Periodic server crashes on DB server, no cause?
We've got 2 DB servers, connected to a SAN via fiberchannel connection.We've had periodic (1-2) crashes a week off an on, but have become more frequent.The only thing running on the servers is SQL...
View ArticleSQL Server Jobs are extremily slow
SQL Server 2012 with the latest SP on one of the sites. Have several SQL Jobs - each step takes forever to execute. The same steps executed in SQL Server Management Studio do not take time at all. Not...
View ArticleDoes MS SQL Server support ISO 10646 standard?
Hi All,Because I need to select a SQL Server to be my system database engine.For my research, MS SQL Server support Unicode since SQL Server 2000 Standard.But I cannot search the further information...
View Articletruncate_only' is not a recognized BACKUP option
Hello All,I am able to run the below command in sql 2005 but in 2008 getting error : truncate_only' is not a recognized BACKUP option.Back Up Log [DBName] with Truncate_Only dbcc...
View ArticlePage row compression in tlog backup
please let me know if page compression set on whole db tables will also be page compressed in t log backups.e.g. i have PAGA 1 table page compressed and another ROWB row compressed. if i take tlog...
View ArticleIssue in single quoted text in sql server 2008 R2
Hello,I am using SQL Server 2008 R2 and migrating my database from Oracle to SQL Server. It has a concatenation code which contains single quoted text which contains dot due to which it is throwing an...
View ArticleSAC utlity on named instance (Clustered)
Hi All, I need to run a command similar to below on a named instance on a Clustered server: sac out outputfile –S servername -I Instance2\Instance2But I get an error saying:Instance2\Instance2...
View ArticleTracing how and from where a backup is occuring.
I know this may seem strange or even newbish. But I can not for the life of me track down what is backing up our databases. It shows in teh SQL Server log they get backed up at 11:15pm, however the...
View ArticleUnable to start SQL Server Agent/Instance Service
Hi,Hi,HiI am not able to start the SQL Server Agent and SQL server services. I am on version SQL server 2008 R2 10.5 on Windows 2008 R2 machine.Below is the error message. SQL Server Agent service...
View Articlesql server 2008 r2 ram usage
hello guys im just wondering about ram usage of sqlserver is stock even theres no transaction open. sample without transaction ram usage in task manager is 1gb , now i open may localhost site and view...
View ArticleStoring Database on PEN Drive
Hi,<o:p></o:p>I am creating an accounting software. I want to store data base on pen drive , so when i plugin the pen drive it will automatically detect and store the data on pen...
View ArticleSetFileIOOverlappedRange Error AFTER Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 / Win...
SQL Server 2008 R2 - 64 BitVersion: 10.5.4260 (SP2 CU1)OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64 bit SP1 With Hotfix 2679255 installedSQL Server Trace flag 8903 enabledIn the environment described...
View ArticleSQL Server 2005: 20vcpu/124GB with 4 numa nodes. ple drops and foreign pages...
I took a DBCC Memorystatus and it doesn't look right to me....Is this normal? I could be starving the system for memory.Memory Manager KB------------------------------...
View ArticleWAITSTATS output...where is the real pain point?
Hi All,While im on the MAXDOP high, i thought i'd pose another question for a waitstats output im getting from one of my OLTP servers:If i order by waittime:CXPACKET, has the greates percentage of...
View ArticlePermissions on server scoped catalog views or system stored procedures or...
hi, I want to grant select on sys.database_mirroring to a monitoring user. When I did this: use msdb go GRANT SELECT ON sys.database_mirroring TO user1; go I received this error: Msg 4629, Level 16,...
View ArticleLimit SQL agent jobs based on User rights...
Hello folks. I'm trying to setup a Dev SQL Server 2008 R2 server for my Developers which are divided into two teams (Team A, B). Each team can successfully create jobs, but upper management does not...
View ArticlePlan Cache Related Performance Drop After SQL 2012 Upgrade
We've installed SQL2012 on one of our servers and spotted an overall performance drop of around 20% when compared to SQL2008. On the same hardware and identical database settings (Optimize for Ad Hoc...
View ArticleTPC-E test on SQL Server 2012 high runnable task count
I know I probably shouldn’t be replying to this old thread, but I’m crossing my fingers that Jonathan Kehayias will see activity on this old thread and respond…I’m using Quest Benchmark Factory to run...
View ArticleSplit existing Partition - Grows log file in GBs and take hours to run
Hi,I have an existing table with around 200 Million rows and couple of partitions.I would like to split the partitions e.g. the Latest partition hold the data where date >= '2012-01-01' and I want...
View Articlewhat all ports should be opened to connect to a named instance running on...
what all ports sould be opened to connect to a named instance running on port number 7000SQL Browser enabledAble to connect with SERVERNAME, 7000 but not with SERVERNAME\INSTANCE NAMEIt is static...
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