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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Oct9

SQL SERVER – SQL Server Management Studio Crash While Using Backup to URL or Connecting to Storage

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Azure, SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

Recently, as a part of my on-demand consulting, I was helping a client who was into a disaster situation and there was an urgent need to restore the backup of a database which was taken in Azure Blob Storage. In this blog, we will learn about how to fix the crash of SQL server Management studio while using a backup to URL or connecting to storage.

Oct8

SQL SERVER – Event ID: 2004 – Resource Exhaustion Diagnosis Events

Pinal Dave

SQL

Antivirus, SQL Error Messages, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Recently I was working with a client where they were having an issue with SQL Server memory usage. They received below warning message in System Event log – Resource Exhaustion Diagnosis Events.

Oct7

How to Change Language for SSMS? – Interview Question of the Week #194

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Utility

Question: How to Change Language for SSMS?

Oct6

SQL SERVER – Event ID: 10028 – SQL Server Distributed Replay Client – DCOM was Unable to Communicate with the Computer

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, Starting SQL

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Sometimes there are many errors in the event logs which we ignore, and they fill up complete event log. When we have some issue and data is needed for root cause analysis, we do not see the actual data because its overwritten by meaningless messages. In this blog, we would learn how to fix Event ID: 10028 – SQL Server Distributed Replay Client – DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer.

Oct5

SQL SERVER – SSIS – Package Error: “ODBC Source” Failed Validation and Returned Validation Status “VS_NEEDSNEWMETADATA”

Pinal Dave

SQL

Computer Network, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Utility, SSIS

As a part of my consulting, I see many clients who use SSIS. In this blog we would learn how to fix error “ODBC Source” failed validation and returned validation status “VS_NEEDSNEWMETADATA”.

Oct4

SQL SERVER – Error: 45207 – SQL Server Managed Backup to Microsoft Azure Cannot Configure the Database Because a Container URL was Either not Provided or Invalid

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Azure, SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Log, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

While using SQL Server on Virtual Machines in Azure, I ran into an interesting error. In this blog we would learn how to fix Msg 45207 – SQL Server Managed Backup to Microsoft Azure cannot configure the database ‘sqlauthdb’ because a container URL was either not provided or invalid. It is also possible that your SAS credential is invalid.

Oct3

SQL SERVER – SQL Server Configuration Manager Error: 0x80010108 – The Object Invoked Has Disconnected From its Clients

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Services, Starting SQL, WMI

While writing my previous blogs about SQL Server Configuration Manager, I encountered another error. In this blog, we would learn one of the possible causes of error 0x80010108 – The object invoked has disconnected from its clients.

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.

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

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