Patching a clustered SQL instance, setup warned: Cluster Resource DLL Update Restart Check. A hard lesson on why you should not ignore this warning.
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Connect to SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machine from SSMS on On-Premise Machine
Can’t connect from SSMS on your own machine to SQL Server in an Azure Virtual Machine? Here is the network-related error users see and what to check to fix it.
SQL SERVER – Script Level Upgrade for Database ‘master’ Failed Because Upgrade Step ‘sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql’ – Error: 5041: MODIFY FILE Failed
One more cause of the script level upgrade failure for ‘sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql’: Error 5041, MODIFY FILE failed. Here is how I fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Full-Text Search Not Working For PDF Documents
A client stored PDF files in a VARBINARY(MAX) column, and Full-Text search could not find text in them. Here are all the steps I used in my lab to make it work.
How to Schedule a Job in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #160
How do you Schedule a Job in SQL Server? First make sure SQL Server Agent is running, then follow these simple screens to add the job, its steps and a schedule.
SQL SERVER – Installation Error: The Cluster Resource is Not Available. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007138E)
Patching SQL Server on a cluster failed with: The cluster resource is not available (HRESULT 0x8007138E). Here is how the Summary.txt file led to the fix.
SQL SERVER – What is Change Pending State of in SQL Server Configuration Manager?
During a rushed release, a client stopped SQL Server and the service got stuck. Here is what Change Pending State in Configuration Manager means and what to do.
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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 19 books and 125 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.
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