Azure SQL Always on
HelloWe are slowly moving our whole estate to Azure. One aspect is SQL. Currently running on esxi 6.0 on premise - single host, replicated using veean to another host and offsite replication, inc...
View ArticleDell Live Volume or SQL HA
I am trying to understand and compare 2 technology for my DR planning. They areDell Live VolumeSQL High AvailabilityDell Live Volume provides a solution to the situation where storage in main data...
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sql server management studio an error occurred during the pre login handshake
Hi,I'm getting the below error. Please help to fix the issue.
View ArticleHow to extract documents from a SQL database
Hi all!We are a staffing firm are no longer working with a cloud company that used to host all of our internal/external employee data. We haven't been with them for more than a year, but still kept an...
View ArticleHow to recreate/re-initialize SQL Replication without wiping subscribers data?
We have a situation which requires us to DELETE replication (not suspend anything minor) with every software update. So we have scripted recreating the subscriptions and our interaction time is greatly...
View ArticleHelp!-How to fix HV cluster post renaming VHDX files - cluster volume missing.
Hi guysHope you can help. I have 2 x SQL 2014 VM running on Hyper V Cluster and they are in their own SQL failover cluster via Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster. The sql data, backup and log disks are...
View ArticleHelp please! SQL db’s offline
All of my companies SQL db’s are unable to be access. Status in ssms says pending restore. Looks like permissions or disc space issue with the error but I’ve checked that.
View ArticleSQL Server service will not start after restoring from backup
getting this error in the event viewer when trying to start SQL, any help is greatly appreciated. The log scan number (10973:144:0) passed to log scan in database 'master' is not valid. This error may...
View ArticleServer side processing
I've been asked to spec a pair of servers for a web based application - one server to run the SQL database and one to run the application and IIS. It's not really my area, and it's highlight a question...
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Async_Network_Io fixable?
I need someone smarter than me when it comes to databases and database performance.Currently our ERP is a web based application and ourIIS server is one one machine while the SQL server is a different...
View ArticleHelp!-How to fix SQL cluster post renaming VHDX files - cluster volume missing.
Hi guysHope you can help. I have 2 x SQL 2014 VM running on Hyper V Cluster and they are in their own SQL failover cluster via Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster. The sql data, backup and log disks are...
View ArticleSQL Studio Connection
I am starting to work with windows server. I have one computer that I have am practicing with as a server. I have windows server 2019. My issue is that I can connect to the SQL server using SQL...
View ArticleSQL Server 2016 on the cheap
I have a client that runs a vendor developed SQL database called Vendmax. This is just a mom and pop shop with 5 users. The cost is about to explode to over $5k a year which is cost prohibitive so we...
View ArticleSQL failover cluster in Hyper V environment
Hi all,im after some advise.we have an SQL Server on Hyper V and i am wanting to get a High Availability configured.From the research i have done Hyper V replication should not be used for SQL servers,...
View ArticleAutomatic Cleanup of REPLDATA for SQL Server
Hi AllWe have setup some SQL replication from our local site servers to azure for BI/BO reporting. My understanding is that the REPLDATA folder should be cleaning up after itself based on the retention...
View ArticleInvoke-Sqlcmd : A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while esta
Via a Runbook, I am trying to drop a non-prod database (in Resource Group A) and re-create the database from prod database (in Resource Group B).CREATE DATABASE non-prodAS COPY OF prodserver.prodAs a...
View ArticleSQL Server Checking Logs For Who Set Permissions
Hello,On our SQL server some of the permissions were set incorrectly for a few specific tables. I was tasked with finding when these incorrect permissions were set and what user account was used to do...
View ArticleAny SQL knowledge out there?
I have SQL Enterprise Version 11.1.3128 and I cannot find exactly what version or ISO I need to download for it.I am rebuilding my SQL Server and that is the version PowerShell reports to me. I...
View ArticleSQL SELECT DISTINCT On One Column
Hello,I have a SQL query that returns three columns but I need it to only return distinct values for one column.Example: I have three columns (col1, col2, col3). I want all three columns returned, but...
View ArticleSQL Automation
What options are available for automating a SQL query with parameters like a date range? I have some benefits info that needs to be generated on a weekly or monthly basis and the only parameters are...
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