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SQL SERVER – Msg 15137, Level 16 – Error Related to sp_xp_cmdshell_proxy_account
So far, I have written many blogs and I still feel that there are many errors and scenarios which are still uncovered. Whenever I see a new error and find a new solution, I always share it via this...
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SQL SERVER – Startup Issue – Unable to Use Domain Account as Service Account...
Recently, one of my client was trying to troubleshoot the below error which they were getting while trying to start the SQL Server service under the domain account. The interesting thing which they...
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SQL SERVER – PowerShell Script – Remove Old SQL Database Backup Files From...
Earlier back, I wrote blog to help my blog reader SQL SERVER – Powershell Script – Remove Old SQL Database Backup Files from Azure Storage As they say, there’s more than one way to skin a cat. One of...
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SQL SERVER – Upgrade Failure – The Cluster Resource is Not Online. Bring the...
Many customers want to do in-place upgrade of SQL Server instance to avoid the hardware cost and downtime. There are various pros and cons for doing in-place upgrade or parallel upgrade and one need to...
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SQL SERVER – New Quality of Database Documentation – Dataedo
I recently stumbled upon an interesting tool – Dataedo, quite powerful database documentation tool. It enables describing each table and column (data dictionary), procedure and function, create ER...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15170, Level 16, This login is the Owner of 1 Job(s)....
In our real life, there are lots of dependencies and same is true with SQL Server as well. This blog also talks about inability to drop a login due to a dependency. Let us see the error related to...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Restore from URL – The Specified URL Points to a Block...
With Microsoft Azure pitching in the market, I am getting few clients who want me to assist them for errors related to Azure as well. As a part of growth, I do learn them and try to help the clients....
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SQL SERVER – Msg 3168, Level 16 – The Backup of the System Database on the...
In the recent past, I have written a blog about Ransomware. Here is the link. SQL SERVER – How to Protect Your Database from Ransomware?. In this blog post we are going to discuss about system...
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SQL SERVER – Error: Timeout (30000 milliseconds) Waiting for the SQL Server...
I have been dealing with a client who observed that SQL services not starting up after a server reboot. When I asked them to check event logs, they found below timeout error. Event Type: Error Event...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 3009, Level 16 – Could not Insert a Backup or Restore...
As most of my blogs, this blog is also an outcome of an interesting engagement with a client. While trying to help one of my clients to recover from a hardware failure, I learned something about a...
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MySQL – Fix – Error – Your Password does not Satisfy the Current Policy...
Just the other day I received an email from a MySQL user who has been struggling to set up his password due to the current policy requirements in MySQL. Let us see how we can identify what is his root...
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SQL SERVER – Could Not Load File or Assembly ‘SqlManagerUi, Version=14.0.0.0,...
Recently, one of my clients reported a weird issue to me. They explained that when they right click on the database, and try to read its properties they were getting the following error message. Let us...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Rule “Reporting Services Catalog Database File Existence”...
Disasters are always bad. Recovering from disaster is a skill and needs a lot of planning and practice. One of my clients had a disaster and built a new machine to restore the backups. They tried a few...
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SQL SERVER – The Patch Installer has Failed to Update the Shared Features
Applying a patch in SQL Server is a planned process which is followed across various companies. Most of the companies take time to apply the patch to make sure the stability of the patch can be...
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SQL SERVER – An Error Occurred While Obtaining the Dedicated Administrator...
Microsoft SQL Server has given an option to connect to SQL Server when normal connections can’t be made because of any reasons. This feature is called as Dedicate Administrator Connection (DAC). You...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL When Service Account is Removed From Local...
One of my clients wanted to secure their SQL Server. One of the rules was that wanted to avoid running SQL Server service with an account which is part of local “Administrators” group. They wanted to...
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SQL SERVER – Setup Rule: Microsoft .NET Application Security. The computer...
There are many rules in SQL Server setup which are checked to make sure that the user is not seeing failure at the end of the installation. Most of the rules are generally passed, but few of them are...
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SQL SERVER – Missing Columns and Other Folders in SQL Server Management...
On Random basis, I do get some emails and comments on my blog which makes me do some research and write more blogs to share my thoughts and findings. This blog is an outcome of one such email...
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SQL SERVER – Why Edition Upgrade is Not Upgrading Edition of SQL Server?
Sometimes many DBAs are so expert in many areas like performance tuning or backup/restore, they miss simple stuff. One of my DBA friends was running Standard Edition of SQL Server 2016 in production...
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NuoDB – 3 Important Features of Elastic SQL Database Every One Must Know
During a consulting engagement, I was asked if I know anything about NuoDB and what is my opinion about it. Well, NuoDB has been my favorite Elastic SQL Database and I have been using it for a while...
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