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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Dec15

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15190 – There are still remote logins or linked logins for the server

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, , SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

One of the most successful offerings from me has been Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Sometimes during my assistance, some random issues appear which I try to solve as well. In a recent engagement, one of their developers asked a question about an error which he was receiving while running sp_dropserver. In this blog, we would see how to fix error 15190 – There are still remote logins or linked logins for the server.

Dec14

SQL SERVER – Fix : Error Msg 1813, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Could not open new database databasename. CREATE DATABASE is aborted

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Log, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

It is indeed a pleasure when we write a timeless article for SQL Server and DBAs read it after many years. In the year 2007, I wrote an article about an error related to Could not open a new database. It has been one of the top viewed blog posts all the time. Recently SQL Server Expert Jeremy Roe has sent me an updated script for a recent version of SQL Server for the same error.

Dec13

SQL SERVER – Error: Parameter ‘ProbePort’ does not exist on the cluster object. Unable to set Probe Port for Azure Load Balancer

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Azure, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster

Azure is gaining popularity and I am getting clients who want to create Always On availability group as their high availability solution in Azure Virtual machine. To keep myself up to date, I also try creating the customer’s scenario in my lab. In this blog, we would how to fix error Parameter ‘ProbePort’ does not exist on the cluster object while configuring probe port.

Dec12

Detect and Diagnose SQL Server Performance Issues with Spotlight Cloud

Pinal Dave

SQL

Quest, SQL Performance, SQL Utility

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The number one challenge for any DBA with their SQL Server is the performance. Every user wants their applications to run faster. When DBAs and Developers start building an application, it usually runs faster as there is no real workload running over it. Often DBAs and Developers do stress testing with the third party tools or by simulating the workload. However, honestly, when an application goes live, the entire scenario is very much different. It is near impossible to predict the usage pattern and workload distribution in any application once it starts to grow. Today we will discuss how we can detect and diagnose SQL Server Performance Issues with Spotlight Cloud.

Dec11

SQL SERVER – xp_create_subdir() Returned Error 183, ‘Cannot Create a File When that File Already Exists

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Extended Events, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

New client, new idea and a new blog! That’s how I have been writing a daily blog for many years now. In this blog, I would share my learning from a client who faced error “xp_create_subdir() returned error 183, ‘Cannot create a file when that file already exists” while running maintenance plan.

Dec10

SQL SERVER – Relating Unrelated Tables – A Question from Reader

Pinal Dave

SQL Puzzle

SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I often get emails from my blog readers asking various types of questions. Here is one of the interesting questions from a reader about Relating Unrelated Tables. Let us go over it in detail.

Dec9

How to Shrink All the Log Files for SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #203

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Shrinking Database, SQL Backup, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Shrink All the Log Files for SQL Server?

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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