating fine up until this point and doing backups...
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SS2012 SSMS New Query Error: BatchParser Missing
It maybe a coincidence, but started 2 days ago after virus/Trojan infestation (anti-virus deleted it?). McAfee technicians from Chennai cleaned my computer today.I cannot do repair from DVD due to...
View Articleshow Task manager data in SSRS
Dear All,We have an application. Which is currently facing performance problems. We are currently working on that.Bit right now we are advised create a report which shows Real time Memory usage and CPU...
View ArticleDecipher waitresource
I am trying to analyze a dead lock trace.I see this in the waitresourcewaitresource=KEY: 9:72057594065256448 (ef008dce9cbe)How can I find the exact key thats causing the problem? Thanks!
View ArticleLog Shipping false status
Hi All,We configure log shipping successfully.Even Backup, Copy & restore Jobs run successfully. I checked the log backup movement from primary drive to secondary drive too its happen properly.But...
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 x 64 + VSS backup of filestream enabled databases
We are using Veeam to backup our SQL database using VSS and the hot backup is failing.We have extended our VSS timeout for Veeam to 30 minutes but still our backup job times out. Basically the VSS...
View ArticleCapture Process blocked queries
Hello All,I am new to SQL Server DBA, I created an Alert of type: SQL Server performance condition alertobject: SQL Server: LocksCounter: NUmber of deadlocks / secInstance: DatabaseAlert if counter:...
View ArticleIs there a way to characterize the cache by date? (SQL Server 2008R2)
We're using SQL Server Enterprise 2008R2 on a large VM farm. We have hundreds of SQL Server VMs that all run very nicely.However, when they were setup, the VM admins gave them huge amounts of memory -...
View ArticleBetter insert performance on a table only with a clustered index or a table...
Note, I am not talking about a clustered index against a non-cluster index, I mean a clustered index comparing to no index at all for inserting performance.I saw lots of links as below said that, a...
View ArticleSQL server 2012 Installation to put Data and Log on a separate drive
Anyone tell me how to separate the data and log files in separate drive.Can I give separate path for them during the installation or I go ahead with default installation later I move the files to...
View Articlefn_virtualfilestats - NumberWrites and umberReads column
So in SQL Server 2008 and beyond what do the columns numberReads and numberWrites mean? I thought this was simply the number of reads the number of writes issued by the sqlserver.exe process. I went...
View ArticleUpdate PDF file in FileTable
Hi- I'm new to working with FileTables and am wondering if the following code (which saves annotations to a PDF file in the FileTable with changes that are made through the PDF control) makes sense. My...
View ArticleDisable Error 3197 "I/O is frozen on database %ls. No user action is...
Hi Experts,I have a MS SQL Server 2008 R2 Server with plenty of shared point databases. MS DPM (Data Protection Manager) configured for the databases backup. Every time the backup initiated it logs...
View ArticleCauses for "Snapshot isolation transaction failed"???
What are the possible causes of a "Snapshopt isolation transaction failed...DDL" message?I have a production database of 250 million row that has been running very well for years.We do use snapshot...
View ArticleCONNECTION PROBLEM OF SQL DEVELOPER
I COULD NOT MAKE A NEW CONNECTION.WHAT WOULD I GIVE IN THE COLUMNS USERNAME,PASSWORD,HOSTNAME,PORT NOMBER WHEN ASKING FOR A NEW CONNECTION
View Articlealgorithm behind slow IO reporting
I would like to understand what algorithm SQL Server 2008 uses to log the 'taking longer than 15 seconds' message, e.g.Aug 8 16:53:05 daffy MSSQLSERVER: 833: SQL Server has encountered 1435...
View ArticleWhy are DDL changes to a temporary table not allowed within a snapshot...
Why are DDL changes to a temporary table not allowed within a snapshot transaction, especially when the temporary table is created within the snapshot transaction? I understand why DDL changes to a...
View ArticleA severe error occurred on the current command. The results, if any, should...
I have a strange situation on a database, which are on SQL Server 2008 R2 Express SP2. The database size is something around 90 MB.When a user try to insert a record inside one table, he receive an...
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