To reduce unallocated Space of data file
Hi,Please help me on the below :Our ETL process load data from Flat File > Staging DB > DataWarehouse.During Full load, the staging Database size grown to 1 TB. Delta loads are happening without...
View ArticleSQL Free Space Performance Montior and Memory Consumption
I'm trying to workout some performance issues with SharePoint. I think it's our SQL server, so I went to look at memory consumption. Of 32 gb I'd reserved 28 GB to SQL and the rest goes to OS.I know...
View ArticleOutOfMemoryExcpetion when scripting database
Not sure what category to list this under.SQL Server 2008R2I am trying to script a very large database (several hundred tables).I am getting the OutOfMemoryException. Is there a way to script the DB...
View ArticleHow to identify the Deadlocks from the dead lock trace, thats been captured...
Hi, I have enabled sql traceflags 1204,1222 to identify the deadlocks . as there are many dead locks occurring in the sql instance . When i try to open the notepad, i can see bunch of information ,...
View ArticleManaged SQL Server Backup to Azure not cleaning up blob storage
I've got a managed SQL Server Backup that has been working fine for almost a year. 30 day retention. Looking at it today I see items in the blob storage that go back 47 days.Looks like it might not be...
View ArticleThe logical file name "Archive_Log" is already in use but is clearly not in use
Hi I once had such a logical filename but it was deleted. Now that i have rebuilt the DBs and i want to use this name, it says in use but there is no evidence of this: Error: The logical file name...
View ArticleMissing index
HiI'm running this declare @tableName nvarchar(500) declare @indexName nvarchar(500) declare @indexType nvarchar(55) declare @percentFragment decimal(11,2) declare FragmentedTableList...
View ArticleDude
Hello from the land of Oz , my PC is constantly being snooped by sql.microsoft.com. I have to manually flick this spyware which is detected by my firewall about 50 times a day. Is this even from...
View ArticleObject reference not set to an instance of an object (sqlmgt) ?
Hello, we have Windows Server 2012 & SQL 2016 Developer free edition and installed Management Studio v17.6.(Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (SP1-CU1) (KB3208177) - 13.0.4411.0 (X64) Jan 6 2017...
View ArticleHow to create a snapshot table on the server which will update weekly but not...
Hi All,I have a requirement to create a table which will snapshot the data weekly and it will be having around 50K rows every week, so i need to create a table and keep adding this data weekly. However...
View ArticleSQL Server performance testing on Prod?
What are anyone's thoughts if a user is requesting to make a copy of a Test/QA DB and put onto Prod in aiming for "Performance testing" ?Obviously this would have an impact on the over all SQL Server...
View ArticleSqlTDiagM version 14.100.0.0 not found
Hi all !I have a problem with SSMS, whenever I want to start it I get a message "Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlTDiagM Version=14.100.0.0 ......system cannot find the file...
View ArticleMicrosoft SQL Server Management Studio 17 crashes instantly on startup.
This does not seem to be unique to SSMS 17 as I also tried installing SSMS 16 as well and no luck. I've also tried reinstalling SSMS 17 twice. Basically whenever I start SSMS, within 5 seconds of...
View ArticleSSMS 2017 Keeps Crashing
I have the latest and greatest version. 17.7 (2017.140.17254.0)But still keeps crashing. Error trace from event logs:Faulting application name: Ssms.exe, version: 2017.140.17254.0, time stamp:...
View ArticleSQL Server Database Backup Error
I am receiving the following error when trying to backup a database in SQL Server:System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Cannot use the backup file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL...
View ArticleHow to set up auditing
I am a system admin for all member servers, I am wanting to know how to setup tracking/ auditing of sql database changes from sql admins? Are there any Microsoft configurations, free tools, etc that...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Server r2 add new storage disk with SQL Server ?
Hello, is a downtime/outage in regards to SQL Server 2008 running on a physical Windows 2008 Server r2 needed when adding a new physical storage as a new disk drive letter (including formatting disk...
View ArticleDuring VM Snapshots, getting Event IDs 3197, 3198, & 18264
We have many SQL 2008 R2 instances running on Windows Servers (2008 R2 and 2012 R2). When we take a normal snapshot that quiesce's the guest file system, it logs messages in the Event Viewer that it...
View ArticleWait Stats help
Hi,I am currently looking at performance issues with SQL server 2012 STD. I have gather the following wait stats. The LCK_M_IX and CXPACKET times seems quite high. I'm would like some guidance on...
View Articletempdb data files don't match
Hello, we are using SQL Server 2014 SP2 Enterprise Edition, Core Based (64-bit). The server I'm looking at is the primary server in a 3 server Availability Group. When I query the sys.master_files for...
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