Has log-shipping been marked for deprecation?
Please help me settle an argument. I say it hasn't. What do you say?
View ArticleSQL Server Change Data Capture
When using Change Data Capture on SQL Server 2012 I have researched that you cannot truncate data in a table. Is this also true if one wanted to delete data from the table? Getting a little confused...
View ArticleAfter Repair do I need to apply SQL Patches
I am repairing a SQL Server 2014 instance using the SETUP > Maintenance > Repair from the original installation media. Afterwards do I need to apply any SQL Server patches applied to the instance...
View Articleavailability group handshaking fails after network outage
Hi. I looked over the AG troubleshooting guide, but it doesn't help my situation.Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.I'm running a primary and secondary on sql server 2012 enterprise...
View ArticleHave to remove DB and join DB back to AG to fix out of sync issue
Hello friends,I found several times, I cannot fix the AlwaysON issue then I have to delete database and join it back to fix.This is usually how I fix alwayson issue:1. Firstly, try resume the...
View ArticleData across different data centers
We are planning to setup multi site data centers. We want to have read-write nodes across all data centers with high availability. I am having hard time to decide on how to organize the current data....
View ArticleSnapshots -never used
Hi,Never had a need to use snapshots before.I have a dev SQL2014 server. My devs would like to take a DB snapshot then run there code, then use that snaphot to revert back to the way the db was before...
View ArticleProblem with making single subnet cluster multi-subnet
We have a SQL 2014 AlwaysOn availability group running on two Windows 2012 R2 servers that are in the same subnet. We created a new server in a second subnet, installed SQL, joined the server to the...
View ArticleHow to find how fast an active SQL database restore is going (MBps, etc)
Hello All,I am troubleshooting I/O / Network issues and I'd like to find on average how fast SQL restores are going in regards to MBps / Mbps / Gbps, etc.Is this possible to do? I have yet to find any...
View ArticleTransactional replication with different versions
Hi,We have installed 2014 sql server. We have currently 2008r2. We have to run the real time report. So we need to set up transactional replication b/n those two servers. We need to use 2008r2 as...
View ArticleAvailability Groups and Transaction Log Logic
We have a database that does require a failover if something goes wrong. However, the data isn't important enough to require point of time recovery. Am I able to run t-log backups and then delete them...
View ArticleHigh Availability - Job error
Hi,I am trying to create a job that runs against my High Availability listener server.It is a fairly simple SQL statement in the job - execute tsql. When I try and run the job I get the...
View ArticleAlways on and a reporting solution
I have a requirement to setup Always on with SQL 2014.Lets assume its Server A and Server B.My client wants a reporting solution attached to this setup. For instance if the availability group is on...
View Articlealways on error
to day we observed the error and secondary replica is disconnected Error: 35217, Severity: 16, State: 1The thread pool for AlwaysOn Availability Groups was unable to start a new worker thread because...
View ArticleMulti-Server Administration - using different msxoperators
I've got a SQL-server park where I administer all of the maintenance jobs via a Multi Server.Works like a charm ( after taking a few hurdles ).All of the job-notifications goes to the "msxoperator"...
View ArticleKnowing the expiry of service account
is any query to know the sql service account expiry date?
View ArticleAzure VMs - Upgradeing from SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014, side by side
Hello everyone,We're planning to upgrade our existing setup from SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014 at Azure. The new server is up and running with SQL 2014.Now, my job is to move all databases and SQL jobs to...
View ArticleI/O and processor affinity checkboxes disabled/greyed out problem
Hi, I've searched around quite a bit but can't find any info on what might cause this issue. On NumaNode1 and NumaNode3. I can see all of the CPU's there but the checkboxes are disabled.Any ideas on...
View ArticleWhat are your five most common T-SQL commands
I'm working on an article and would appreciate some input.There are a few T-SQL commands that just write themselves on my keyboard. I almost don't have to type them, they just appear. I want to know...
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