DB mirroring support MSSQL 2014
HI There,i am attempting to get a definitive answer on whether or not DB mirroring is supported in SQL Server 2014. I know MS have stated that it will be deprecated since the release of 2012 but its...
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 passive DR instance license
Hi,I have 3 production servers replicating data to a DR server. I am not planning to use the DR server for anything other than DR.I did some reading on this, but it is still unclear to me if I can have...
View ArticleExport Oracle tables (or query) for import to SQL Server
This sounds very basic, but it's a hard problem. However, we are severely limited on what tools we can run in our environment, and there are additional constraints, the Oracle query produces 500+...
View ArticleTDE - Impact on TempDB and other Unencrypted DBs in that Instance
Once TDE is enabled on a DB tempdb automatically gets encrypted.Once the TempDB database is encrypted, any reference and use of this database by other databases, regardless of whether they have TDE...
View ArticleReplication Failover
Hello, I have a SQL 2014 Replication with AlwaysOn Availability Group configured in 2 nodes (SRVSQL1 and SRVSQL2), 1 distributor (SRVSQL3) and a listener called 'SQL', configuration was made following...
View ArticleIndex cannot be reorganized because page level locking is disabled error in...
"Index cannot be reorganized because page level locking is disabled error in SQL Server"Hi Guys,Reorganize index fails for one of the indexes. This(maintenance) was running fine for years and no...
View ArticleTDE - Encryption Algorithm (AES_128 | AES_192 | AES_256 | TRIPLE_DES_3KEY)
When creating DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY for TDE, which algorithm is preferred, AES_128 | AES_192 | AES_256 | TRIPLE_DES_3KEY.Any performance impact when using one over the other.SQL version: 2014...
View ArticleLog shipping restore failed for NT Service\SQLSERVERAGENT
i configured logged shipping and back up and copy jobs works fine. i get below Message in history while executing restore job.Executed as user: NT Service\SQLSERVERAGENT. The step failedwhat permission...
View ArticleQuery/Performance Tuning Steps without help of profiler
Please Help me Query/Performance Tuning Steps with out help of profiler
View Articletrying to link server to oracle...
Hi,I have been trying to create a link server connection from management studio to mysql and it is proving to be a nightmare :w00t::w00t::w00t:I have tried downloading the ODAC 12c (which i really dont...
View ArticleSQL WID processor issue
Hi,We having an issue with mssql$microsoft##wid that consuming high cpu and memory. this server is a physical server and we have SQL 2014 and also is our RDS license server. in the process manager we...
View ArticleDatabase availability while adding to an availability group
Hi All, I have a question I'm hoping you can help me with.While adding a database to an availability group can users continue to use it or is it unavailable until it is in a synchronised state ? Many...
View ArticleDoes Management Studio uses SQL native client library to connect to SQL...
Hi all,I am using SQL server 2014.I have a ServerA (192.168.1.174) running SQL default instance.I have a ClientB with management studio installed and is able to reach the instance on Server A via the...
View ArticleSQL Server CPU
Hi Experts,In our test environment we have 2 instances of SQL Server running on 8 core machine.Can I split the CPU between these instances?What is the purpose of Processor Affinity Mask & IO...
View ArticleSQL 2014 Install Error
Hi,I am attempting to install SQL Server 2014 on a VM and I'm getting this error:The following error has occurred:Updating permission setting for the file 'E:\SQLBackup\System Volume...
View ArticleMissing Index
SELECT DISTINCT CONVERT(decimal(18,2), user_seeks * avg_total_user_cost * (avg_user_impact * 0.01)) AS [index_advantage], migs.last_user_seek, mid.[statement] AS...
View ArticleStrange database properties
We have recently upgraded our server from 2012 to 2014 and I am noticing some strange behaviour - can anybody point me in the right direction?Scenario (the names have been changed to protect the...
View Articleindexing foreign key
Is it a good practice to index foreign keys in all tables. I'm working on a design phase of a db. Should a non-clustered index with just the foreign key column good enough?Please provide your...
View ArticlePreparation a Database for Developer team
Hi ProfessionalsWe have a schadule task that I have to 1- Backtup of main database 2-Update Critical data 3-Delete Old Records And last 4- Copy to Local server and restore it For developers. Because...
View ArticleSQL Agent when the clocks go forward
Clocks are due to go forward soon, how does SQL agent deal with this??We have some data loads scheduled to start at 1.30am - will this be impacted Should we look at moving the times outside of the 1am...
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