DACPAC deploy user permissions
Hello, I want to let the developers deploy a DACPAC on a production environment but I have problems with permissions. The user with which the deploy is run is a member of the dbcreator fixed server...
View ArticleIs Data Encrypted in Transit
All:I have a request from our security group to provide a list of all databases encrypted at rest or in Transit. I can identify databases with TDE easily by running SELECT name FROM SYS.DATABASES...
View ArticleError Creating AlwaysOn Availability Group
Hi,We are new to SQL 2016 and I'm trying to setup AlwaysOn to replicate a read only database for reporting purposes. I have it successfully setup in my DEV and TST environments but I'm trying to setup...
View ArticleGinormous Production Log File - Help!
the log file for a database for a fairly small database is up to 46 Gig - and growingit is threatening to fill the virtual server, bringing the web application to a complete haltI tried to shrink - no...
View ArticleSQL 2016 SP1 CU2 - sudden and unexplained shutdowns
Hi there,Anyone had problems with unplanned instance shut-downs on SQL 2016 SP1 CU2?We patched our Data Warehouse to CU2 in May (upgrade from CU1). Since then we've had two SQL Server shutdowns during...
View ArticleDoes the Enterprise Policy Management (EPM) framework work with SQL...
Hi allI am trying to set up EPM in my environment to help manage policy based management in by SQL estate. I've seen this working in a previous organisation but that was on SQL 2012. Does anyone know...
View ArticleColumn Master Key Certificate
When i create a CMK i would like to use an existing local machine certificate but i can only see a Generate Certificate Button.My question is: Is it possible to import a certificate? If so, how can i...
View ArticleSplit SSAS Service from DB Instance
HiOn setup SSAS installation (first instance): Can service and DB instance be on different servers?Thanks.
View ArticleMigrate SSIS Projects from SQL 2014 to 2016 - Best approach
Hi Folks,We have a requirement to create a dedicated SSIS server and we are planning to create this on SQL 2016 version. We need to migrate all SSI projects from an existing SQL 2014 enterprise...
View ArticleScript to Copy SSRS Content between Report Servers
Any one know where can I download the script for copying SSRS reports to another server.And does it still work for SQL server 2016 and 2017?I read this Microsoft article, and the link for download is...
View ArticleSQL Server AG - Clustering - DHCP
I have read the document, MSFT has recommended to have DHCP disabled on each node? Is it absolute necessary? I have 3 node AG which i was able to successfully set it up, however i am not able to...
View ArticleI can only backup on a Thursday
A strange title I know but that’s what I’ve come across today. We have a developer who is backing his database up every morning using an SQL Job. The Job consists of two steps. 1. Backup Log 2. Backup...
View ArticleMultiple instances in one server
Hi,I have a client that has almost 4.000 databases, each for a customer.We are restructuring the server and migrating to SQL Server 2016.The server has 16 cores and 72GB of RAM with RAID 10 SSD...
View ArticleSan block sizes
I appreciate this isn't a SAN forum. I'm exploring recommended block sizes to have for an all SSD SAN for SQL DW workload. I'm learning that bigger block sizes can massively impact SAN performance....
View Articlefn_dblog
Hi ,We have setup a job to track DML changes with below script(fn_dblog) .is it cause any performance issues in the server.?WITH CTEas(SELECT distinct [Transaction ID],Operation, AllocUnitName FROM fn_d
View ArticleDifferent unused table space on SQL Server 2012 vs 2016
Hello,I have two servers (different versions) with two same databases, but on Server2 one table is more bigger than on Server1. I see that on Server2 the unused table and index space is more bigger,...
View ArticleSSAS
Hi,Can you please provide What are the hardware ,software and licence cost details to build SSAS server.Thanks
View ArticleCPU
Hi,We need to add additional CPU to the sqlserver host.Where can we find MSSQL licensing fees for this requirement.Thanks
View ArticleSQL 2016 login and permission in dbo schema
one 3rd party vendor database and all tables are defult schema is "dbo". I try to assign limited privileges after creating login and user. Total 5 database.created one login and mapped to all 5...
View ArticleCreating Symmetric Key from external provider
Knowing the security objects hierarchy, we can see that in order to create a `Symmetric Key` and encrypt data, we need to create:1. `Database Master Key` which is protected by password2. `Certificate`...
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