SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL After Patching – Database SSISDB is Enabled for Database Mirroring

I do apply patches to my SQL instances as and when they are released by Microsoft. This is important because I always feel keeping the bits up-to-date is essential because I don’t want to get infected as I travel quite a bit. Since I play a lot with my SQL Server, there are more chances that things are going to break sooner than your production server. Here is one such incident. Let us learn about how to fix script level upgrade. Let us learn how to fix the error related to SSISDB. 

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SQL SERVER – Steps to Migrate Cluster Storage from Old Disks to Newly Attached Disks

One of my clients consulted me for the best and easy method for migrating the Cluster Storage from old to newly attached disks. They wanted to move/reconfigure disks mapped to SQL Server, MSDTC, Quorum.

At present, they were using SQL Server 2014 as a mission-critical database server in a cluster environment. Storage being used was IBM DS 8300. They want to migrate the database from current storage i.e. IBM DS 8300 to new storage IBM DS 8870.

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SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error – ALTER DATABASE Statement Not Allowed Within Multi-statement Transaction

Most of the time applying service pack for SQL Server is a child’s play. Double click on exe, keep hitting next, next and finally press update. But when it fails, you would need an expert to fix the issue. Recently, one of my clients faced a problem while installing SQL Server 2014 Sp2. The Service Pack error failed at the final stage. And now the SQL Server services were not starting. This issue can have various variations where SQL Services doesn’t start after patching. Few on my earlier blogs on the same topic are listed below. Let us learn about ALTER DATABASE Statement Not Allowed Within Multi-statement Transaction.

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