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SQL SERVER – Installation Stuck at Offline Installation of Microsoft Machine...
I was trying to install SQL Server 2017 on my latest formatted machine and was stuck at below screen which says – Offline Installation of Microsoft Machine Learning Server Components. In this blog, we...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15281 – SQL Server Blocked Access to STATEMENT...
I wrote a blog earlier about reading data from excel via SQL Server. This was done using ‘OpenRowset. One of my blog readers sent an email to me that they were getting an error. In this blog, we would...
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SQL SERVER – xp_create_subdir() Returned Error 183, ‘Cannot Create a File...
New client, new idea and a new blog! That’s how I have been writing a daily blog for many years now. In this blog, I would share my learning from a client who faced error “xp_create_subdir() returned...
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Detect and Diagnose SQL Server Performance Issues with Spotlight Cloud
Every user wants their applications to run faster. My primary responsibility is to help people with SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization, and I believe there are three important challenges...
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SQL SERVER – Error: Parameter ‘ProbePort’ does not exist on the cluster...
Azure is gaining popularity and I am getting clients who want to create Always On availability group as their high availability solution in Azure Virtual machine. To keep myself up to date, I also try...
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SQL SERVER – Fix : Error Msg 1813, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Could not open...
It is indeed a pleasure when we write a timeless article for SQL Server and DBAs read it after many years. In the year 2007, I wrote an article about an error related to Could not open a new database....
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15190 – There are still remote logins or linked logins...
One of the most successful offerings from me has been Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Sometimes during my assistance, some random issues appear which I try to solve as well. In a...
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SQL SERVER – Error 21028 : Replication Components are not Installed on This...
One of my clients, for whom I installed SQL Server and configured AlwaysOn came back to me with an error message. While trying to configure replication they were getting an error message. In this blog,...
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I often get emails from my blog readers asking various types of clarifications about my own blog. Here is one of the interesting questions from a reader about message Cannot shrink file in the database...
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SQL SERVER – Cannot Shrink Log File Because Total Number of Logical Log Files...
Since I wrote my article about the script of shrinking the Log Files, there have been many emails from my blog readers about various messages which they are seeing during shrink. I have been sharing...
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SQL SERVER – Cluster Install Failure – Code 0x84cf0003 – Updating Permission...
There are various issues which I have seen SQL installation and most of the time they are intuitive. The error message is mostly helpful and provides the right direction. In this blog we would discuss...
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SQL SERVER – Installation Failure – Specified Instance Via Transform is...
This is one of the situations where my client installed one clustered instance of SQL Server and the second one was failing. In this blog, I would share my findings of error: Specified instance via...
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SQL SERVER – Which Settings Change in sp_configure Needs Restart to Take Effect?
Learning one new thing every day keeps me passionate about my job. Recently, I had a very interesting experience with one of my customer while working with them on Comprehensive Database Performance...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 41105: Failed to Create the Windows Server Failover...
Sometimes there are errors which give us the solution to the problem and I love to discover other ways to fix it. In this blog, we would learn how to fix Failed to create the Windows Server Failover...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Set Cloud Witness. Error: The Client and Server Cannot...
Recently, I was trying to simulate a client’s environment for which I need to have windows cluster with cloud witness. It didn’t go well, and I encountered an error message. In this blog, I will share...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Cannot Connect to SQL in Azure Virtual Machine From Laptop
To keep up with the market trend, I have already done my hands-on with SQL in Azure Virtual Machine. In this blog, I would share my learning about a connectivity issue which I faced recently. Here were...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 9514 – XML Data Type is Not Supported in Distributed...
Sometimes, I get some quick questions via my blog comments and I do spend the time to search on them and reply or write a blog. In this blog we would learn how to fix: Msg 9514 – XML data type is not...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 8180 – Statement(s) Could not be Prepared. Deferred...
While running a linked server query, I encountered an error and learned something new. In this blog we would learn about how to fix error – Msg 8180 – Statement(s) could not be prepared. Here is the...
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Oracle to SQL Server Data Migration and Replication – Budget and ROI
My primary job is to help various organizations design scalable architecture which can provide robust performance all the time. I love my job very much when I have complete freedom to make the...
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How to Prevent Common SQL Server Performance Problems Efficiently With Smart...
Have you ever imagined how often SQL Server performance issues are actually caused by poor capacity planning? Sometimes a SQL Server database has insufficient storage performance, an instance is...
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