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i have couple of servers (symantec servers) which as sql server database ( but no db tool like ssms or anything installed on server). Also database backup is taken everynight and i see in log and drive...
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Does anyone know how to setup daily schedule sql server database backup with sql server express edition ?
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We're gearing up for sql 2014 upgrades and I found this nice script that documents almost everything. However it is full of odd quotation marks. A couple of hours of testing still hasn't worked it out...
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I created a script to restore multiple databases in one shot. What's weird is, I often see objects from the dbs being restored show up in Master. They can be tables, procs, etc. The DBs themselves seem...
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Hi All,I have restored a copy of a production database to my local machine to troubleshoot a problematic query. When I execute the query on production I'm seeing ~3,000,000 logical reads, whereas when...
View ArticleTemp statistics builds on AlwaysOn Readable Secondary causing query blocking...
At my job we have a [b]very[/b] read-heavy workload, not just reporting but high throughput and fast selects, on our synchronous secondary SQL Server. Every once in a while a couple procedures, that...
View ArticleVirtual Memory (Paging File) setting VMWare
Greetings,We are building a SQL Server 2014 (OLTP and OLAP) environment using VMWare virtual servers. My question is, what is the proper way to configure Virtual Memory at the guest-os level? I am...
View ArticleThings that should be considered when setting up a new sql...
Hello Folks,What are the things that should be considered when provisioning a DB/Instance/Server. We are looking to follow the best practices also trying to get some cost savings.* Selecting...
View ArticleHow to prevent a table from being truncated or dropped
Hey guys, had one of my team members drop our main table by accident. Is there a way to prevent a table from being truncated or dropped? I tried adding a foreign key which allows nulls in a test table...
View ArticleQuery to find runtime of Job (multiple server remote)
We have 100's of remote server and wanted to see if there is a way i can run query on my desktop which will fetch data from all the servers (remote) and give me following:What time my system db backup...
View ArticleGet list of all SQL SERVER INSTANCES !!
Is it possible to get list of all sql server instances from all the servers located remotely but on same network ?only thing i know is the server names but each server has different named instances.One...
View ArticleManual Failover in Log Shipping configuration
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View ArticleUpgrade Advisor error "network path not found (mscorlib)"
I've successfully run the 2014 upgrade advisor in QA ( on a two node cluster housing four instances ) after installing the sql script DOM and upgrade advisor. In production, also a two-node cluster,...
View Articlelogon history
Hi cuy'sHow can I get an list for a user logon history to a Database in SQL 2008 R2?I have to get logon history for a user for 3 different dates.our user using Windows authentication to access the DB....
View ArticleSSMS REGISTERED SERVERS !!
Is there a query or way to register 100 server name with one query and you will see all the list in your left panel of register server or do i have to enter individually instance name and enter one by...
View ArticleQuery to find backup job information!!
So i have several queries which give me the list of job information for each database names.I do not want to see db name columnI am looking for query which should not display more than two rows for...
View ArticleAlert - multiple performance counter condition
Hi,When we set up SQL Server performance condition alert, how to set the condition with multiple performance counters. Is that possible?Thanks
View ArticleSQL 2014 SP2 release date wrong?
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