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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 4353 – Conflicting File Relocations Have Been Specified...
This was one of an interesting error which I received while preparing for a demo. I wanted to demonstrate a disaster recovery scenario by doing backup and restore. In this blog we would learn how to...
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SQL SERVER – REBUILDDATABASE Error: 0x851A0012 – Missing sa Account Password....
I was in a situation where I was helping the customer to overcome a disaster. They had a hardware failure and the master database was corrupted. The plan was to first rebuild system databases and then...
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SQL SERVER – The Future of DevOps for DBA
Unless you are living under rocks, you would have heard the word DevOps. I am sure you many of you are working on the DevOps as well and have a clear idea about what is DevOps. To be super honest, I...
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How Monitoring Can Help Keep Your SQL Server Estate Secure?
While monitoring might be common practice for keeping databases running smoothly, this is often directed at maintenance tasks such as query performance or future planning. Sometimes this will include...
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SQL SERVER – REBUILDDATABASE Error: 0x84CF0004 – While updating permission...
This blog would be useful for those who are recovering from a disaster and are trying to rebuild system databases for SQL Server. In this blog, we would learn how to fix permission related error which...
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SQL SERVER – Error: 5173 – One or More Files do Not Match the Primary File of...
I was recently helping my client to SQL recovery from a hardware failure. I have implemented a good backup strategy for them, and things were easy. I saw a few interesting errors and I am writing a...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 15274 – Access to the Remote Server is Denied Because...
While working with a client, I encountered few errors while using linked server and I am going to share my solutions via a few blog posts. In this blog we would talk about fixing error 15274 – Access...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 7416 – Access to the Remote Server is Denied Because No...
While working with a client, I encountered few errors while using linked server and I am going to share my solutions via a few blog posts. In this blog we would talk about fixing error 7416 – Access to...
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SQL SERVER – Automatic Seeding of Availability Database ‘SQLAGDB’ in...
Earlier I have written few blogs about automatic seeding feature. In this blog we would learn how to fix error: Automatic seeding of availability database ‘SQLAGDB’ in availability group ‘AG’ failed...
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SQL SERVER – DBCC CLONEDATABASE Error: Cannot Insert Duplicate Key Row In...
This is one of the features which I wanted to demonstrate to my clients while delivering my service Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. So, while preparing for a demo I encountered a...
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SQL SERVER – DBCC CLONEDATABASE Error – Msg 2601: Cannot Insert Duplicate Key...
A few days ago, I wrote a blog about an error while creating a clone of a database using DBCC CLONEDATABASE command. Here is the link to read that blog. SQL SERVER – DBCC CLONEDATABASE Error: Cannot...
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SQL SERVER – Huge Space Used by Table sysxmitqueue in MSDB. How to Clear it...
Recently I was helping a customer who hired me for my services. He had an issue where they noticed that the size of the MSDB database has grown huge. Most of the situations I have been contacted when...
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SQL SERVER – Fix: Logical Name Mismatch Between Catalog Views...
Recently I was trying to demonstrate how to move the files in Always On setup to one of my existing clients during Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check and learned something interesting. In...
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SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error: The Server Principal is Not Able to Access the...
As soon as SQL 2008 and SQL 2008 R2 went out of support, few of my clients contacted me to help them in fixing an error occurred during the upgrade. In this blog, I would share one of the upgrade...
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SQL SERVER 2019 – Installation Failure – Invalid Command Line Argument....
Recently I tried installing SQL Server 2019 on my virtual machine. I encountered an interesting error which I have not seen earlier. In this blog, I would share the solution of error: Invalid...
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SQL SERVER – Error 35296: Log Backup for Database “SQLAuthority” on Secondary...
One of my clients contacted me for whom I assisted in configuring Always On Availability Groups for the first time. They were getting an error whole taking log backup on secondary replica: Log backup...
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SQL SERVER – Upgrade Error: Microsoft NET Framework 4.0 Installation Has...
While performing an in-place upgrade from SQL Server 2014 SQL server 2016 my client faced an error. In this blog, I am going to share the cause and the solution of error Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0...
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SQL SERVER – DBCC CHECKDB WITH PHYSICAL_ONLY Failing and DBCC CHECKDB...
The other day, I was hired for the most strange issue I have encountered. One of my previous client of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check recently reached out with a strange bug where DBCC...
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SQL SERVER – Patch Install Rule Error – Not Clustered or the Cluster Service...
As they say, there are many ways to bell a cat. But in my consulting career, I have seen the same error due to multiple causes. In this blog, we would talk about one such error which can be seen during...
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MySQL Preferred Engine – MyISAM or InnoDB
Most of my time is spent working with my clients on the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. The best part of the health check engagement is that I get to meet many new people and share...
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