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SQL SERVER – Unable to Add Node – Could not find subkey System \...
This was an interesting scenario I encountered when configuring one of the clusters. I had finished installing SQL Server on Node1 and had started running ADD NODE on Node2. We got this error in the...
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SQL SERVER – Event ID 1069 – Unable to Failover Clustered Instance to Another...
While playing with my lab cluster, I ran into a situation. In this blog, we would learn about a situation where failover was not working from one node to another node. Everything used to work fine on...
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SQL SERVER – Steps to Deploy Distributed Availability Group – Windows...
In the current era where companies’ mergers and take over is a common phenomenon, it is possible to run into a situation where there are two domains which are connected but not trusted. I was engaged...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL After Patching – Database SSISDB is Enabled...
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...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Unable to Create Distribution Database on a UNC Share –...
Whenever we try to use Configure Distribution option in SSMS in a SQL Server instance which is configured on a UNC Path, the wizard will not allow us to configure the Distribution database and we will...
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SQL SERVER – FIX – Error 1402 – Could not Open Key: UNKNOWN\Components –...
I encountered this error while installing KB3045311. In fact, you might get such errors when installing any patch for one of my customers. The error was the very popular system error 5. At first, I...
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SQL SERVER – SharePoint not Working After Failover to Another Node
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong while Murphy is out of town. While I was onsite to help a client, one such issue had cropped up in their SharePoint environment where SQL Server was used as...
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SQL SERVER – Service Pack Failure: MissingRegistryKeyException. The Registry...
One of my blog readers contacted me and informed that he is getting the same error as mentioned in below blog SQL SERVER – Service Pack Failure: MissingRegistryKeyException. Note that it had the same...
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SQL SERVER – Installation Error – Unable to Open Windows Installer File –...
SQL installation and parching are the processes which every DBA has to do. Some smart DBAs do this via script and some go with a manual approach. When it fails, it is fun to debug it because you have...
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SQL SERVER – Fix Error: Invalid object name STRING_SPLIT
Just the other day one of the readers sent me following email after reading my earlier blog post: STRING_SPLIT Function Performance Comparison. He really liked the new feature of SQL Server 2016 and...
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SQL SERVER – Error: Could not Load File or Assembly Microsoft. SqlServer....
My virtual machines are my playground and I do install/uninstall a lot of stuff there (of course related to SQL Server learning). When things break, I get to learn something new. In this blog we would...
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SQL SERVER – DPM Backup Failure – E_COORD_LOG_CHAIN_BROKEN – The Backup...
If you are a SQL DBA then this blog might be a quick refresher for you. I am writing this for Data Protection Manager (DPM) Administrators who are not aware of the cause of the issue. In this blog, we...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 22004 – The Log File is Not Using Unicode Format
Recently, I was playing with some settings in SQL Server Agent and encountered an interesting issue. In this blog we would learn about how to fix error Msg 22004 – The log file is not using Unicode...
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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...
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SQL SERVER – SQL Server Cluster Resource Doesn’t Come Online Randomly
This was another interesting situation where client reported that their SQL Server Cluster resource, sometimes, fail to come online when they perform failover of SQL Server from one node to another. In...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Bring SQL Cluster Online – Reason: The Account is...
This was one of an interesting issue reported by my client. They informed that after some hardening by the security team, they are not able to bring SQL resource online in the cluster. In this blog, we...
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SQL SERVER – Maintenance Plan Error: Failed to Acquire Connection “Local...
One of my clients had an interesting situation where none of the SQL Maintenance plans were working. The example what I am using here is a SQL Server backup maintenance plan failing. I also saw a...
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SQL SERVER – Setup / Installation Error – Updating Permission Setting for...
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....
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SQL SERVER – Install Error: Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster...
In recent past, I was assisting a client in installing SQL Server clustered instance in a Windows Cluster. There were many errors encountered and I learned a lot from this experience. In this blog, we...
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SQL SERVER – Install Error: Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) Cluster...
In recent past, I was assisting a client in installing SQL Server clustered instance in a Windows Cluster. There were many errors encountered and I learned a lot from this experience. In this blog, we...
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