During recent, Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I had a very interesting scenario. I was hired by a customer to identify their system’s unexpected performance bottlenecks. I do these for a living so I am usually pretty comfortable. However, this customer was so unique that after their permission I am sharing you their story of transaction isolation level.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Run Maintenance Plan. Error: Integration Services Evaluation Period has Expired
A few days ago, one of my clients contacted me to fix an error which they were getting while using maintenance plan – Integration Services evaluation period has expired. Here is the complete error message which was taken from job history.
We Are Sold Out – Practical Real World Performance Tuning – SQL Authority News
I am very excited to announce that we are sold out for the two of our class focusing on the USA time zone for Practical Real World Performance Tuning. This is indeed very exciting. If you have signed up for the training, we will be meeting later this week and next week. If you have not signed up for the training, indeed we will miss you during our training.
To be super honest, the request for this training was in demand for a quite a while and at the price point of USD 495, it was a quite a deal. Honestly, I had never thought that this training will be sold out so quickly. When I am looking back at this, I feel pretty comfortable that both the classes are filled up 100% and the audience is going to have lots of fun.
Driving up Database Coding Standards and Productivity with SQL Prompt
Alongside specialists, an IT department needs people who are broadly skilled and adaptable, who can pivot quickly to new projects, slot easily into new teams, and be productive quickly. In this blog post, we will learn about database coding standards and productivity.
SQL SERVER – SQL Server Agent Not Starting – Failed to Initialize SQL Agent Log (Reason: Access is Denied).
My lab machine is my playground. Other than my real-world client’s problem, many blogs have come from my lab machine because I keep on breaking something or another on my server. Once I found that I was unable to start SQL Server Agent service for one of the SQL Server instances. In this blog, we would learn how to fix error Failed to initialize SQL Agent log (reason: Access is denied)
SQL SERVER – All the Features not Listed While Installing SQL Server
I was trying to install SQL BI features for one of the assignments I had got. In the setup wizard when I reached the Features Page I got a surprise of my life. There were many features missing! I could not see features available while installing SQL Server listed here:Â
SQL SERVER – Always On Replica Disconnected After Changing SQL Server Service Account
In my lab environment, I was testing a script to change service account and it worked fine. I had Always On configured on this SQL Server and soon I realized that after changing the SQL Server service account, the secondary replica went into a disconnected state.
How to Enable Files & Folders Level Auditing in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #176
Question:Â How to Enable Files & Folders Level Auditing in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – Slow SQL Server 2016 Installation in Cluster: RunRemoteDiscoveryAction
As a part of my AlwaysOn related consultancy, one of my clients was having challenges to install SQL Server 2016 in a clustered environment. In this blog, we would learn about the cause of Slow SQL Server 2016 Installation in Cluster.
SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error – Upgrading Subscription Settings and System Objects in Database [DBName].
There are many causes of SQL server patching failure. Looking at right log and finding the right cause is the key to solve it in time. In this blog, we would learn about an upgrade error which comes during “Upgrading subscription settings and system objects in database.”