Stuck for hours on ‘Please wait while Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Setup process the current operation’? Detail.txt showed the cause of this slow installation.
SQL SERVER – Script Upgrade Failure – RsFxFt.Dll::RsFxMgmtInitialize failed: Error 0x80070002
A script upgrade failure left SQL Server down with RsFxFt.Dll error 0x80070002 and error 5597. Tested on SQL Server 2025: the FILESTREAM cause.
SQL SERVER – Service Pack Error – Attributes do not Match
A service pack error on my lab machine: ‘Attributes do not match’, with the folder shown as Compressed. Here is what Summary.txt said and the fix.
Error 913: Could Not Find Database ID 3, SQL Server Will Not Start
Error 913 means SQL Server could not find database ID 3, which is the model database, so the service will not start. A client had no backup of it and attaching the files failed. Rebuilding the system databases brought the instance back.
SQL SERVER – Unable to recycle Errorlog – sp_cycle_errorlog – OS error 1392
On a clustered server the nightly ERRORLOG cycling stopped, and sp_cycle_errorlog failed with OS error 1392. Here is what that means and how we fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Msg 3136, Level 16 – This Differential Backup Cannot be Restored Because the Database has not Been Restored to the Correct Earlier State
I was trying to teach copy-only backups to my students and encountered below error related to differential backup.
SQL SERVER – System. Security. Cryptography. CryptographicException – There Was an Error Generating the XML Document
SQL Server setup failed with an error generating the XML document. The real cause was DPAPI and a read-only domain controller, found in Summary.txt.