Recently I was hired for my On Demand (55 minutes) Service by an organization and they had a very interesting situation. To be very honest, I was initially lost for few moments when they described this situation to me and wanted me to solve their error. They were facing a very unique situation where their SSMS was working just fine but when they try to restore any database, SSMS Restore Database Wizard will take forever to open.
SQL SERVER – Split Comma Separated Value String in a Column Using STRING_SPLIT
In this blog post, we will learn about STRING_SPLIT function which was earlier introduced in SQL Server 2016 but still not widely adopted in the industry. We will learn today how to Split Comma Separated Value String in a Column Using STRING_SPLIT.
SQL SERVER – How to Get SQL Server Agent Properties?
During Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check we always go over various SQL Server properties. Lots of people do not know that there are quite a few SQL Server settings which can help us improve our SQL Server performance many folds. While I was discussing SQL Server properties, someone asked me if there are similar settings for SQL Server Agent available which users can tune.
PowerShell – Get Maximum Memory of Server with dbatools
Yesterday I blogged about the very famous Powershell free community tool dbatools. After writing this blog post, I received some interesting emails. I think lots of people confused this with native PowerShell. Well, actually dbatools is build using PowerShell scripts and runs under the hood script of PowerShell. The biggest advantage of the PowerShell is that it helps us to do multiple operations like finding the maximum memory of the server.
PowerShell – How to Install dbatools?
One of the most popular questions any PowerShell expert would receive is how to install the most popular dbatools based on Powershell scripts?
SQL SERVER – Script – Transaction Log Backups Based on Growth / Size
While doing a comprehensive health check of the SQL Server, one of the things I check is the backup plan for the production databases. Many times, I have run into a situation where a customer says ” Transaction log file of the database has grown more than expected. I want to know the reason why and how to reclaim space and how to avoid such situations”. Let’s break it down into two parts and then
SQL SERVER – Steps to Migrate Cluster Storage from Old Disks to Newly Attached Disks
One of my clients consulted me for the best and easy method for migrating the Cluster Storage from old to newly attached disks. They wanted to move/reconfigure disks mapped to SQL Server, MSDTC, Quorum.
At present, they were using SQL Server 2014 as a mission-critical database server in a cluster environment. Storage being used was IBM DS 8300. They want to migrate the database from current storage i.e. IBM DS 8300 to new storage IBM DS 8870.