expanding a bitlocker drive in vsphere
I have a 2008 R2 server running SQL 2008 that is a vm within vsphere 5.0. I need to expand one of it's data drives and it's encrypted with bitlocker. Has anybody had any issues doing this with it...
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I'm running a test upgrade from Dynamics GP 2010 to GP 2013I've moved the Dynamics Database and one of our company Databaees to the new server but the upgrade fails. Looking online I think it's...
View ArticleCan SQL Server 2008 be installed on AD LDS Server?
I have a huge new project at work. I'm going through all the server role and feature requirements for the new project.In my new project 2 of the requirements are:SQL Server 2008 Active Directory...
View ArticleSQL Cluster monitoring and Microsoft SQL Monitor
Has the Microsoft SQL Monitor addin been updated to monitor clustered servers? I am not able to connect to our clustered servers. If it hasn't been, any idea when it might be added? If it is...
View ArticleImplementing SSIS in SQL 2012 Named instance - SQL 2008 Default instance
Let me preface this post with the fact that I am not a DBA, and have a very limited familiarity with SQL Server overall. I've been tasked with installing SSIS on our SQL2012 server to handle some...
View ArticleA (in my mind) complicated SQL code question
So, I have a bit of code that looks like this: LEFT OUTER JOIN(SELECT MAX(ilvdt.SettlementDate) AS SettlementDate,ilvdt.SettlementType,c.idFROM dbo.tblInvestorTracking_Claims AS c...
View ArticleSSMA: MySQL to MSSQL picks random date delimiter
I'm using SSMA to transfer a large amount of data from MySQL to MSSQL 2008 R2 as my vendor dropped support for the former.Connecting to both databases is fine, schema transfer and some field tweaking...
View ArticleSpec out SQL server
What are the best practices for RAID configuration for SQL Server and also for partitioning drives?900gb of dataThis server is business critical and any downtime needs to be kept to a minimum so with...
View ArticleFree SQL Recovery Tool
Hi Spiceworks Community,Does anyone know of any FREE SQL recovery tools?Everything that says trial won't let me fix it without paying and free is always better - just like Spiceworks is free!...
View ArticleSetting up SQL server
I'm setting up SQL server 2008 r2 on a 2012 vm to migrate some db's over from an old machine. Trying to do a better job of setup this time.This particular server, CURRENTLY anyway, doesn't do just...
View ArticleSQL-server cluster move to new hardware/datacenter
Hi,I have an upcoming move where im a bit puzzled over where to start and what steps to take in order to get this move to work.In my setup i have the following:Two node cluster active/passive, with a...
View Articlehow to extract doc files from a sql database file
I have a database file and need to extract documents from it.
View ArticleIs SQL Express bottlenecking performance
I have not had any specific training in SQL server so please bear with me. We are using SQL Express 2008 with our accounting package. Since launch a few years ago running reports keep getting slower...
View ArticleGenerating dates in a range and passing it on to SQL query
Hi Guys,I am very weak in programming and therefore needs your helping hands. I am required to generate a daily sales report on a date by date basis in a specified date range and process the output in...
View ArticleGet alert when tables in a SQL database don't update
Hi All,I want to set up an email alert on my SQL database to tell me if it doesn't update with information. Basically I'm running a monitoring tool that reports back to the SQL database and fills in...
View ArticleSQL Server constantly filling entire drive
Let me preface by saying I have very little experience with SQL, so this may be obvious to someone else.We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 running SQL Server 2008 R2. We need SQL for a financial...
View ArticleQuery sql 2008R2
Ok, We installed a new server a couple of weeks ago to hold our SQL Database. Our old server was running SQL 2000. Our new server is running SQL 2008R2. With SQL 2000, we used to be able to go into...
View ArticleCapita Sims SQL backup questions
Hi there, we currently use backup exec 2010 R3 and that backed up Sims SQL database 2008 ok. We have now been upgraded to 2012 and it seems to backup exec 2010 R3 doesnt support the backup of SQL 2012....
View ArticleSQL Express Scripting
How would I go about writing a script that will update a query on my SQLExpress based database. We have a database that we use for transportation purposes in our company and I am seeing if there is a...
View ArticleSQL Reporting Services help
I haven't done this before as it had worked for me but I want to make sure before I do something incorrectly.I just turned on the SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) and when I access the portal...
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