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Jul10

SQL SERVER – What is Wait Type Parallel Backup Queue?

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Parallel, SQL Backup, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Wait Stats
5 Comments

Only official documentation which I could find was about wait statistics related to Parallel Backup Queue is very little available online.

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Jul9

SQL SERVER – Performance Monitoring Tool – SQLGrease

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Grease, SQL Monitoring, SQL Utility
No Comments

Today, we are going to see another SQL Server Performance Monitoring Tool – SQLGrease in the same spirit as I have evolved others.

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Jul8

SQL SERVER – Fix: Logical Name Mismatch Between Catalog Views sys.master_files and sys.database_files

Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL DMV, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL System Table
No Comments

In this blog, I am going to share my learning about the mismatch between catalog views sys.master_files and sys.database_files.

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Jul7

What is Source_Database_ID in Sys.Databases?- Interview Question of the Week #232

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
Snapshot, SQL High Availability, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL System Table
No Comments

Question: What is Source_Database_ID in Sys.Databases and why it is mostly NULL? Very interesting question, I received indeed.

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Jul6

SQL SERVER – Huge Space Used by Table sysxmitqueue in MSDB. How to Clear it Quickly?

Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, System Database, Transaction Log
1 Comment

Recently I was helping a customer who hired me for my services. He had an issue where they noticed that the size of the MSDB database has grown huge.

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Jul5

SQL SERVER – DBCC CLONEDATABASE Error – Msg 2601: Cannot Insert Duplicate Key Row in Object ‘sys.sysowners’ With Unique Index ‘nc1’.

Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL Server Security
2 Comments

A few days ago, I wrote a blog about an error while creating a clone of a database using DBCC CLONEDATABASE command. Here is the link to read that blog.

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Jul4

SQL SERVER – DBCC CLONEDATABASE Error: Cannot Insert Duplicate Key Row In Object ‘sys.sysschobjs’ With Unique Index ‘clst’.

Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL System Table, System Database, System Object
No Comments

Learn how to fix: Cannot insert a duplicate key row in object ‘sys.sysschobjs’ with unique index ‘clst’ while using DBCC CLONEDATABASE.

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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 104 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

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