How to write errors in Error Log? A customer asked this in my performance tuning workshop, and here is how to add your own messages to the SQL Server log.
SQL SERVER – Install Error: Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster Verification Errors – Part 2
Part 2 of my series on the MSCS cluster verification errors rule in SQL Server setup: another cause we found in Detail.txt during install or AddNode.
SQL SERVER – Install Error: Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster Verification Errors – Part 1
Installing a SQL Server clustered instance failed the Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster Verification rule. Part 1 covers the verification report cause.
SQL SERVER – Parallel Redo on AlwaysOn Secondary – DIRTY_PAGE_TABLE_LOCK
Redo lag and high DIRTY_PAGE_TABLE_LOCK waits hit a client’s AlwaysOn secondary. Here is how Parallel Redo in SQL Server 2016 causes them and what to do.
SQL SERVER – Setup / Installation Error – Updating Permission Setting for File ResumeKeyFilter.Store Failed
A new SQL Server 2016 install failed at the end: updating permission setting for file ResumeKeyFilter.Store failed. Here is how I fixed this setup error.
SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan Error: Failed to Acquire Connection “Local Server Connection”.
None of the maintenance plans worked, though the jobs ran fine. The error was failed to acquire connection “Local server connection”. Here is why.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Bring SQL Cluster Online – Reason: The Account is Disabled
After security hardening, a client’s SQL cluster resource sat in Online Pending, then failed: the account is disabled. Here is how we found and fixed it.