Partial Restore of primary file group issue.
hi,I have done a partial backup of few file groups that includes primary file group. I started restoring primary file group.. while restoring it on different server, I get an issue as below.What's...
View Articleput datafile on root of drive
I'm trying to create datafiles on the root of some mounted drives. For example, I have SQL installed on a drive mapped as S:. I have a folder under S called "MyBigDatabase". Under that I have 8...
View ArticleWhy there is only one record per page for the second extent?
I did the test using the following script, and I found there was two records per page for the first and third extents , but there was only one record per page for the second extent, Why ? BTW, you...
View ArticleHow performance counte sql server objects are captured in tables in a DB
Hi,During a cleanup activity, i saw huge table which is occupying almost 3/4th of the size of my DB. When i decided to dig in and seethe table is actually storing , i saw lot of tables in that DB which...
View Articleperformance question
Hi All,I have a question on performance tuning approach and where should i start and what should be my approach on below.All of sudden, all of my queries started performing very slow. What can i do...
View ArticleSQL Server performance issue
We have SQL Server 2008R2, and we are having slowness issues. For example SQL query runs fine for the first few times, but after that the same query will be slow. We have checked the SQL Server CPU and...
View ArticleSharePoint config database stuck in recovery mode after disk crash
I was redirected from the SharePoint forum to post my question here. This seemed like the appropriate category.We had a hard disk crash on a raid 5, and the sharepoint configuration database has been...
View ArticleMemory clerk misleading info?
I am trying to reconcile memory usage on my servers as some of em have memory issues...Its been 2 days and going through numerous articles including Salvo/bobward, i created below code to see all...
View ArticleReceiving an error in the logs - 18059, Severity: 20, State: 1.
Hello, I'm using SQL Server 2008 Sp3Lately I'm having errors in the SQL Logs:Error: 18059, Severity: 20, State: 1. The connection has been dropped because the principal that opened it subsequently...
View ArticleRING_BUFFER_SCHEDULER_MONITOR reporting over 100% ProcessUtilization
I am using RING_BUFFER_SCHEDULER_MONITOR to get cpu history for the server. For some reason on our new intel box (system info below) we are experiencing above 100% (in the xml below it shows 129)...
View ArticleSQL server Agent Job email notifications not being sent
I trying to set up some failure job Email notifications on Sql Server Agent jobs. So, I configured database mail and tested and was able to receive mail through sp_send_dbmail and "Test mail" option...
View ArticleBig clustered index and randon inserts
Hi All,I have 2 dataservers, 1 on SQL 2000 and another on SQL 2008.On the SQL 2000 database, there is a table with 12 columns and a 4 column primary key with clustered index on it. There are hundreds...
View ArticleRowmodctr in sysindexes
I see that Rowmodctr in sysindexes can be used to create our own threshold for manual update of statistics. But it seems that this can be only useful for indexed columns.What about the statistics for...
View ArticleWhere is my filetable directory???
I ran this code:CREATE TABLE FileTableTb AS FileTable WITH (FileTable_Directory = 'FileTableTb_Dir'); GOWhere on the file system was a directory created, if anywhere?
View ArticleSQL server 2008 to be installed on already the server where SQL server 2008...
HiCan i install SQL server 2008 on the server where SQL server 2008 R2 already installed.?
View ArticleLog file shrunking
Hi All,This is a urgent request. we have sqlserver 2000 its old database. the log and data files filled the drive completely. what is the possible way .Should i shrunk the log file and what are the...
View ArticleUpgrade from SQL 2008 to 2008R2
We have a SQL 2008 installation on a Windows 2008 machine. We are planning on upgrading to SQL 2008 R2. Would the installation be in place - meaning - the upgrade will not disturb any of the services...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Express: Azure storage-Can this 2012 Express do Windows Azure...
Hi all,I just saw "Azure Storage" in the "Connect" tag of SQL Server 2012 Express. Can this SQL Server 2012 Express do Windows Azure/Cloud Computing? I am very curious about this new, powerful IT...
View ArticleStrange problem with statistics on view
I have a user that has a very strange problem with my index and statistics maintenance script. UPDATE STATISTICS [dbo].[_hypmv_1] [hind_1099919040_5A] gives Msg 2706, Level 16, State 7, Line 1 Table...
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