SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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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?

Dec16

SQL SERVER – Fix Error – Restore Operation Failed for Database Due to Insufficient Memory in the Resource Pool ‘Default’

Pinal Dave

SQL

In-Memory OLTP, Resource Governor, SQL Error Messages, SQL Memory, SQL Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

SQL SERVER – Fix Error – Restore Operation Failed for Database Due to Insufficient Memory in the Resource Pool ‘Default’

Dec15

SQL SERVER – Login Failed. The Login is From an Untrusted Domain and Cannot be Used with Windows Authentication

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Domain Controller, SQL Error Messages, , SQL Server, SQL Server Security

Many people ask me how is the life as a freelancer, as a consultant? My answer is “life is good, but to get the complete picture, you have to experience it”. There are enough challenges which are thrown at a consultant everyday and resolving them at a rapid pace is the key. Every day is like a closed door where I can’t see what’s going to happen. But trust me… it’s FUN! This blog is an outcome of such “challenge” which was thrown while performing final checks after deployment for a client. We ran into an issue where the SQL cluster was not able to failover to another node. Let us learn about how to fix the error login failed.

Dec14

SQL SERVER – Always On Availability Group Failover Generating Dump. Error: 17066: SQL Server Assertion: HadrFstrVnnUtils.cpp:479

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, Disk, SQL High Availability, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

One of my clients was using Always On availability group. They were having 3 nodes Always On AG setup. For simplicity, let’s call them Node1, Node2 and Node3. The first two nodes were in one subnet and node3 was in separate subnet. Let us learn about availability group failover.

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 100 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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