Change Data Capture (CDC) Is not populating the underlying tables
The database in question is in simple logging sql 2008 enterprise SP2 64 bit on windows 2008 enterprise sp2. This is a test database and there is very little activity. There are total 58 tables setup...
View ArticleDeadlock on single object
I don't understand how this deadlock even gets started, it seems to say that process C8 has a U lock at the same time process 48 has an S lock on the same object. Shouldn't that be prevented right...
View ArticleUpgraded 2008 R2 SP1 -> SP2, now BACKUP/CHECKPOINT on one DB fails
I upgraded 3 of our SQL servers from 2008R2 SP1 to 2008R2 SP2 Monday night. One database (out of 9 DBs on the 3 servers) can no longer run a backup or checkpoint.The error is:Msg 2601, Level 14, State...
View ArticleDifference between Alter index and DBcc DBreindex
HI All,I would like to know the difference between Alter index and DBCC DBreindex and from the below URL i came to know that DBCC DBREINDEX feature will be removed in future versions of SQL Server and...
View ArticleOrphaned Statistics
Hi allHaving run a DTA recommendation through on our server, it has created indexes which I have deemed not useful. I have removed the offending indexes but not the associated statistics objects. Is...
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Transactional Replication Issue
Hi , We are setting up a new Sql Server for our testing environment and migrated the data from Old Server to the New one by Attaching the .Mdf Files.The Old server was already having replication...
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SQL consistency based I/O error, help needed
Hello everyone.I'm new to database errors so I'm not really sure what I should do next. I'm using an accounting program running on SQL Server Express 2005 (9.0 SP3) on a Windows Server 2008R2. While...
View ArticleFailed to flush the commit table to disk in dbid 5 due to error 2601
I have a database with Change tracking enabled and when i tried to backup i got this error:Failed to flush the commit table to disk in dbid 5 due to error 2601. Check the errorlog for more...
View ArticleRetention, Skip, Init combination question
Hi all,I'm very inexperienced so be gentle :-). I have to guarantee that backups I do satisfy a certain requirement. A DBA from a partner company has told me how to do what I need. His understanding...
View ArticleAnalysis Service database backup on daily basis and need to move backups to...
Hi All,I got a task to take Production server Analysis Service database backup on daily basis. And also a copy of these backup need to be moved another location/region(DR server) from production...
View ArticleMemory ISSUES In DR Server
Hi Team,We are getting memory usages 86 %.I have checked in windows task manager --> Process -- sqlserver.exe xxxuser 27,778,989 it was showing like thisCould any body please suggest me its DR...
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CPU utilization is not evenly distributed on 4 numa system
It's quite often I see 2 numa node cpu's at 100% utilization the the remaining numa cpu's at around 20% or less average utilization. There are 160 visible schedulers in dm_os_schedulers dmv. The system...
View ArticleSuggested Criteria for Database Table Compression
Hi,We are about to move some large databases (150Gb to 270Gb) from SQL2005 to SQL2012. One feature that is now available is Database Compression. I do not really see any advantage to compressing a...
View ArticleDatabase Drop and Delet
Hi Gurus,MAy i know what is the difference between dropping a database and deleting a database.Please answer.Appreciate your help.Thanks,Venkat.
View ArticleExecute permission on Procedure
Hi Gurus,Am new to sqlserver.May you please clarifymy doubt.Can i give execute permission to a non existing procedure means there are procedures that will be created later starting with name 'Ba_'.Can...
View ArticleTransaction isolation level READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT not being used in...
Hi all,I am troubleshooting a locking issue have have taken a SQL Profiler trace to identify the blocked/blocking processes. Before taking the trace, read committed isolation using row versioning was...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2 - Change Tracking - Autoclean up is not working
Hi i am trying to test the Change Tracking SQL Server feature.I created a new DB and a single table with just 3 columns.I enabled the Change Tracking, put the retention period as 1 and the retention...
View ArticleSQL2008 how to open .sqlaudit file
Hi everyone,I created sqlserver audit specification which should audit events to a file. However, now I want to open it and review the file and I do not know how to open it or where to import it. Any...
View ArticleOS Error 665(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 15105) while...
Hi everyone,I am performing a backup of sharepoint 2010 content database on my sql 2008 std edition which has file stream enabled and I experience the following problem.When the backup reaches 40%...
View ArticleSQL Server uptime
Hi. Is there a way to directly or indirectly obtain how long the Sql Server service has been running since last restart? I realize I can look in the SQL Server error log, but I want to get the info...
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