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SQLBUZZ 2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 170,000 times in...
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Your Database Whereabouts…!
First of all, I would like to wish you all a very Happy and prosperous new year. This will be my first post of this year 2014 and I would like to show you something interesting- How to get the Hidden...
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Setup a SQL server Cluster Lab in your own laptop!
In this post, am just providing links to my previous Blog posts(in a sequential manner) where i explained how to setup a Cluster from scratch. Received multiple complaints that old links are broken...
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NATIVE BACKUP ENCRYPTION – SQL SERVER 2014
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 for sure is bringing a lot of cool features/enhancements to aid DBAs and Database Developers….and one of my favorite features it has to offer for a DBA is “Native Database...
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SQL Server Discovery Report – Know What SQL components you’ve got Installed...
Let’s assume you’ve got a new SQL Server under your support as a primary DBA and you’ve decided to investigate and document all the SQL Server components/features installed on this Server. What are...
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And I gave it a new name & identity…
Hello folks…I am very pleased to announce a brand new name and identity which I’ve given to my blog. It will be http://www.mssqltrek.com from now on. A brand new Name in brand new year Welcome to 2014…...
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Reviewing SQL Server Error Log – A Better approach!
How many of you have a habit of reviewing Error Log(s) of the SQL Server(s) which you support on a daily basis(At least on regular basis, if not daily)? If you are not doing that, go ahead and start...
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Buffer Pool Extension – SQL Server 2014
With SQL Server 2014, Microsoft is bringing a lot of features/enhancements into the wild, one of them is “Buffer Pool Extension” AKA BPE. ( Enterprise edition Only) so, what is BPE? The name itself is...
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SQL Server Error Logs – My First Poll.
Hello folks…Thought of creating a poll for the first time I hope I picked something which makes sense and…….this polling will be open for the next three days. I will try come up with a follow up blog...
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SQL Server Database Snapshots – Things to remember!
In this blog post, let’s see what SQL Server database Snapshots are and how they can be created and how to revert to a DB Snapshot and few important things to keep in mind before making use of them....
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Importance of reviewing your SQL Server Error Logs.
Few weeks ago I posted a poll here asking for how often do you review your Error logs. As promised, here comes the follow up post:) Unfortunately, 45.45% out of 11 people said “Never and I’ll open...
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SQL Server 2014 RTM released!
SQL Server 2014, MSFT’s cloud first data platform, released to manufacturing today(18th of march 2014) and will be generally available on 1st of April 2014 as per the SQL Server blog. Alright, the wait...
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SQL Won’t come up after Installing Service pack!!
Hello folks! In this blog post, I would like to share a strange experience which I’ve never experienced till today while Installing Service packs for SQL Server. Well, I’m in the process of Installing...
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Idera’s SQL Extended Events Profiler – concise and Elegant tool for SQL DBAs!
In this blog post, I would like to introduce all of you to a very cool and concise Free tool from Idera. Note: I Do not work for Idera. Idera has nothing to do with this blog post. Am expressing just...
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The Wait is Over-Much awaited SQL Server Service packs are just around the...
Hurray…! At laaaaaast Microsoft officially announced today that they are planning to ship one last Service pack for both SQL Server 2008 and 2008R2. Timing of the release will be little odd though....
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SQL Server 2012 SP2 RTM got released :)
Yesterday, microsoft released Service Pack 2 for SQL Sever 2012. They made Slipstream Installation packages available as well to the customers :) And hey, you know what….CU1 for SQL Server 2012 SP2 is...
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Physical Server or a Virtual Machine?
Lot of times, when stepping up for supporting a new SQL Server Instance, we as a DBA need to know whether it’s running on a Physical Machine or a VM. In this post, I will provide you guys with a simple...
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This backend version is not supported to design database diagrams or tables....
This morning one of our developers contacted me regarding this error message he got when he tried to design a table from his SSMS. Also, he reported that his SSMS goes to “Not Responding” state when...
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AlwaysON Secondary database going to “Not Synchronizing/ Suspect” State!
In this blog post I will share an issue we had with a database which is configured with AlwaysON. Before proceeding any further, the environment which we’ve got is: Each node has Windows Server...
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Cannot obtain the required Interface from OLE DB Provider “OraOLEDB.Oracle”
Today in the morning I was contacted by my fellow DBA to look into an issue with a linked Server he setup from SQL Server to Oracle. He did setup a linked server from SQL Server 2005 to an Oracle...
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