When disk space runs out, SQL Server logs errors like 1101 and 1105, often during recovery. A roundup of the common messages and what each one tells you.
DMV to Replace DBCC INPUTBUFFER Command – Interview Question of the Week #100
Is there a DMV to replace the DBCC INPUTBUFFER command? An interview question that caught me off guard, answered with sys.dm_exec_input_buffer.
SQL SERVER – FIX Error – Cluster Network Name showing NETBIOS status as “The system cannot find the file specified”
A Cluster Network Name would not come online and showed NETBIOS status ‘The system cannot find the file specified’. Which log to check and how we fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Fix Connection Error – [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen(Connect())
A connection error on a named instance that works by port but not by name. What SQL Browser answers on UDP 1434, and why local tests prove nothing.
SQL SERVER – How to Find the In-Memory OLTP Tables Memory Usage on the Server
At SQLPASS a DBA asked how to see the memory used by each In-Memory OLTP table. The DMV sys.dm_db_xtp_table_memory_stats answers it. Here is the script.
SQL SERVER – Error – Disallowing page allocations for database ‘DB’ due to insufficient memory in the resource pool
My SQL Server 2016 error log kept saying ‘Disallowing page allocations for database due to insufficient memory in the resource pool’. What it means and the fix.
SQL Server Backup Compression: How Much Space It Saves
Backup compression needs only the COMPRESSION option in the BACKUP statement. This post backs up a demo database twice and compares the sizes and times. It also checks the restore, explains the error that mixing compressed and plain backups raises, and covers the costs.