I am running a transactional replication and seeing the transaction log growing in the publisher database; it is a little over 200GB. Just a quick note, I moved the published database to a new instance; the old instance had similar transactional rep
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How To Truncate Log with Transaction Replication
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Where is the Performance Bottleneck?
Evening Guys,
I am back with another performance enigma (at least for me!).
I have a couple of queries (altering the collation of a column and creating a primary key on an int).
The biggest table is about 500 million rows, a mix
I am back with another performance enigma (at least for me!).
I have a couple of queries (altering the collation of a column and creating a primary key on an int).
The biggest table is about 500 million rows, a mix
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extended event results
I created an extended event which is great returns the statement I want (filtering on a specific SP) when it was run and by what app. However unlike in profiler where I will see the values passed when the sp is run I am just getting the sp without the va
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Database upgrade and migration to 2016 SQL Server
I am looking for pointers on what option to take for high availability for a new SQL Server 2016 environment. I initially considered deploying always-on availability group for high availability however, I learned that the servers for the new environ
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Full Backup Files - Fastest Way to Copy Over WAN
Hi,
I am trying to Robocopy large .bak files over the WAN and it's going terribly slow. The full backup files are about 8 TB (with SQL compression).
Does anyone have any recommendations with any super fast file copying
I am trying to Robocopy large .bak files over the WAN and it's going terribly slow. The full backup files are about 8 TB (with SQL compression).
Does anyone have any recommendations with any super fast file copying
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Encryption at rest on AWS EC2 instances
Good day all, it's been a long time since I've post on here.
First let me paint the scenario. I'd like to move to an EC2 instance, one with the NVMe SSD (thinking an I3 instance in Amazon lingo). From what I've read, the NVMe drives a
First let me paint the scenario. I'd like to move to an EC2 instance, one with the NVMe SSD (thinking an I3 instance in Amazon lingo). From what I've read, the NVMe drives a
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copy missing files from sub-folders
Hello,
I have a procedure that copy files from server to another server.
Source - \\ServerSource\u
Destination - Z:\output\
All the relevant files at the source server located at folder U.
Now i have a files at sub-folders (
I have a procedure that copy files from server to another server.
Source - \\ServerSource\u
Destination - Z:\output\
All the relevant files at the source server located at folder U.
Now i have a files at sub-folders (
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SSAS Trace using SQL Server Agent
I have seen how SQL Server Agent can be used to set up, start, and stop a SQL Server Profiler Trace by schedule, but I have only seen this demonstrated/documented for traces towards the Database Engine. How is this done towards SSAS?
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Contained databases and mirroring
First of all I completely understand that mirroring is a deprecated feature.
I was preparing for mirroring a set of databases that form part of third party package that I support, and I observed that several databases are contained. I thought I h
I was preparing for mirroring a set of databases that form part of third party package that I support, and I observed that several databases are contained. I thought I h
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SSISDB- Unable to enable support for AlwaysOn
I'm trying to add our SSISDB to our AlwaysOn secondary replica. I am able to synchronize the SSISDB database successfully from the primary to the secondary. The SSISDB shows up on the secondary as being Synchronized. However, when i go t
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Availability Group - How do I maintain connection if one IP of a listener goes offline in multi-subnet configuration?
I'm not even sure if this is possible, but I thought I would throw it out there to see if anyone has had a way around this.
I currently have a SQL Server 2016 Multi-Subnet Availability Group setup across 2 separate data centers;
DC1 Serv
I currently have a SQL Server 2016 Multi-Subnet Availability Group setup across 2 separate data centers;
DC1 Serv
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ms_SQLEnableSystemAssemblyLoadingKey
In running a NIST-compliance security check, it advises that this asymmetric key uses an encryption algorithm (RSA_1024) that will no longer be compliant in like 2022 or so, perhaps before that.
1) What is this key used for? Most Google searches
1) What is this key used for? Most Google searches
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Availability Group Health Unknown
Hello,
For some reason when I view the AG dashboard the circles are gray instead of green. The availability group state says "No data available on the secondary replicas". I am viewing this information from the primary. The sync
For some reason when I view the AG dashboard the circles are gray instead of green. The availability group state says "No data available on the secondary replicas". I am viewing this information from the primary. The sync
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synonyms vs views when using a linked server
Forum,
In our current environment where we have 2 domains 1-PROD 2-DEV we usually restore previous night 6pm backup daily to help the Dev and QA folks to perform validation and fixes , but as its last night data they might be missing some transactions
In our current environment where we have 2 domains 1-PROD 2-DEV we usually restore previous night 6pm backup daily to help the Dev and QA folks to perform validation and fixes , but as its last night data they might be missing some transactions
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Failover cluster instance and Availability Group configuration.
Hi,
I would like to build the following combination of a Windows Server Failover Clustered SQL instance and an SQL availability Group.
Platforms = Windows Server 2016 Datacenter & SQL 2016
Site A contains SQL Node 1 of a stretched SQL W
I would like to build the following combination of a Windows Server Failover Clustered SQL instance and an SQL availability Group.
Platforms = Windows Server 2016 Datacenter & SQL 2016
Site A contains SQL Node 1 of a stretched SQL W
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Perfmon capture of sqlservr counters
Hello experts,
I've been trying to set up a Performance Monitor trace to capture the counters mentioned in the following article. I'm trying to track down which SPID/KPID combo is causing a CPU spike on one of our SQL Servers.
I've been trying to set up a Performance Monitor trace to capture the counters mentioned in the following article. I'm trying to track down which SPID/KPID combo is causing a CPU spike on one of our SQL Servers.
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log shipping got broken
Good Morning Experts, a quick question:
I have log shipping set up. Junior dba took log backups and now log shipping got broken. How to fix this?
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clustered columnstore indexes
Hi, we are adding in clustered columnstore indexes.
My current rebuild script is working for clustered indexes
What would I need to amend to handle clustered columnstore indexes ?
My current rebuild script is working for clustered indexes
What would I need to amend to handle clustered columnstore indexes ?
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Cname pointing to Availability Group Listener name not working on Multisubnet Availability Group configuration
Hi,
I have the following configuration Always On configured on a Multisubnet, when I create a Linked server to the Cname pointing to the AGListener Name, the linked server does not work, or it works intermittently,
Even there are
I have the following configuration Always On configured on a Multisubnet, when I create a Linked server to the Cname pointing to the AGListener Name, the linked server does not work, or it works intermittently,
Even there are
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Audit Log for changes to SSAS cubes
Our auditors want to see a yearly list of everything that has changes about how our data warehouse works. This is NOT about data changes. This is about schema changes, job changes, cube changes, etc. For example, they want to be able to see when a change
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