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What’s the worst advice you’ve ever seen(got) on a SQL Server Database…?
Guys, let me ask you this. What’s the worst advice you ever heard something related to SQL Server? Today I’ve seen a public forum where bunch of people are discussing on “How to Shrink a SQL Server...
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How to add a new Database to an existing AlwaysOn Availability Group?
In this post, let us see how to add a new database to an existing AlwaysOn Availability Group. Let’s assume we’ve a sales AG already in place and application team requested us(DBA) team to add one more...
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SQL Server 2012 SP1 CTP4 now Available for download…
MSFT today released SQL Server Sp1 CTP4 for public to download. Looks like we are very close to RTM version of SP1 This is definitely a very good news for many of us who are already using SQL Server...
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SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups Terminology….!
In SQL Server 2012, with AlwaysOn being introduced there are lot of new terms/words which we need to get used to as we support SQL Sever 2012. Well, Just getting used to those terms is not enough…we’ve...
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Error While enabling Windows Feature : NteFx3, Error Code : -2146498298″...
In this Blog Post, let us see how to fix this Weird error message you might get while Installing SQL Server 2012 on top of Windows Server 2012. I already mentioned about this in the post where I showed...
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SQL Server 2012 SP1 got released….!
Today in the PASS summit, Microsoft announced SQL Server 2012 Service Pack1 which is made available to download for public officially. You can download this from here. One cool thing to notice is that...
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Awesome Task Manager of Windows Server 2012.
Let me ask you this, how many of you as Server Admins/Database Admins used Task Manager of Windows in the past? I bet, all of you! Well, how many of you thought “Aah, It gives some useful information,...
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The operation failed because either the specified cluster node is not the...
Let me share with you guys, an Error Message what I’ve encountered yesterday. Well, this is not a very detailed post but I hope this will help what to check for when you encounter this Error/Warning...
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SQLBuzz – 2012 in Review.
…………… Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 74,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would...
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How to check what’s there in the Buffer Pool?
If you are ever curious about what and how exactly the Database pages got stored in the buffer pool, If you ever did…Yes, there is a fantastic DMV “dm_os_buffer_descriptors” which exposes very cool...
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An Insight on Contained Databases – SQL Server 2012
It’s been a long time SQL Server 2012 got released and many organizations are already using 2012 for hosting their production databases. In this blog post let us see one of the striking feature of SQL...
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SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU5 and 2008 SP3 CU12 got released
Microsoft released CU5 for SQL Server 2012 SP1 and CU12 for SQL Server 2008 SP3 yesterday. You should be running on 2012 SP1 to be able to Install CU5 and on 2008SP3 to install CU12 respectively. Get...
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Installing SQL Server 2014 CTP1 – My experiences!
Hey Folks….Let me share my experiences with Installing SQL Server 2014 CTP1 which got released couple of weeks ago. It was pretty straightforward if you are already aware of Installing SQL Server...
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SIMPLE Recovery Model Database waiting on LOG BACKUP!!!!
Recently I’ve encountered a strange issue with one of our databases. This is a SQL Server 2012 Instance(SP1). This is our staging environment and was hosting many databases(Few in SIMPLE and few in...
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The Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name...
Today I was trying to map a network drive on my laptop and received a message saying “The Network folder specified is currently mapped using a different user name and password“. Well, I thought there...
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RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.Msg 905, Level 21, State 1, Line 1.
Recently one of my friends(Rookie DBA, Just started his career as a Jr DBA) called me and mentioned about this error he encountered while he was trying to restore a database(2008) from prod to Non-Prod...
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The server principal already exists – Msg 15025, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
It’s friday and it’s dark and drizzling outside which usually makes me lazy..,:) But I got this one ticket from one of our customers requesting to create a Login which made me active . Well, thought...
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How to boot directly into your regular desktop Screen in Windows 8.1?
With the new windows 8.1, it is very simple to bypass the new start(Live Tiles) Screen if you want to and directly boot into regular Desktop mode. Let me show you how… Nope! That’s not a setting in...
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New features of SQL Server Management Studio 2014 (SSMS 2014)
Hello Folks! Last week I got chance to Install SQL Server 2014 CTP2 and I would like to share few things I’ve noticed with SSMS 2014. Below is the screenshot of SSMS 2014 CTP2 Properties. First of all,...
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Delayed Durability in SQL Server 2014 – A Hidden Gem.
Till date, a relational database is all about being obedient to ACID rules . But starting SQL Server 2014, this is no longer a Gospel truth(in SQL Server world)! Yes, Microsoft has introduced something...
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