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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Essentially I share my business secrets to optimize SQL Server performance.

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Dec23

SQL SERVER – Msg 32055 – sp_refresh_log_shipping_monitor – There Was an Error Configuring the Remote Monitor Server

Pinal Dave

SQL

Log Shipping, SQL Activity Monitor, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

Since I started consulting, I never had “Monday Blues” because I don’t get any weekends. I am always ready to help without time boundaries. Consulting gives me exposure to the real customer issue, learn more and blog more. This also helps me to see what customers are implementing rather than what Microsoft has provided as features. This blog is an outcome of a consulting where everything was deployed successfully, but project sign-off was pending due to an issue with log-shipping monitoring. In this blog we would learn about fixing error There was an error configuring the remote monitor server.

Dec22

Download and Install SQL SERVER 2017 Developer Edition for FREE

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Download, SQL Server, SQL Server 2017, SQL Server Installation, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

SQL Server 2017 has been released for a while. I have been using it for a while and it is a pretty stable release from Microsoft.

Dec21

SQL SERVER – Fix: Error – VS Shell Installation Has Failed with Exit Code 1638

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Download, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Installation

Recently I got called in by a regular customer for my On Demand (50 minutes) service. Every single day I keep two hours available to help DBAs who need urgent help with SQL Server. When I connected with a customer, I was expecting to solve their SQL Server performance tuning problem. However, I quickly realized that the issue was not SQL Server Performance but was rather with SQL Server 2017 installation. Let us see how we can fix the error users are receiving related to VS Shell.

Dec20

SQL SERVER – List Users with System Admin (sysadmin) Rights – Part 2

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DMV, , SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

Yesterday I shared a blog post where I discussed how to list all the users with the System Admin (sysadmin) rights. I have received a quite a few emails and comments on this subject. The comment which got the most attention is from SQL Expert Chris Mangrum. He has shared a very interesting script with modification from the original script where he has also included additional permission of Control Server.

Dec19

SQL SERVER – Too many dumps generated. CPerIndexMetaQS::ErrorAbort – Index Corruption

Pinal Dave

SQL

Database Corruption, SQL Index, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

I always try to share my knowledge and learning from a client engagement. This helps me in remembering the steps I took to reach to the solution. It also helps my blog readers to follow the same steps and fix their problem rather than waiting for some expert to fix it. So you see, this is a WIN-WIN situation for both of us. Let us learn in this blog post how to fix index corruption.

Dec18

SQL SERVER – List Users with System Admin (sysadmin) Rights

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

One of the pre-requesting of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check is to check if user has necessary system admin rights or not. It is almost impossible to help customer with SQL Server Performance if they do have a DBA who has access to system admin rights.

Dec17

How to Kill Processes Idle for X Hours? – Interview Question of the Week #152

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Connection, SQL Cursor, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, System Object

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Question: How to Kill Processes Idle for X Hours?

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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