Plan how to upgrade SQL Server edition from Express to Standard, preserve the instance, and verify databases and applications after setup.
SQL SERVER – Fix: Error – VS Shell Installation Has Failed with Exit Code 1638
A customer’s SQL Server 2017 install kept failing with “VS Shell installation has failed with exit code 1638”. Here is what caused it and how we fixed it.
SQL SERVER – List Users with System Admin (sysadmin) Rights – Part 2
After my post on listing users with System Admin (sysadmin) rights, Chris Mangrum shared a better script that also covers CONTROL SERVER. Here it is.
CPerIndexMetaQS::ErrorAbort: Too Many Dumps From Index Corruption
CPerIndexMetaQS::ErrorAbort in a stack dump points to index corruption in one of your databases. A reader had too many dumps, and the ERRORLOG and DBCC CHECKTABLE showed which index was bad. Here are the two repair options and why backups matter.
SQL SERVER – List Users with System Admin (sysadmin) Rights
I List Users with System Admin membership before agreeing on the permissions for a health check. This query inspects visible principals.
How to Kill Processes Idle for X Hours? – Interview Question of the Week #152
Interview question: how to kill processes idle for X hours in SQL Server? Here is a script that finds idle sessions and kills them.
SQL SERVER – Login Failed. The Login is From an Untrusted Domain and Cannot be Used with Windows Authentication – SPN Issue
Login failed, untrusted domain, error 18452, and a cluster that would not fail over. The cause was an SPN. How to read the SPN messages.