Best practices system databases drive location
Hi All,Currently, all the system databases (master,model and msdb) are in the C drive. Tempdb have been moved to different drives.Any suggestions?Regards,kccrga-kccrga http://dbatrend.blogspot.com.au/
View ArticleA timeout occurred while waiting for buffer latch
Hi All,Anybody is aware how to resolve the below issue.Initially messages in the error log:SQL Server has encountered 10 occurrence(s) of I/O requests taking longer than 15 seconds to complete on file...
View ArticleFinding non used tables
Hello All, I have another question today. I am trying to develop a better way to find all non used tables in databases. These tables are named like _BKP, _bkpDateAppended, ZZ_tablename etc etc. I need...
View ArticleSQL DNS Alias for Multiple Named instances
Hi, I want to run 3 SQL instances on a single server and use named instances. Something likeServer1\SQLInstance1Server1\SQLInstance2Server1\SQLInstance3For manageability, I'm planning on using a SQL...
View ArticleSQL Server Agent stops automatically
Hi,in my SQL Server I have SQL Server Services, where in the SQL Server Agent gets turned off automatically , There is no information recorded in sql server error logs or application logs in windows...
View ArticleSQL Server 2016 scalability
Hi everybody,I'm looking for information on what the hardware requirements would be to have a SQL Server 2016 setup that would scale well for around 200,000 concurrent users reading and writing data...
View ArticleProblem accessing remote paths in Powershell via SQL Agent job
Hi,I have a SQL Agent job that has one step - a Powershell script. To simplify things, the script now has only one line:Remove-Item \\server\Test\*Script is being executed as a domain admin account...
View ArticleIs SQL Server 2014 Backup FIPS 140-2 compliant?
We would like to transport SQL Server 2014 Encrypted Backup files over the public internet. Company policy dictates that the files must be FIPS 140-2 compliant in order to do this. Can someone please...
View Articlehow to compare indexes thats is there in my old DB with that of my new DB in...
HI , I have a copy of DB thats been created in the year 2006, and i have a latest DB which is created in 2016.Would like to know 1. the indexes that is there in my new DB which is missing in old DB...
View ArticleUnderstanding SQL aliases
Hi, Can someone please explain how SQL aliases are supposed to work? I ask because I've seen several examples of how to configure them and even spoken to my DBA who doesn't like using SPNs, which is...
View ArticleViewing extended event file target
Playing around with extended events for the first time. Configured block process reports and create a new extended event session for the block process event. Started the session. Created an...
View ArticleClear events in file target?
Do the extended events stored in my file target get reset when i stop / start the session? If not, how do I manually clear the event contained in my file target using TSQL? Delete / recreate the...
View ArticleFilter System Processes
Hello ForumI've set up a process to monitor database connections from sysprocesses, the idea being is to identify what databases are not in use. However I want to filter out database...
View ArticleExtended Events Session didn't collect server level events (DDL)
I would like to create a session for collecting events for all operations under server instance. Some of them work for me but very strange that my session can't collect events for operations like:...
View ArticleExtended Events Histogram Target / Maximum number of buckets
When setting the maximum number of buckets for the histogram target, is this number base 10 or base 2?In my case I am trying to create a histogram of stored procedure invocations for a given database....
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SQL Server 2016 Login issue post fresh installation on Windows Server 2016
Hi All,I have multiple issues with SQL Server 2016 post deployment in a fresh Windows Server 2016 box.I never had such kind of issues with SQL 2008 & 2012.During the installation of SQL 2016 When...
View ArticleTempDB Full – How to Clear
If tempdb is full how to free up in production environment?and DBCC FREESYSTEMCACHE ('ALL') is recommended in Production environment or not?
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SQL DB Mail Error . sql 2012
Hi,I am using sql server 2012 std edition 64 Bit.I couldn't send DB mail from my instance , below is the error message i see in DB mail error logs , Can you please help me to clear the same . Log...
View ArticleSQL 2012 - Performance Issue
We're running SQL 2012 which host(s two database Sage300 and POS both database is used by approximately 40 concurrent users daily.We have notice that when ever we try to perform a post from either...
View ArticleProduction Server TempDB Log File Getting Full Frequently
Hi Team,We are using SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP2) - 10.50.4000.0 (X64) Enterprise Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.1 Service Pack 1.We have one production database on this server which size is around 697...
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