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HELP - My Distribution Database Is HUGE, But I Don't Have A Lot Of Commands...
I recently ran across an issue where the Distribution database on the Distributor was almost 150 GB, but when I looked at the Publications in Replication Monitor, I found that there were less than...
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I like to keep a close eye on things and one of my favorite scripts queries the sys.dm_exec_requests Dynamic Management View. This query reports the status of backups, restores and DBCC commands (like...
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SQL 2012 Installation Error - Error while enabling Windows feature NexFx3
While installing SQL Server 2012 on a server running Windows Server 2012, I occasionally run into an issue where the installer couldn't properly enable the .NET 3.5 role. I was able to make it...
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One more than one occasion, I've gotten the call that the log drive on one of my database servers has suddenly filled to capacity. Some things may continue to work, but the situation gets worse and as...
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Red Gate SQL In The City Seattle 2014 - Training The Red Gate Way
I've attended Red Gate's SQL In The City Seattle 2012 and SQL In The City Charlotte 2013. This year, I not only had the privilege of attending SQL In The City in Seattle event, but I was thrilled to...
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Recently I observed an issue with bringing up SQL Services in a clustered environment. In this particular Windows Failover Cluster, there are two instances of SQL Server that typically run on the same...
View ArticleInterview With A DBA - Why Do You Do What You Do?
I recently had a student conducting a career study/project contact me with questions about my career and the choices I made to get where I am. I'm certainly not perfect by any stretch of the...
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Clustered Instance Patch Failure - The Cluster Group Cannot Be Determined
I recently ran into an issue where I was unable to apply a cumulative update to one node of a Failover Clustered Instance (FCI) of SQL Server 2014. The Summary log from the CU install had the...
View ArticleTrace, Trace, Trace - Too Many And SQL Can't Keep Up The Pace!
I recently ran into an issue on a client development (thankfully not production) server where the server was performing very poorly. We didn't see anything obvious in any of the monitoring detail we...
View ArticleI've Got The SP2 Replication Blues - SP2 For SQL 2014 Changes A System SPROC
I ran into this replication error the other day and I was completely stumped.Procedure or function sp_MSreplraiserror has too many arguments specified. We started getting that error message shortly...
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The Table Is In Replication - Why Does SQL Server Replication Seem To Ignore It?
There are occasions when Updates, Inserts, and Deletes on a replicated table do not replicate out to the Subscriber. You've verified that the table is listed in the Articles included in the...
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