2014 Enterprise much slower for analytics queries than 2008 Standard
Hi all,I have a simple OLTP database that i've created some views over to transform it into a star schema. This star schema is used to generate an extract (basically a denormalised select * from all...
View Article2012 SP 2 Issue
I have a warehouse that was running perfectly under 2012 SP1, it uses CDC with net enabled on the source tables to do incremental loads into the warehouse.We migrated the databases over to a new SQL...
View Articledisable 'sa' effect
I have a SQL 2000 server , and I am plaining to disable 'sa'however all the db owner, and SQL agent jobs owner, and mainplan owner are 'sa'do I have to change it all to another account before I disable...
View ArticleFailing to restore SQL 2008R2 SP2 Enterprise Edition with CDC enabled to SQL...
We currently restore a CDC Enabled SQL2008R2 Enterprise Edition backup to a SQL2008R2 Standard Edition server for our OAT, but when I try to restore the same to SQL2012 Standard Edition using the same...
View ArticleMsg 3287, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The file ID 1 on device...
Getting error while restore SQl 2012 to sql 2014
View ArticleError Specified cast is not valid. (SqlManagerUI)
Hi,I have a backup of DB with version Microsoft sql 2012 and i need restore this data base on instance Microsoft sql 2008 R2when i try restore database on SQL server 2008 R2 i have the error:Specified...
View ArticleReduce version ffrom 2012 to 2008r2
Hi -I have backup ContentDb 2008r2 need to restore in SQL2012.My intention is need to reduce version from 2012 to 2008 r2..please let me know how to do this?
View Articlefragmentation myth
Hi guys,I wanted to test a couple of things regarding frag/defrag... For that purpose I need a fragmented database... Do you know where can I get a heavily fragmented .bak?I know I can somehow create...
View ArticleBackup Job is taking more time than usual.
Hello Expert, My backup job runs on the night and it takes around 3 hours. If I run this job manually at morning it takes only 30 minutes. I am testing this server. No application or no any other job...
View ArticleLinked server_ data transfer job fails due to Query timeout expired or...
Hi Techies,Please help me out to get a permanent fix for this solution,Environment:SQL Server 2008 R2 (sp1) x64 & OS-Windows server 2003 R2 (sp2) x64The Linked_server datatransfer Job executes on...
View ArticleEncryption in SQL Server 2012/2014
We are hosting sharepoint DBs. My boss ask me for possibilities to do the encryption on content DB level, it backup. or on column level?I read about TDE? it is will slow the DBs? is it practical ?or...
View ArticleThe connection was recovered and rowcount in the first query is not...
Since we've moved to SQL 2014 we see some of our jobs error with the message in the subject of this post. What does it mean? I've looked all over and haven't been able to find anything of...
View ArticleConnectivity: Error 10054 An existing connection was forcibly closed by the...
This is a SQL 2008 R2 server. I am attempting the connection from SSMS. Neither windows nor sql authenication works. However, i can connect using sqlcmd. Also ODBC driver 'Test Connection' works....
View ArticleAlways On New Availability Group - Full backup is required
Just trying to create a New Availability Group for AlwaysOn , I see the database is listed, in the status it says: "Full backup is Required. The database is AdventureWorks2012, i have taken a full...
View ArticleCluster resource could not be brought online due to an error bringing the...
I am trying to install a second named, clustered SQL Server 2012 instance on a Windows 2008 R2 cluster.The precheck passes, the installation proceeds with no errors on the first node, until the...
View ArticlePerformance counters missing for single database
Hi,I've been sent a new version of a database by our data vendor, which is a .mdf file to attach. The vendor has a service that downloads data and inserts it into this database, which we then query.I...
View Articlecheckdb running constatly
I am running SQL Server 2005 SP1 (9.0.2047). There are about 55 databases on the server. I noticed recently in the SQL Server Logs that CHECKDB was running almost constantly all day, against all of...
View Article2008 R2 The duration spent while attempting to connect to this server was -...
We are intermittently receiving the following error. This is very infrequent but the magnitude is enough to trigger alerts from our error monitoring system. They last about 30 seconds and dissipate....
View ArticleError 32 When Restoring Database
I'm attempting to restore a SQL Server 2008 R2 backup into a SQL Server 2014 database WITH MOVE but am encountering the following error:The operating system returned the error '32(The process cannot...
View ArticleDatabase maintenance plan with Always on
Hi,I have set-up SQL Always on availability for our our new system database environment. I am not sure what should be the database maintenance plan for this environment as I think we already have a...
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