The journey for IT started way back in my college days more than a decade back. It was a booming time and it was exciting to see everyone eyeing the Computer Science stream. Almost every other person in those days always wanted to take this new trend. Riding the waves was one part of excitement, while the other was to be unique in whatever we do. It is easy to get stereotyped with someone and we can never be different from the herd. I always believed in doing the basics right – this blog project that I started more than 8 years was to bring these basic learnings back. I am glad I have been doing this. Let us learn about Write Ahead Logging.
SQL SERVER – Steps to Generate Windows Cluster Log?
Every now and then I sit next to DBA to learn some of their tricks. One of this recent learning is what I plan to share here. It is tough to learn everything all by ourselves, so learning is best done by sharing. There are many incidents with SQL cluster…
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SQL SERVER – Login failed for User ‘NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON’ – ERRORLOG
Errors related to logins are one of the most searched in this blog. Many of the blogs that talk about these errors are the ones that get viewed often too. This is one of the interesting errors, which you might see in your environments. One of my blog reader contacted me and told that their event log and ERRORLOG is full of below the messages:
SQL SERVER – WARNING – SQL Server Has Encountered N Occurrence(s) of I/O Requests Taking Longer Than 15 Seconds
This is one of the most commonly asked questions via blog comments and emails sent across to me. Here is the sample error message which has been reported in SQL Server ERRORLOG. Let us learn about how to fix occurrences of I/O Requests taking longer.
SQL SERVER – Script: Knowing Data and Log Files Are On the Same Drive
Last week it was wonderful to spend time at the GIDS conference to meet all the enthusiastic developers. Had fun preparing for the session and the number of people who walked to me and say they read this blog makes me really humble and motivated to write more. I love attending and presenting at these conferences because I get an opportunity to meet people and at many times able to answer real world problems. Let’s learn Script: Knowing Data and Log Files Are On the Same Drive.
SQL SERVER – Log Shipping – Sharing Tab Missing in Folder Properties
Building a solution for some sort of disaster site is critical for every organization that thinks about business continuity. One of the proven for ages is a solution around Log Shipping. Though one of the oldest, it is one of the most sought after solution inside SQL Server. With solutions…
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SQL SERVER – Where is ERRORLOG? Various Ways to Find ERRORLOG Location
Whenever someone reports some weird error on my blog comments or sends email to know about it, I always ask to share SQL Server ERRORLOG file. There have been many occasions where I need to guide them to find location of ERRORLOG file generated by SQL Server. Most DBA’s are intelligent and know some of these, but this is my try to share my learning about ERRORLOG location.