This was the first experiment with gMSA account in my lab and I faced an interesting issue. In my lab environment, I have a complete domain server and member servers. Once I configured gMSA for SQL Server service and restarted the machine, SQL Service didn’t start automatically even though it was set for an automatic startup as shown below.
SQL SERVER – Error: 18456, State 149 – Login-based Server Access Validation Failed With an Infrastructure Error. Login Lacks Connect Endpoint Permission
Sometimes while reproducing a situation results in another new error and I get an idea for a new blog. In this blog we would talk about an error Login-based server access validation failed with an infrastructure error. Login lacks connect endpoint permission.
SQL SERVER – FIX: 3637 – A Parallel Operation Cannot be Started From a DAC Connection
This was indeed one of an interesting error which I have never seen earlier and it is about DAC Connection.
Here is the complete error message which my client reported.
How to Extract Alphanumeric Only From A String? – Interview Question of the Week #214
Question: How to Extract Alphanumeric Only From A String?
Early Bird Pricing – SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop for EVERYONE – April 23, 2019
There are only 6 days to sign up for the early bird pricing for SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop for EVERYONE – April 23, 2019. The class is very first only class and will not be offered again in the first quarter. Last year when I offered the class, I had received rave reviews for the class, however, we closed the class at the end of last year. However, there has been a lot of requests to offer the class again and I have decided to offer this class on April 23, 2019.
SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error – Cannot Drop the Assembly ‘ISSERVER’, Because it Does not Exist or You Do Not Have Permission
A few days back, I published the blog on the same error message and one of the blog reader responded and ask how can I generate the script if I don’t have another SQL Server? In this blog, we would learn how to fix error Cannot drop the assembly ‘ISSERVER’, because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
SQL SERVER – Query Listing All the Indexes Key Column with Included Column
Today’s blog post is directly inspired by the conversation I had during my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. During the consulting engagement, we identified the customers had too many indexes on tables. The goal was to consolidate the indexes and to do the same, we realized that we needed a script which lists all the key columns and included columns of the indexes.
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