how to review windows server keeping sql as our point of interest
Hi,i want to review my windows server keeping SQL as point of interest. what are the things i should consider for that.. like patching reviews.. so on...
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Hi,We have a job that have 40 steps and we are running stored procedures that have queries referring other server/database using linked servers , we need to run the job in read uncommitted isolation...
View ArticleRebuild Index Task fails in sql 2005
I suddenly started getting this error on a job that used to be succesfull on schedule.I tried a manual run and it still failed with the following error :Executed as user: MNET\EQGSQLRS252AGN....
View ArticleSQL Server limit the processor usage on the basis of user
OBIEE connects to SQL server on the basis of a user OBIEEUSER. There a few heavy queries that are executed on the Database when a report is run in OBIEE. When this report is run the server CPU usage...
View ArticleSQL Server not recognizing all the temp db files
SQL Server not recognizing all teh temp db filesWe have 8 files and sql server only sees 2 after restart.Any help is appreciatedDavid Yard
View ArticleCPU time higher but elapsed time lower when columnstored index used....
I am exploring ColumnStore indexing and comparing with traditional row store. I wrote two sets of queries doing the same thing - one using columnstore index and the other with primary key clustered...
View ArticleResource governour, level out time ??
Hi all,I set up a workload group and associated resource pool to limit cpu usage for certain users to 30 %.If I now start a workload for a user in default pool (no limits) and shortly after the same...
View Articlenumber of tempds and multiple instance
I know it's best practice to create as many tempDB databases as how many CPUs you have. So i have question:If i have 6 core CPU with HT ON (12 logical cores inside windows) and i have 3 SQL instances,...
View ArticleMemory Management for Multiple Instances on a Cluster
I am looking for recommendations for configuring memory settings for Three instances of SQL running on a Two server Failover Cluster. ( SQL 2012) ScenarioHardware: 32 Logical, 16 Physical Cores,...
View ArticleDatabase Mail sent_date 5 hours after send_request_date
Why would a mail take 5 hours to send out? Is there anyway to see how many times it retried? Or is there some other method to track that?John M. Couch
View ArticleAnalyse C2 Auditing trace files data in SQL Server
Hi,I enabled c2 auditing on a sql server and loaded those files in to a table for analysing last one month database activity. Requirement: I want to list out all the users who accessed any database in...
View ArticleError with the script
Hi, How to resolve the problem with this script, which is to retrieve data per the linked server? Select * from FORCE2...ActivityHistory; OLE DB provider "DBAmp.DBAmp" for linked server "FORCE2"...
View ArticleAttaching/Merging 2 seperate Files for two tables on same file group in SQL...
Hi All,I have 24 monthly partitions on a table (dbo.EMPLOYEE) in SQL Server 2005 & every day we are receiving around 3 -4 millions records. ETL is taking more than 3-4 hours to load the data and...
View ArticleDowngrade from SQL SERVER 2012 to 2005
Hi,We are planning for upgrade from sql server 2005 to sql server 2012, used sql server upgrade advisor and it shows no issues to upgrade. On the applications side, development team is also telling...
View ArticleSSMS 2012 - Connecting to SQL Server 2012 Instance is Extremely Slow
Every time I connect to one of my SQL Server 2012 instances on a remote server, SSMS freezes when "Loading items..." and hangs for at least ten minutes or longer. Out of the people who access this...
View ArticleDeadlock occurred on same table with DELETE and SELECT statements
I received a deadlock notification e-mail today indicating that a deadlock had occurred between a DELETE and SELECT statement on the same table. After looking at the deadlock information, reviewing the...
View ArticleSQL Collation for Chinese, Korean, Japanese together
We have one single database to set up that is going to contain data for Chinese, Japanese, Korean language data. We are little bit confused, whether to use CI_AI or CS_AS and with/ without _KS (kana)....
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition - Online Index Rebuild
A simple question that I need verification of:Does SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition (finally) support Online Index Rebuildfor Clustered Indexes that includes LOB columns?This was not the case for SQL...
View ArticleSql server Objects
Hi All,I previously worked as a oracle DBA. Am new to sqlserver admin role. Can i know what is User_objects,ALl_objects and DIct_objects called in sqlserver,Please help me.Regards,Venkat.
View ArticleResource database update time
Hi everybody,I just queried Resource database update time on my SQL Server 2008 by usingSELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ResourceLastUpdateDateTime'); GOand the result is2012-06-28 10:36:40.883I am a little...
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