ApexSQL Monitor
Good afternoon,Has anyone ever used or have an opinion on the ApexSQL Monitor tool? I am currently evaluating the product and have mixed feelings regarding the tools depth and usability. My team has...
View Articlet-SQL Solution to backup and restore
Dear all,I was requested by my company to create a solution that is able to backup a database from PROD into a destination folder and create another one that is able to restore that database from that...
View ArticleEncryption by Pass Phrase
Afternoon All,Just got a requirement dropped on me to encrypt some data that is older than N days. I wanted to use EncrypyByPassphrase for this, but I need to keep the data in the current column.Is it...
View ArticleReplaying 2012 trace on 2016
Hi all,If I read the MS docu correctly I can't replay a trace defined on 2012, against a 2016 instance - is this correct???!??!If so this would seem to be a huge flaw as how can your replicate a...
View ArticleBackups and AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Hi,I'm sure this is an easy answer for many of you but, when setting up AlwaysOn Availability Groups for the first time, I noticed the wizard takes a full backup of the primary database and restores it...
View ArticlePlanning for a server
Hi, this is a very general question, and I need a baseline idea of where to go. Getting into too many technicalities will drag it out and I need a rough guideline asap, this is how our system is...
View ArticlePermissions : select CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('ServerName') AS nvarchar(max))
Dear all ,I need to be able to run some jobs from OLA Maintenance jobs. But I don't want the account that runs those SQL Jobs to be sysadmin.Problem is that I am with problems with this commands:
View ArticleSSRS running on Azure vm keep dropping user permissions
I have several instances of SSRS running without any problems on different servers. However, our production instance is running on an Azure VM and it seems to do something weird after being idle for...
View ArticleAlwaysOn Diagram
Evening All,I am wanting to create diagrams similar to the following:https://smartbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/sbblog_sqlserverdatabases1.gif
View ArticleRestoring 2005 dbs to 2016
I have a few question about migrating databases from 2008 RTto 2016.The databases were originally created in 2005 and then
View ArticleRAM Use of SQL server
Hi all!I have a developement SQL server, that consumnes so much RAM, that my PC chokes on it. from 3200 MB to app 4200 MB.I found a script in a seach on this page, that shows the RAM use of the...
View ArticleSysnchronous mode Always ON performance impact if secondary server is of low...
what will be performance impact if secondary server is of low configuration compared to primary server.synchronous mode always on configured with sql server 2016 standard edition
View ArticleGRANT UNMASK ON SCHEMA?
Is there a way to grant UNMASK privileges to a user at a schema level?My use case is this: There is a user who can query both the HR schema and the Sales schema. It is OK for him to see the masked...
View ArticleSQL 2016 - SQL Server Agent Proxy Account
I have created SQL Agent proxy accounts to execute sql jobs but for reason it fails in SQL 2016. I know it's related to permission but unable to resolve this issue.1.Created credentials.2. Created...
View ArticleSet-SqlAvailabilityReplica command is returning 'Cannot find path....' error
Hi thereI'm building up some PowerShell scripts to use for AlwaysOn failovers, etc. At the moment I am struggling with the Set-SqlAvailabilityReplica command. I need to use this to set my AG replica to...
View ArticleGroup Managed Service Accounts for SQL Servers
We are planning to implement gMSA's in our environment. We do not have any clusters and all the servers are standalones. Below is the scenario:We have 2 separate SQL instances on 2 servers SQL1 and...
View ArticleNo 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 ArticlePivot Time Series Stuff
Hi thereI'm rather new to SQL-Server. I need to convert historic data that is stored in the form of a change log into a time series table, similar to SCD2 with a start and end date. It might have to do...
View ArticleKerberos Delegation for linked server / specific authentification protocol
Hey there,altough this is not a specific SQL Problem, I hope it nevertheless the correct category to place it in (if not, sorry!).We got a problem in our infrastructure I'm struggling to solve by...
View ArticleOLA Maintence JOb (index defrag) stuck
Dear all,I have implemented OLA Maintenance (index defrag) job as per below:Runs the following command in the database dwhLogging: EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize @Databases = 'DB1, DB", etc...',...
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