SQL SERVER – xp_cmdshell and Net Use ERROR: The Local Device Name is Already in Use

People generally ask me; how do I manage to find a blog topic for every day blogging? And my answer is – “Connect yourself to the ground, try to help people with the basics, have open eyes & ears and promise yourself to learn one new thing every day”. If one can achieve these, every day blogging is easier. As a part of my consulting, I was helping a client to run some scripts and while testing, I learned something new. In this blog, we would learn about cause and solution of the error, the local device name is already in use.

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SQL SERVER – How to Install New Sample Database WideWorldImportersDW.bak

Last year, I have written a blog to install sample database WideWorldImporters SQL SERVER 2016 – How to Import New Sample Database WideWorldImporters. Recently, while I was showing demo to a client, they informed that I don’t have a blog about data-warehouse database WideWorldImportersDW. In this blog we would learn about how to install database WideWorldImportersDW.bak

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SQL SERVER – Msg 32055 – sp_refresh_log_shipping_monitor – There Was an Error Configuring the Remote Monitor Server

Since I started consulting, I never had “Monday Blues” because I don’t get any weekends. I am always ready to help without time boundaries. Consulting gives me exposure to the real customer issue, learn more and blog more. This also helps me to see what customers are implementing rather than what Microsoft has provided as features. This blog is an outcome of a consulting where everything was deployed successfully, but project sign-off was pending due to an issue with log-shipping monitoring. In this blog we would learn about fixing error There was an error configuring the remote monitor server. 

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