SQL Server Resource Governor experience?
What's been everyone's experience with the SQL Server 2014 resource governor?I'm looking at some reporting database servers that server a set of clients. Occasionally, one client will run reports that...
View ArticleOla Hallengren Striped Backup Job
Not sure is we have any experts on the Ola Hallengren jobs here or if anyone can recommend a better way of doing this, If I run this backup in a job this works:sqlcmd -E -S $(ESCAPE_SQUOTE(SRVR)) -d...
View ArticleService Account in Registry
I am hoping you can help me although this might be awindows issues. My system administrators are unable to resolve this so I am hoping some
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 Meltdown / Spectre Patch - GDR Path
As part of the mitigation process for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerability we are looking at applying the released SQL patches. Currently our installs of SQL Server 2014 are running at SP2...
View ArticleRestore database from 2014 to 2008.
How can I restore the DB which is on SQL Server 2014 to the server which is running on 2008 version of SQL Server? Or is it even possible (I am sure it is but how)
View Articleis there any better way to detect sp_configure changes
Is there any better way to detect sp_configure changes beginIF object_id('msdb..sys_configurations') is nullbeginselect * into msdb..sys_configurations from master.sys.configurationsend-- set...
View ArticleMoving distribution database from one server to another with minimal downtime...
I would like to know if there is a possibility or a hack that can be used to move the distribution database from one server to another without breaking/dropping replication. I've read through many blog...
View Articleno rows returned when selecting sys.dm_server_services
hi,has anyone come across this issue where it does not return rows?
View ArticleKill long running transactions
So, I found a long running transaction that ran for 7 + hours. I killed the spid but it’s rolling back for more than 20 hours now. Is there any other way to Kill this? I’m not worried about data loss
View ArticleDeveloper edition to standard edition
Good day experts,At my new job we have a sql 2014 developer edition in production and its a clustered instance.We also have a licensed standard edition on the Dev environment.I disagree with this setup...
View ArticleNeed Recommendations for Document Database
We're in the process of a data migration from one LOB tool to another over this weekend. Part of the migration is moving just under a terabyte's worth of documents from files on disk to blobs in a...
View ArticleRING_BUFFER_CONNECTIVITY Questions
I am troubleshooting some connectivity issues between our web application and SQL Server.When I look at ring buffer connectivity, I do see entries, but they don't always correlate to our connectivity...
View ArticleAutomate scripting of DB
Looking to script out a DB every night as a job. How can I accomplish this?
View ArticleData Files (mdf)
Hi Is it possible to combine two or three database mdf files to one file.Thanks
View Articlelatest SQL 2014 SP2 CU10 update
Hi Experts,Have anyone installed the new SQL 2014 SP2 CU10 update.Any problems?Thanks
View ArticleLog Shipping
I have couple of questions regarding Log Shipping. I have a DB on SQL Server 2008 Standard edition (Primary server), I have another server 2014 standard edition (Secondary server). We take our backups...
View ArticleBackup of DB while it is configured with log shipping
I have a script which I use to take the backup of our DBs to the cloud. I am just configuring LS for one of the DB but using a network drive for backups since backing up and shipping log to the...
View ArticleAdding multiple triggers to same table - Recommendations/Best Practices
Hi Folks,I have a requirement to add additional triggers(INSERT/UPDATE) for a table which already have INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE triggers. This is for the purpose for adding audits columns, basically wanted...
View ArticleScan error log
I am trying to get errors along with error codes, looks like some of the error messages does not match with error codeuse tempdbCREATE TABLE errors( RowID int IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, &nbs
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 service account privileges
In production we are running SQL Server 2014 with the "SQL Server Agent" and "SQL Server Database Engine" service accounts changed from the default to an Active Directory account which was made for...
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