SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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Jun26

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 3009, Level 16 – Could not Insert a Backup or Restore History Detail Record in the msdb Database

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Restore, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

As most of my blogs, this blog is also an outcome of an interesting engagement with a client. While trying to help one of my clients to recover from a hardware failure, I learned something about a trace flag. Let us learn about backup or restore history.

Jun25

What is Copy Only Backup in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #128

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Backup, SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: What is Copy Only Backup in SQL Server?

Answer: This is another interesting question I received the other day. The question was in the image form and I am re-producing the image again here.

Jun24

SQL SERVER – Error: Timeout (30000 milliseconds) Waiting for the SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) Service to Connect

Pinal Dave

SQL

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

I have been dealing with a client who observed that SQL services not starting up after a server reboot. When I asked them to check event logs, they found below timeout error.

Jun23

SQL SERVER – Msg 3168, Level 16 – The Backup of the System Database on the Device Cannot be Restored Because it was Created by a Different Version of the Server

Pinal Dave

SQL

Ransomware, SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Restore, SQL Server, System Database

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In the recent past, I have written a blog about Ransomware. Here is the link. system database – How to Protect Your Database from Ransomware?

Jun22

SQL SERVER – Unable to Restore from URL – The Specified URL Points to a Block Blob. Backup and Restore Operations on Block Blobs are not Permitted

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Azure, SQL Backup, SQL Error Messages, SQL Restore, SQL Server

With Microsoft Azure pitching in the market, I am getting few clients who want me to assist them for errors related to Azure as well. As a part of growth, I do learn them and try to help the clients. Let us learn about Block Blobs in this blog post.

Jun21

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15170, Level 16, This login is the Owner of 1 Job(s). You Must Delete or Reassign these Jobs Before the Login can be Dropped

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, , SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Security

In our real life, there are lots of dependencies and same is true with SQL Server as well. This blog also talks about inability to drop a login due to a dependency.

Jun20

SQL SERVER – New Quality of Database Documentation – Dataedo

Pinal Dave

SQL

I recently stumbled upon an interesting tool – Dataedo, quite powerful database documentation tool. It enables describing each table and column (data dictionary), procedure and function, create ER diagrams from existing schema and generate a pretty HTML, PDF or Excel documents.

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 92 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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