SQL SERVER – Information Message: Cannot shrink file in database to xxxx pages as it only contains yyyy pages.

I often get emails from my blog readers asking various types of clarifications about my own blog. Here is one of the interesting questions from a reader about message Cannot shrink file in the database to xxxx pages as it only contains yyyy pages which he encountered after following my below blog.

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SQL SERVER – Error 21028 : Replication Components are not Installed on This Server

One of my clients, for whom I installed SQL Server and configured AlwaysOn came back to me with an error message. While trying to configure replication they were getting an error message. In this blog, we would learn how to fix error “Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is unable to access replication components because replication is not installed on this instance of SQL Server”

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SQL SERVER – Fix : Error Msg 1813, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Could not open new database databasename. CREATE DATABASE is aborted

It is indeed a pleasure when we write a timeless article for SQL Server and DBAs read it after many years. In the year 2007, I wrote an article about an error related to Could not open a new database. It has been one of the top viewed blog posts all the time. Recently SQL Server Expert Jeremy Roe has sent me an updated script for a recent version of SQL Server for the same error.

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SQL SERVER – Error: Parameter ‘ProbePort’ does not exist on the cluster object. Unable to set Probe Port for Azure Load Balancer

Azure is gaining popularity and I am getting clients who want to create Always On availability group as their high availability solution in Azure Virtual machine. To keep myself up to date, I also try creating the customer’s scenario in my lab. In this blog, we would how to fix error Parameter ‘ProbePort’ does not exist on the cluster object while configuring probe port.

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