During my recent engagement of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, Sr. DBA asked if it is possible to run SQL Server on multiple TCP Ports. The answer is Yes, it is very much possible.
SQL SERVER – Quick Introduction to Startup Procedures
In today’s blog we are going to talk about the SQL Server feature which actually exists for a quite a while but interestingly enough it is not known much. Let us have a quick introduction to startup procedures.
SQL SERVER – Event ID:7034 – MSSQLSERVER Service Terminated Unexpectedly. It has Done this 6 time(s)
Recently, I came across a strange issue. I noticed that the SQL Server service terminates and restarts automatically and doesn’t restart.
SQL SERVER Analysis Services – Unable to Start Service. Error: The Filename, Directory Name, or Volume Label Syntax is Incorrect
Sometimes I get a chance to work on something which I have not worked earlier but I give my 100% before I give up. This gives me chance to learn something new and every time I get a new topic to write a blog. In this blog, we would learn about fixing “The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect” error while starting SQL Server Analysis Services. Here is the exact message from system event log while trying to start the services using configuration manager.
SQL SERVER – SQL Server Agent Not Starting – Failed to Initialize SQL Agent Log (Reason: Access is Denied).
My lab machine is my playground. Other than my real-world client’s problem, many blogs have come from my lab machine because I keep on breaking something or another on my server. Once I found that I was unable to start SQL Server Agent service for one of the SQL Server instances. In this blog, we would learn how to fix error Failed to initialize SQL Agent log (reason: Access is denied)
SQL SERVER – Setup / Installation Error – Updating Permission Setting for File ResumeKeyFilter.Store Failed
My client contacted me for a quick assistance in a setup trouble. She informed me that it’s a brand-new install and its failing at the end. She was installing SQL Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016. Let us learn about how to fix Installation Error.
SQL SERVER – Databases Going to Recovery Pending State Randomly
One of my famous offerings is Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check where we always go over various SQL Server and database level properties. Lots of people do not know that there are quite a few SQL Server and database level settings which can help us improve our SQL Server performance many folds. Let us learn in this blog post how to fix the error about Databases Going to Recovery Pending State Randomly.