No process is on the other end of the pipe
I have been trying to install SQL Server 2016 CTP for some time, but I keep getting the same error message:A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during...
View ArticleSQL 2016 CTP3 (13.0.700.242) Problems - missing fields
Tried this out today as I was quite impressed with CTP2.Anyone had any pleasent experiences with it?Im going to install this once more on a new machine but it would appear that doing pretty much...
View ArticleSQL Server 2016 training
Hello Geeks,I would need a detailed course contents for SQL Server 2016 training. Maybe it can focus more on the new features. I had seen the Microsoft datasheet on the same but unable to prepare a...
View ArticleUpgrading from CTP to RTM, 2016 RTM release date
In previous versions of SQL, I have seen that the upgrade path from a CTP to a RTM version was unsupported. I was wondering if this can be done in 2016? We have begun some testing and as it is somewhat...
View ArticleSSAS ASLB: Monitoring Techniques
Hello,We have ASLB installed with 3 servers for load balancing, there are times we observe that one of the servers are causing in slow in performance. It was more of human understanding on performance...
View ArticleHOW TO: Recycle a service automatically
Hello,I need to automate a service restart on a Server A but the catch is, Server A doesn't have Database Engine, it's a cube server thus has SSAS only. I know I can trigger xp_cmdshell from management...
View Articlelocking down schema from users
Hi,I am interested in finding out if there is any procedure for locking an SQL database schema so that users (even an SQL DBA) cannot modify triggers/constraints/keys from the originally provided...
View ArticleHOW TO: Stop DB mail alerts
Hello,While I was testing few things, I wrongly kept sp_send_dbmail in infinite while loop however after I realized that, I did stop the query and disabled the SQL job (my code is part of an Stored...
View ArticleSLOW ETL only on weekends
Hi,I am having slow runs of ETLs that otherwise run for 15 minutes, taking close to two hours on weekends.I have ensured nothing else such as db maintenance is running during the times of delayed runs....
View ArticleAlways on Latency Alert
Hi,I have an always-on AG that has 2 replicas. So ServerA(primary) has ServerB and ServerC as replicas.ServerA and ServerB are in the same data center and ServerC is on a remote data center.However,...
View ArticleRandom long Run of SSIS package
Hi,We have SQL ETL processes that are scheduled to run every 30 minutes in our OLAP environment that we have cubes as well.The ETLS run just fine most times but sometimes end up taking 2 hours or more....
View ArticleLog shipping secondary slow!
Hi,I am facing a problem with querying data on the Log shipping secondary server.The same select statement run on primary returns data in a few seconds while on secondary it runs for 4 long minutes.I...
View ArticleSQL2016 RC2 and launchpad service
I am having a problem getting this service to start it seems to fail with the following error 2016-04-05 14:27:38.027 User Config data file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL...
View Articlewhen
Anyone knows when is the first real release of SQL server 2016? Not candidate releaseThanks,
View ArticleDisable Download button SSRS2016 (RC3)
Hi,I'm testing the Reporting Server 2016 RC3in the top row of the page http://server/reportsyou see right of the settings button , the Download button. ( see attachment )Is it possible to disable this...
View ArticleCan we just lock the schema rather a DB?
Hello - we do lock the DB during the processing to avoid any processing glitches. And, I am wondering if we can just lock the schema rather locking the entire DB? For example, Public is the schema in a...
View ArticleMSSQL 2016 express edition
MSSQL 2016 express editionHi PPL...Been looking everywhere for this downloadbut can't find it ?Did MS not released the Express edition:hehe:
View ArticleSSMS 2016 - Import (and other SSIS functions) - Thinks it's Express
Hi all,I've recently installed SSMS 2016, and when using tasks such as the Import Data tool, at the end it always thinks it's running in Express mode. This isn't a massive problem, as I don't generally...
View ArticleHow to upgrade to 2016 AlwaysON from SQL Server 2012???
Hi guys, I'm looking for the best way to go from existing 2012 Enterprise AlwaysON Cluster to SQL 2016 Enterprise AlwaysON .Existing setup:2 nodes with OS 2012R2 and SQL Server 2012 Enterprise on...
View ArticleSQL Server 2016 Install - VS Shell Installation Failure
I was running through the install with the final release of SQL Server 2016 and during the "Installation Progress" portion, I get an error message that pops up stating:"VS Shell installation has failed...
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