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SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan – Backup Files Not Getting Deleted

May 5, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Maintenance Plan, SQL Backup and Restore, SQL Server

A client’s maintenance plan ran fine, but old backup files were never deleted. The answer was in the documentation. Here is what to check.

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SQL Azure Database – Msg 40197, Level 20 – The Service has Encountered an Error Processing Your Request. Please Try Again. Error Code 40549

May 4, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Azure, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

A bulk insert from Azure Blob Storage failed hours in with Msg 40197, error processing your request, code 40549. Why long transactions get killed, and the fix.

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SQL Server database mirroring error.

SQL SERVER – Database Mirroring Login Attempt Failed With Error: ‘Connection Handshake Failed. There is No Compatible Encryption Algorithm. State 22

May 3, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Connection, SQL Error Messages, SQL Mirroring, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Moving from database mirroring to an AlwaysOn AG failed with a handshake error: no compatible encryption algorithm. Comparing the endpoints showed why.

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SQL SERVER – Ghost Cleanup Getting Hung and Blocking Checkpoint Process. What’s Wrong?

May 1, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

At a client, ghost cleanup was hung and blocking the checkpoint on a user database, with buffer latch timeouts in the ERRORLOG. Here is what I found.

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What is the Initial Size of TempDB? – Interview Question of the Week #120

April 30, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB, Starting SQL

Question: What is the Initial Size of TempDB? Trust me, this question is way more complicated than you read in one line.

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SQL SERVER – Clustered SQL Resource Not Coming Online

April 29, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Log, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster

Clustered SQL resource stuck in online pending, yet the service started fine from services.msc. The cluster log showed a login failure. Here is the fix.

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SQL SERVER - Installation Wizard Hangs at Service Account Page - The RPC Server is Unavailable

SQL SERVER – Installation Wizard Hangs at Service Account Page – The RPC Server is Unavailable

April 28, 2017
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

SQL Server 2012 cluster setup hung at the service account page. Detail.txt showed ‘The RPC server is unavailable’ while checking the account. Here is the fix.

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