While preparing for a demo session for my client, I was playing with SQL Server backups on my lab server. I encountered an error which I am going to blog here. Here is the error about backup or restore history details.
SQL SERVER – Incorrect Error: Unable to Add Filegroup – A Severe Error Occurred on the Current Command
One of my customers recently reached out to me to help them out with a strange error which they were facing related to Add FileGroup. After carefully looking at the issues, we figured out that real issue was much deeper and very different.
SQL SERVER – Rule Cluster Remote Access Failed During Installation on SQL Failover Clustered Instance
Not every problem might have a solution and we must use a workaround to move forward. This blog is also related to one such error message which I observed while installing a clustered instance of SQL Server.
SQL SERVER – Log Shipping Monitor Not Getting Updated
One of my clients has implemented log shipping and everything was working fine. Recently they implemented a reporting tool which reported alerts that data missing for few log shipping tables. The data for “last_backup_file” and “last_backup_date” is not getting updated for primary server (log_shipping_monitor_primary) and was showing null. For secondary it was reported correctly.
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.
SQL SERVER – Linked Server Error: TCP Provider: No Connection Could be Made Because the Target Machine Actively Refused It
While trying to create linked server, sometimes there are errors. One of the error is below which is related to TCP Provider.
SQL SERVER – The SaveToSQLServer Method Has Encountered OLE DB Error Code 0x80004005
While saving maintenance plan on my lab server, I encountered below error in SQL Server Management Studio. Let us see how to solve the error related to OLE DB Error.