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Kali Linux Installation

Kali Linux Installation Error Fix: An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else

March 29, 2021
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Linux, SQL Error Messages, Virtualization

W made a huge change in the server and needed to reboot the environment, during that time I witness errors related to Kali Linux Installation.

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SQL Server size selection.

SQL SERVER – Microsoft Azure – Unable to Find Higher Tier Series Virtual Machine to Upgrade

September 13, 2018
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
AlwaysOn, SQL Azure, SQL Error Messages, SQL High Availability, SQL Server, Virtualization

My client wanted to upsize an Azure VM running Always On from D-Series to a higher tier G-Series size, but it was missing from the list. Here is what I suggested.

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SQL Server Installation Center.

SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan Error: Cannot Create a Task From XML For Task, Eue to Error 0x80070057. The Parameter is Incorrect. (OnPreExecute)

February 16, 2018
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, Virtualization

Creating a new maintenance plan on my virtual machine failed with cannot create a task from XML, error 0x80070057. Here is the fix that worked for me.

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SQL SERVER - Virtualized SQL Server Performance and Storage System - Notes from the Field #013

SQL SERVER – Virtualized SQL Server Performance and Storage System – Notes from the Field #013

January 30, 2014
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Notes from the Field, SQL Server, Virtualization

Tuned everything in a VM and still slow? In Notes from the Field #013, David Klee explains Virtualized SQL Server Performance and the storage behind it.

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A cutaway architectural model on a table showing identical rooms stacked on four floors inside one building.

SQL Server on a Virtual Machine: What Actually Changes

April 19, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Best Practices, SQL Performance, SQL Server, Virtualization

SQL Server on a virtual machine cannot see the host it is sharing. Why more virtual processors can be slower, what memory reservation buys you, why snapshots are not backups, and the four things I check first.

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