SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

Is your SQL Server running slow and you want to speed it up without sharing server credentials? In my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we can work together remotely and resolve your biggest performance troublemakers in less than 4 hours.

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Mar4

SQL SERVER – FIX: Database Diagram Error 15517 – Cannot Execute as the Database Principal Because the Principal ‘dbo’ Does Not Exist

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Security, SSMS

Today’s blog post is directly inspired by the conversation I had during my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. During the consulting engagement, one of the developers reported below error in the database while trying to open a database diagram.

Mar3

What is Clean Buffer in DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS? – Interview Question of the Week #215

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Cache, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

Question: What is Clean Buffer in DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS?

Mar2

SQL SERVER – FIX: The specified instance of SQL Server is hosted by a system that is not a Windows Server Failover Cluster(WSFC) Node.

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster, SQL Server Configuration

Sometimes if the sequence is not followed correctly, we might see some weird errors. In this blog, we would learn how to fix always on an error while adding new replica “The specified instance of SQL Server is hosted by a system that is not a Windows Server Failover Cluster(WSFC) node.”

Mar1

SQL SERVER – SQL Server Configuration Manager Missing from Start Menu

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Registry, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, Starting SQL, Windows

Earlier I wrote a blog on the same topic and today I found another way to do the same thing. In this blog, we would discuss the steps you can take to open SQL Server Configuration Manager when its missing from Start Menu in the Windows operating system.

Feb28

SQL SERVER – How to Drop All the Hypothetical Indexes of Database?

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

Earlier I wrote a blog post SQL SERVER – Say No To Database Engine Tuning Advisor and I got an email from my existing client where I frequently engage for Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. They wanted me to help them remove all the negative impact of the Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA). I was able to help them achieve this by removing the Hypothetical Indexes they had added using the DTA.

Feb27

SQL SERVER – SQL Service Not Getting Started Automatically After Server Reboot While Using gMSA Account

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Security, SQL Server Services

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.

Feb26

SQL SERVER – Error: 18456, State 149 – Login-based Server Access Validation Failed With an Infrastructure Error. Login Lacks Connect Endpoint Permission

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, , SQL Server, SQL Server Security

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.

Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 104 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

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