This was a clustered instance, so we need to take care of dependency also. Here are the steps which I have outlined for Migrate Clustered Disk.
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Primary Key and Null in SQL Server – Interview Question of the Week #071
Can a primary key contain NULL values? No. Here is why primary key and NULL do not mix, and the simple interview question many candidates miss.
SQL SERVER – FIX: SQL Profiler Error – Cannot Retrieve Trace Definition for SQL Server Version
Profiler on SQL Server 2016 showed an empty message box, then ‘Cannot retrieve trace definition for SQL Server version’. How I fixed this SQL Profiler Error.
SQL SERVER – Understanding FAILOVERCLUSTERROLLOWNERSHIP with SQL Server Cluster Rolling Upgrade
I started to hunt in the blog and saw there were a number of posts around (FAILOVERCLUSTERROLLOWNERSHIP) the cluster that caught my eyes:
Data Lineage Tracking in ETL Processes: Notes from the Field #124
Data lineage tracking in ETL processes answers one question: where did this value come from? Tim Mitchell’s Notes from the Field lesson is kept, and a tested SQL Server example now traces a total back to its source rows, forward from one sale, and across two load runs.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL Server – TDSSNIClient Initialization Failed with error 0xd
SQL Server would not start, and ERRORLOG showed TDSSNIClient initialization failed with error 0xd, status code 0x10. Here is what I found.
SQL SERVER – Error Msg 5042, Level 16 – The File ‘tempdev02’ Cannot be Removed Because it is Not Empty
Removing an extra TempDB file gave me Error Msg 5042: the file ‘tempdev02’ cannot be removed because it is not empty. Here is how I got rid of it.
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