In my earlier blog, we saw one possible cause database mail error due to SSL settings. Today we will learn about another Database Mail Error.
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New Trends and Challenges in Database Administration
DBAs now handle development, DevOps, NoSQL and cloud moves on top of tuning. Here are three new trends and challenges in database administration today.
SQL SERVER – gMSA: The Service Did Not Start Due to a Logon Failure
SQL Server running under a gMSA would not start: the service did not start due to a logon failure, yet no password had expired. Here is the real cause.
How to Check Edition Specific Features Enabled In SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #180
Moving databases to another edition? Here is a simple script for SQL Server 2008 and later that lists the Edition specific features each database uses.
SQL SERVER – Database Mail Error: The SMTP Server Requires a Secure Connection or the Client was not Authenticated. The Server Response Was: 5.5.1
Database Mail with Gmail failed: the SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated, 5.5.1. Here is how to fix it.
SQL SERVER – Many BACKGROUND Threads with Command VDI_CLIENT_WORKER
Seeing many BACKGROUND threads with command VDI_CLIENT_WORKER? Here is what the VDI_CLIENT_WORKER and VDI_CLIENT_OTHER wait types mean.
SQL SERVER – Event ID: 1135 – Cluster node ‘NodeName’ was Removed From the Active Failover Cluster Membership
Event ID 1135 says a cluster node was removed from the active failover cluster membership. Here is what a customer’s AlwaysOn setup taught me about it.
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