A few months ago, I wrote a blog which tells us reasons about why we should use tools provided with the product rather than generic tools. Yeah, I am talking about services.msc vs. SQL Server Configuration manager.
SQL SERVER – Login Failed – Server is in Script Upgrade Mode – Deleting Collection Set “Utility Information”
I must confess that consulting has taught me much more than what I have learned in my regular job. Freelancing comes with advantages and disadvantages. For me, I am looking at advantages and I am happy with my decision. Let us see how to fix an error related to Login Failed and Deleting Collection.
SQL SERVER – Could Not Load the DLL xpstar.dll, or One of the DLLs it References
Once upon a time a customer wanted to apply a patch on SQL Server instance, but it failed at the end to start SQL Server services. As usual, I asked to check ERRORLOG and found below information. Let us see errors related to the DLL.
What is the Initial Size of TempDB? – Interview Question of the Week #120
Question: What is the Initial Size of TempDB? Trust me, this question is way more complicated than you read in one line.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL Service – OS Error 5 (Access is denied.) for TempDB
This was really one of the issue where I was totally confused because SQL Server was raising incorrect error message. Let me first tell you what I was doing. I was trying to move TEMPDB database files to a new location. I ran below alter commands and restarted SQL Server. Let us learn about OS Error 5.
SQL SERVER – FIX: The SQL Server Failed to Initialize VIA Support Library [QLVipl.dll]
My every interaction with client teaches me something new. Recently someone contacted me through email and informed that they have issues with SQL Server Startup. When we checked ERRORLOG, we found below messages at the end of the ERRORLOG where Via Support library was mentioned.
SQL SERVER – Script Upgrade Failure – RsFxFt.Dll::RsFxMgmtInitialize failed: Error 0x80070002
In the recent few days, I have found many clients having various script upgrade failures while applying service packs or cumulative updates. Here are few of them. Let us learn about Script Upgrade Failure.