Recently I was trying to help a customer who was deploying AlwaysOn Availability Group in Microsoft Azure via template deployment. The template was failing with below error
SQL SERVER Installation – FeatureUpgradeMatrixCheck (SQL Server 2016 Feature Upgrade) setup rule failed
One of the best ways to learn problems faced by individuals and organizations is to look at the forums for these issues. Often I have visited MSDN forums and see if there are some hot or interesting issues. Sometimes it is interesting to see some setup failures and investigate for the root cause. They might look trivial, but the best part is going the path of troubleshooting can be refreshing and gives you immense satisfaction to how things work inside SQL Server or Windows. This blog is inspired by one such error that encountered and I found it interesting enough to share it on this blog for the benefit of a larger audience. Let us learn about SQL Server Installation Error.
SQL SERVER – Install Error – Could not Find the Database Engine Startup Handle
Note: There are multiple reason of above error and this blog shows just one of them. I am sure that this blog would give you guideline about what do to in case you see this error about install error.
SQL SERVER – Delayed Durability, or The Story of How to Speed Up Autotests From 11 to 2.5 Minutes
This is one of the most interesting stories written by my friend Syrovatchenko Sergey. He is an expert on SQL Server and works at Devart. Just like me he also shares his passion for Wait Stats and new features of the SQL Server. In this blog post he talks about one of the most interesting feature about Delayed Durability. I strongly encourage that you find sometime during your day to read this blog post and discover more about this topic.
SQL SERVER – Tracking Database Dependencies
If database changes are needed to be made at a column level, it’s essential that you perform impact assessment in order to determine which objects will be affected after the change. This means that SQL table column dependencies within a database need to be analyzed.
ApexSQL Clean is a tool that is used to analyze SQL server database dependencies and also to remove unwanted objects.
To analyze table column dependencies within a SQL database the first thing you need to do is to create a new project. That can be done by clicking the New button in the Home tab and choosing the desired server and the database.
SQL SERVER – Database Auditing and Compliance
ApexSQL Audit is a tool which is used to audit SQL Server events for the purpose of general auditing as well as to meet strict SQL Server compliance standards. ApexSQL Audit can be used to audit more than 170 SQL Server events, including DDL and DML operations, SQL Server logins, security events, query execution… ApexSQL Audit can be used by DBA to meet complex database auditing requirements as well as several compliance standards, including HIPAA, SOX, PCI, FISMA, FERPA, FDA and more.
SQL SERVER 2016 – WARNING: Setup Limited to Reporting Services for SharePoint
I have a habit of generally reading the “What’s New” section whenever a new version is around in the block. This is a great way to actually check, learn everything that is getting released in a nutshell. These often don’t just mean we can master them in that single page, but it gives us enough information to start our journey for exploration. Let us learn about Setup Limited to Reporting Services for SharePoint warning.