A command-line SQL Server install failed: Validation for setting ‘AGTSVCACCOUNT’ failed, the RPC server is unavailable. I read the setup log and found the fix.
SQL SERVER Analysis Services – Unable to Start Service. Error: The Filename, Directory Name, or Volume Label Syntax is Incorrect
SQL Server Analysis Services would not start: the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. Here is what the event log showed and the fix.
SQL SERVER – Event ID: 1135 – Cluster node ‘NodeName’ was Removed From the Active Failover Cluster Membership
Event ID 1135 says a cluster node was removed from the active failover cluster membership. Here is what a customer’s AlwaysOn setup taught me about it.
SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan Error: Failed to Acquire Connection “Local Server Connection”.
None of the maintenance plans worked, though the jobs ran fine. The error was failed to acquire connection “Local server connection”. Here is why.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Unable to Create Distribution Database on a UNC Share – Configure Distribution
With SQL Server on a UNC share, the Configure Distribution wizard refuses network paths for the distribution database. Here is how to create it anyway.
What are Ports Needed to Configure Log Shipping? – Interview Question of the Week #169
What are ports needed to configure log shipping? A client in a locked-down network asked me, and here is the list of ports to open on the firewall.
QL SERVER – Unable to Create Listener: Msg 41009 – The Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) Resource Control API Returned Error Code 5057
Creating an AG listener failed with Msg 41009: the Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) resource control API returned error 5057. Here is the fix.