Index fragmentation and SSDs
Index fragmentation is bad on traditional, spinning disk drives because the read head has to dance all around to gather the scattered data, slowing everything down. With solid state drives there are no...
View ArticleInstall Integration Services via Command Line
Hi guys,Has anyone installed integration services via command line to an existing SQL Server 2014 instance. This is my script:Start-Process –Wait -FilePath S:\Setup.exe -ArgumentList...
View ArticleDB Single User mode
Hi All,Some body has put one of my DBs in single user mode. But not sure who did it. I checked it in default trace file but no use.Is there any other way to find out who has changed it.
View ArticleMoving drive from one server to another
We're running SQL Server 2008 with the data stored on RAID drives connected via SATA cards. We got a new box with Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014 installed. When we move the data drives from...
View ArticleReporting server setup
I would like to check with other DBAs in the forum, when you setup a dedicated server for a department, do you usually setup one server with db engine, ssis, ssrs on one box, or you set up at least...
View ArticleConverting Memory Size
Good day Experts,I have a column MEMORY size in database with the following rows.Memory Size171794141184How can i convert the number to GB.Thank you in advance
View ArticleValidation / reconcilliation of replication
Hi everyone,We have set up Transactional Replication in our work environment (SQL Server 2014) and replicate data onto our system from 4 different sources. We would like to have a better grip on the...
View ArticleCompatibility levels in SQL 2014
We will be doing our "first" SQL 2014 install on a server that will be handling up to 8 different databases. These are not large dbs (<15 GB) and the biggest problem I am mulling over is the fact...
View ArticleSpreading/Spanning a SQL DB over multiple drives
Hi,Could you please share your guidance on the following SQL exercise?Objective: Using SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition, I plan to implement a 17TB db on a single Windows Server 2012, over 5 drives...
View ArticleSql alwayson ag
HiActualy, I need to implement SAN replication after setting alwayson AG group as alwayson ag won't help in data file corruption or loss. Can you reply further? How can I setup with no.of servers...
View ArticleCreating #Table
Good day Experts,How can i insert the results of the following query on a #Table using "INTO #Table"SELECT 'New Dmark' as sitename,*FROM(SELECT SEM_COMPUTER.COMPUTER_NAME AS 'Computer...
View Article13:1:78484916 suspended PAGEIOLATCH_EX
HELLOI Have a serious problemI am trying to run an sql query (uodate) [size="1"]UPDATE DBO. GENERICSET TITLE= B.TITLEFROM DBO. GENERIC AS A with (nolock)INNER JOIN DBO. DISTINCT AS B with (nolock)...
View Articlealien linked servers
in my in environment servers may go be on and off at anytimeso my management reports call sp_testlinkedserver to get to find out if there are on this works for a 200 servers but for the aliens 3the...
View ArticleAnother sysjobhistory query
For many years I've wanted to be able to visualize how long my SQL Agent jobs are taking to run over time. I've wanted to see them both as a total duration of the job and broken down by each step. I've...
View ArticleRestoring a database (without effecting original) - to test the retore...
Hi, Hope this is the right forum. I using SQL Server 2014 and want to test the "restore" process is working correctly. What I wan to do is restore an existing database (lets call it "DatabaseA") to a...
View Articlecannot open the datafile from executing package in SSISDB
I have converted a package deploy mode SSIS project to project deploy mode.After I deployed to the server, I found one of the packages that uses a shared network file failed.The package uses it as a...
View ArticleGood day Experts
I am combining two quries using " union all".when i run the query i get the following errror :"Implicit conversion of varchar value to varchar cannot be performed because the collation of the value is...
View ArticleTCP/IP connection issue
HelloI'm unable to launch SSMS on "server A" to connect to a SQL instance on "server B".I get error...Cannot connect to "server B" Additional information: The target principal name is incorrect. Cannot...
View ArticleAssign execute permission to all existing and new sp's for application role...
I'm getting ready to create an sql server database that will be access by a visual basic windows application. I've created an application role that the program will connect with. Before I start...
View ArticleLicensing cost/best practices - Reporting services
Hello everyone,How does the licensing works sql server reporting services on Production and non-Production. What will the cost and best practice to install SSRS. I would like to setup one environment...
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