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.

Once you learn my business secrets, you will fix the majority of problems in the future.

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Jan5

SQL SERVER – FIX: Cannot Connect to SQL in Azure Virtual Machine From Laptop

Pinal Dave

SQL

Computer Network, SQL Azure, SQL Connection, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, SQL Server Security

To keep up with the market trend, I have already done my hands-on with SQL in Azure Virtual Machine. In this blog, I would share my learning about a connectivity issue which I faced recently.

Jan4

SQL SERVER – Unable to Set Cloud Witness. Error: The Client and Server Cannot Communicate, Because They do Not Possess a Common Algorithm

Pinal Dave

SQL

Cloud Computing, Powershell, SQL Azure, SQL Data Storage, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

Recently, I was trying to simulate a client’s environment for which I need to have windows cluster with cloud witness. It didn’t go well, and I encountered an error message. In this blog, I will share the solution of error – “The client and server cannot communicate, because they do not possess a common algorithm” which I received while adding cloud witness. I was following below documentation: Deploy a Cloud Witness for a Failover Cluster

Jan3

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 41105: Failed to Create the Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) Resource With Name and Type ‘SQL Server Availability Group’

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, SQL Error Messages, SQL High Availability, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Sometimes there are errors which give us the solution to the problem and I love to discover other ways to fix it. In this blog, we would learn how to fix Failed to create the Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) resource with name and type ‘SQL Server Availability Group’

Jan2

SQL SERVER – Cannot Shrink Log File 2 (SQLAuthorityDB_log) Because the Logical Log File Located at the End of the File is in Use

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Shrinking Database, SQL Log, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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Learning never stops for a consultant. In this blog, I would share another learning and discuss message: cannot shrink log file because the logical log file located at the end of the file is in use.

Jan1

SQL SERVER – Which Settings Change in sp_configure Needs Restart to Take Effect?

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server 2017, SQL Server Configuration, Starting SQL

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Learning one new thing every day keeps me passionate about my job. Recently, I had a very interesting experience with one of my customer while working with them on Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check and found some non-default values in sp_configure. They asked me – Which settings change in sp_configure needs restart to take effect? Do we need to remember the values?

Dec31

SQL SERVER – Installation Failure – Specified Instance Via Transform is Already Installed. MSINEWINSTANCE Requires a New Instance that is not Installed

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Documentation, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Installation

This is one of the situations where my client installed one clustered instance of SQL Server and the second one was failing. In this blog, I would share my findings of error: Specified instance via transform is already installed. MSINEWINSTANCE requires a new instance that is not installed.

Dec30

How to Sort a Varchar Column Storing Integers with Order By? – Interview Question of the Week #206

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Datatype, SQL Order By, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String

Question: How to Sort a Varchar Column Storing Integers with Order By?

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 92 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.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).

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