Reporting services huge size
Hi This is my first post on here. We currently looking at upgrading our web server infrastructure but we're being stung on storage. The reason is because our reporting services database is 841Gb in...
View ArticleSQL Server Maintenance Advice?
Hi all, We have an old SQL Server 2000 database that is used company wide, and has apparently been running without any sort of maintenance being performed on it for years. Needless to say, it often...
View ArticleSQL tools expired on 2008 R2 how to backup for move
been asked to look at an sql server 2008r2 which holds data for a sharepoint install. the trial license has expired and the tools dont work. the install itself seems all over the place so want to...
View ArticleConnectivity issues with SQL from Remote Server
I am having issues creating a connection between one server in Excel to another Server's SQL. SQL Server version Server 2008 R2 The connection works from other servers. I have compared ODBC Drivers on...
View Articlecreating a ODBC MS SQL connection?
I wanted to create a ODBC connection so one of my user can use crystal report to extract the data. My question is when creating the ODBC connection is it ok to use the SA login and password? What I...
View ArticleApplnsight for SQL, deep visibility into Microsoft SQL Server performance
The JUST Released SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor 6.0 Offers IT Pros Greater Visibility Across Server, Application and Database Environments With New Microsoft SQL Server Monitoring,...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Mirroring and Failover help
Ok so i've been experimenting with SQL 2012 & Database Mirroring & i have successfully configured Mirroring of a database with a Witness server below is the info. 1. SQLSRV-PRI 2. SQLSRV-SEC...
View ArticleWhat do I need for Windows 2008 R2 & SQL 2008 R2 to use 256GB of RAM
We are in the Process of upgrading our JDE SQL Server and need it to be Windows 2008 R2 and SQL 2008 R2. Our JDE Support team would like us to put 256GB of RAM on the server. Which means we need to...
View ArticleBest Practice Install for SQL 2008R2 to house SP2010
I'm installing from scratch 2 servers, 1 sql other sharepoint 2010 with project server on top. Is there a best practice step by step install for the SQL server anywhere?
View ArticleMS SQL 2008 SSRS Report Deploy Timeout
I'm using an Oracle 11g database as the datasource. I'm getting timeouts in BIDS whenever I try to deploy a report with union statements. I can preview the report just fine. The query runs quickly in...
View ArticleMSSQL Database question
Hey guys, I'm a network and server guy and have never dealt with databases much. I need a quick suggestion: I have this mobile device management software which it's main interface is a web...
View Articlemultiple instance license?
Hello, we have a billing program that according to the vendor per FIPS the only way to put the training database on the same server is to use a separate instance. We are running SQL server 2008 R2. I...
View ArticleMissing SQL WMI Class
Hello, our new monitoring tool is using the following to get SQL statistics: Win32_PerfRawData_MSSQLSERVER_SQLServerDatabases The problem is this class is not present when we try and query with WMI...
View ArticleSQL server 2005
Hello Guys, Am having problems Installing SQL Server 2005 in my windows 7 computer. I run the set up and everything else works, except this last one, and am wondering if anyone can please help me...
View Articlelooking for a SQL proxy server
Looking to allow our DMZ web application servers (IIS-ASP, glassfish, tomcat) access to our internal SQL servers via a Proxy server. I know this could be done with Microsoft Forefront. Anyone have any...
View ArticleWanting to move from MS SQL 2005
All, I am looking at upgrading a SQL server, it runs dozen databases for 90 people with some custom software accessing it. I don't know much about SQL (or even IT come to think about it) and would...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 SMS after backup job over.
We have set scheduled backup every day, some days due to low disk space or sql agent accidental stoppage, we lose backup of the day. We would like to get SMS alert for backup job is over and...
View ArticleIndex Name and rebuild primary key index?
Based off of a discussion that was posted late last week I've been looking at index fragmentation a bit and I've found that we have some fragmentation on indexes (this database is called by a program...
View ArticleSQL Server Log Backup to reduce filesize
The log file has approached 95 GB. And I have just started to take daily backups to reduce the filesize as is recommended...
View ArticleHow to rename DB, DB File Names and DB File Locations
I'm sure this is a simple question for the DBA's out there (of which I am not one). I have a recovered/repaired copy of a database that needs to be brought online. Right now it's called...
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