Last week, during performance tuning consultancy, I faced a very interesting situation when customer’s Microsoft Dynamics CRM was extremely slow. After quickly researched we found that they have a very high number of Mass Waiting Task Workflows in the system. They honestly did not care about those anymore as they were stuck there waiting for over a year and have no meaning at this point of time.
SQL SERVER – Database Disaster Recovery Process
Many SQL Server DBAs are from time to time confronted with a disaster caused by unintentional or malicious changes on their database. Whatever the nature or intention of these changes are, they can cause great issues whether it was the data loss or a structure loss. With this in mind, it is important to start with the recovery process as soon as possible. Having a recovery scenario and solution for these situations prepared is also a great benefit, and is generally advised where possible. Whatever enhances our chance to recover in case of a disaster, and increases chances of successful and full recovery should be taken without any second thoughts. In this blog post we will learn about Database Disaster Recovery Process.
SQL SERVER – Whitepaper – Optimizing SQL Server Network Performance
I have blogged before regarding how to Identify Application vs Network Performance Issues using SQL Server Dynamic Management Views (DMV).
SQL SERVER – GetRegKeyAccessMask : Could Not Get Registry Access Mask For Registry Key – SQL Server Cluster
I have been getting many requests from my HIRE-ME page and a few of them are getting change to my blog. This is the outcome of one of my clients who was having a strange issue. They were having 2 nodes SQL Server Cluster (NODE1 and NODE2) and SQL Server resource was not able to come online on NODE21but it was working fine when they failover to NODE2.
How to Get Started with SQL Server 2016? – Interview Question of the Week #086
Interviews are two way streets, sometime interviewer asks questions and sometime candidate asks questions. In a recent interview, I was asked by a candidate “How to Get Started with SQL Server 2016?”. I think it is a very good question. Let us discuss that today.
SQL SERVER – How to Fix Error 8134 Divide by Zero Error Encountered
Here is one of the most popular questions: How to overcome (Error 8134) Divide by Zero Error Encountered in SQL Server?
Restore or Attach Database Without Log File – SQL in Sixty Seconds #082
One of the most common question I get on blog is – how do I attach database without log file. I have previously blogged about it over here. I request you to read this blog post if you want a solution where you can learn how to attach database to SQL Server with the help of T-SQL.