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Please advice how shall we proceed Parameter_Instance Table Partition.
Please advice how can we proceed with Table Partition for the Parameter_Instance table. Total record count of the table is 2401246 and it grows with huge record every day. In most of the Stored...
View ArticleHow to identify the real blocking lock
Hello, I hope someone can help me here. I am a dba, not a developer. We need to identify a problem with a blocking lock. I have try using profiler to capture blocking and also use...
View ArticleHow to enable xp_cmdshell?
Dear esteemed DBAs,I've tried to enable xp_cmdshell by executing below command in SSMS.EXEC sp_configure‘xp_cmdshell’, 1GORECONFIGUREGO But I keep getting below error,Msg 102, Level 15, State 1,...
View ArticleUsing PerfMon for Monitoring Disk I/O
I'm trying to monitor IOPS on our 2 SQL 2008 R2 database servers. Both servers have 2 RAID 10 arrays setup with the OS/Data on one array and Logs on the other array. We have some hourly stored...
View Articleideas on how to throttle IO?
I'm trying to think of a way to throttle IO on SQL Servers that have a data warehouse type of workload. Ideally this would be built into Resource Governor, but it isn't, so here I am. This is...
View ArticleSo many LATCH_EX
Hi all I select select * from sys.dm_os_latch_stats to check wait type, and find many ACCESS_METHODS_DATASET_PARENT what's it actually doing? and it cost so many CPU resourcese.
View ArticleConfigure -g switch memory_to_reserve
Hi Guru, How to configure this -g switch? Do I need need to configure with integer value or just -g switch itself? Below is my MemtoLeave info on sql 2005 32bit: Total available mem,kb Max Free...
View ArticleCreating Index in a Secondary DB which is in LogShipping
Hi Everybody , i am new to BI and everything , but i have gone through the info what ever i am having , but still i am thinking is there any way for this. Q : Can we create an Index to a table in a...
View ArticleDividing unused space and adding it to tables
Hi guys, I have a database with 10 tables, all differrent row sizes and my database may grow unrestricted with 1 MB, but let say it grows by 1 mb because it need 1 KB more then it currently has...
View Articlesql server agent jobs history
Hi Team, SQL SERVER Agent jobs subplan_1,Plan_2, Plan_3 .. Etc i m not able see jobs history could you please suggest how can we see the history? sqlagent-->properties-->History log size = 1000...
View ArticleSQL 2012 on Windows 2012
Hi all! I installed windows 2012 on virtual machine (hyper-v 2012), after that i installed sql server 2012 on it. But MSSQLSERVER service doesn't start. I receive an error: 2012-10-03 01:28:29.03...
View ArticleLinked server are gone after restart de engine
I've a new server w2k8 with sql 2008r2 , i can create a linked server and use is, but after restarting the engine the linked server is gone anyone have an idea how to fix this ? thanks
View ArticleHow to ignore unreachable linked server on creating the procedure?
I have recently changed the job and here 90% of development was done on the live servers. Now I am doing back synchronization to dev servers, but sometimes I cannot create procedures as they use linked...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 not auto-shrinking logfile
We recently deployed SQL Server 2012 Standard on a Server 2008 R2 SP1 machine and, for the most part, everything behaves the same as SQL 2008 R2 (no surprise there). However, one issue I've been...
View ArticleTwo databases cannot be on same server
I need a solution to secure databases. Database cannot be restored on another server that houses a another database that is part of the same solution. Thought of using certificates, but security person...
View ArticleIs it possible to fire a stored proc when a file is created? (WMI Alert)
I would like to execute a store proc when a file gets created each day, the file gets deleted as part of the proc. Can I do this using SQL alert - WMI event alert? I imagine creating a job which runs...
View ArticleUNC limitations in CREATE DATABASE are misdocumented ?
Hi, On MSDN is written in CREATE DATABASE : "SIZE cannot be specified when the os_file_name is specified as a UNC path". This isn't true on SQL Server 2012 and also on SQL Server 2008 R2. It works...
View ArticleSolid State Drives; To Do, Or Not To Do
While a bit off topic, wondering if anybody on the forums has an experience/benchmarks using solid state drives to speed up their Microsoft SQL database IO. We are thinking about doing it, but wanted...
View ArticleApproach to SQL Server MWT exceeded issue
Hello, I am using a SQL Server 2008 R2 SE on Windows Server 2008 R2 SE. I am getting the below errors in the applications we are using and the errors from sql server log at the same time: App Error:...
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 is using less precise counter for SysDateTime than for GetDate
We are experiencing what is for us a serious issue... With an upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP2) running on a new Dell 12th generation Poweredge 820 server with Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, the...
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