Stuck for hours on ‘Please wait while Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Setup process the current operation’? Detail.txt showed the cause of this slow installation.
SQL SERVER – Script Upgrade Failure – RsFxFt.Dll::RsFxMgmtInitialize failed: Error 0x80070002
A script upgrade failure left SQL Server down with RsFxFt.Dll error 0x80070002 and error 5597. Tested on SQL Server 2025: the FILESTREAM cause.
SQL SERVER – Service Pack Error – Attributes do not Match
A service pack error on my lab machine: ‘Attributes do not match’, with the folder shown as Compressed. Here is what Summary.txt said and the fix.
Error 913: Could Not Find Database ID 3, SQL Server Will Not Start
Error 913 means SQL Server could not find database ID 3, which is the model database, so the service will not start. A client had no backup of it and attaching the files failed. Rebuilding the system databases brought the instance back.
How to Change Owner of Database in SQL SERVER? – Interview Question of the Week #117
How do you change owner of a database in SQL Server? Three ways, including ALTER AUTHORIZATION, which I prefer, and the deprecated sp_changedbowner.
Double-Take Source Connection: Service Pack Fails to Look Up Cluster Resource Types
A SQL Server service pack failed in a cluster with an error to lookup cluster resource types. Detail.txt named the Double-Take Source Connection resource type. Removing it with Remove-ClusterResourceType fixed the install.
SQL SERVER – Unable to recycle Errorlog – sp_cycle_errorlog – OS error 1392
On a clustered server the nightly ERRORLOG cycling stopped, and sp_cycle_errorlog failed with OS error 1392. Here is what that means and how we fixed it.