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MySQL – Download Sample Database – Sakila, World, Employee
Just like SQL Server, I do consult with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB. One of the most popular questions, I often receive during my consulting engagement is that where can one download the sample...
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SQL SERVER – Linked Server Error – Msg 3910 – Transaction Context In Use By...
One of my clients contacted me for an error that appeared while performing a distributed transaction over a linked server. The interesting part was that the linked server was local SQL Server, this is...
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SQL SERVER – Always On Listener Not Coming Online – Failed to Create New NBT...
During the recent consulting engagement Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check with my client, one of the DBA was busy with Always On deployment. He asked me if I can help him with some...
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SQL SERVER – Always On Error: This Database is Encrypted by Database Master...
As a part of my work, I also provide consultancy to fix the issues. It has three advantages, first one is that I earn money and the second one, more important one, is that I get to troubleshoot and...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Allocate Enough Memory to Start ‘SQL OS Boot’. Reduce...
One of my clients, contacted me to fix one of the errors which they received while starting SQL Service. In this blog, I would share my learning about error “Unable to allocate enough memory to start...
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SQL SERVER – Error 15580 – Cannot Drop Master Key Because Dialog “GUID” is...
Sometimes I get amazed by the speed at which the search engine crawls and gets the right results. A few days ago, I wrote a blog about a UI error in Always On availability group. Someone found that...
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SQL SERVER – Install Error – The Account Running SQL Server Setup Does Not...
As a part of my work, I also provide consultancy to fix the issues. In my recent engagement with a client, they were getting an error while installing SQL Server 2019. In this blog, I would share the...
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SQL SERVER – What do These Messages Mean –“I/O is Frozen on Database” and...
One of my clients contacted me and asked me the reason for this message? And my first reaction was, did you keep the database in very cold weather? It might be freezing over there and that’s why SQL is...
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SQL SERVER – PolyBase Error Msg 46530 – External Data Sources Are Not...
While trying to try PolyBase on my laptop, I was getting an error. When I looked further, the solution was so different and the error message has no relation to it. In this blog, I would share my...
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SQL SERVER – LogonUserExEx Fails for User & GetToken – Logging on as the CNO...
SQL Always-On feature is so tied to cluster that sometimes you would need to look at various logs to fix a failure. In this blog I would share my learning about fixing error LogonUserExEx fails for...
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SQL SERVER – Why Server Authentication is Disabled? What Mode is SQL Server...
Sometimes I see weird issues with SQL Servers, and it helps me in understanding how the software works. In this blog, I would share my learning about the cause of Server Authentication mode disabled....
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SQL SERVER – Error 9002: The Transaction Log for Database ‘SQLAuthority’ is...
Recently one of my clients contacted me to provide them assistance in finding and fixing the cause of a huge transaction log file. There are many caused to get error 9002 in SQL Server ERRORLOG. In...
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Work from Home Contest – Download Spotlight And Win USD 100
Many of us are working from home nowadays due to Covid-10 (Novel Coronavirus) and during this time, it is very important that we keep watching our health. Many of the readers are of this blog are...
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SQL SERVER – Msg 3254 – The Volume on Device Path\File is Empty. RESTORE...
During the recent consulting engagement Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check with SQL Server 2017/2019, my client’s DBA asked me if I can help with an error message which they are seeing...
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SQL SERVER – Remote Monitoring While Working from Home
Recently, I wrote an article about COVID-19, Working From Home and Performance Tuning and I got lots of great responses to it. While it is fun to engage with kids and family there are times when we...
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SQL SERVER – Upgrade Failure – There are No More Endpoints Available From the...
One of my clients contacted me for assistance with whom I worked earlier to perform a Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. They were trying to upgrade SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2017 in...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Disable Query Store for Always On Database
One of my clients enabled query store features to perform some troubleshooting by themselves. Since they were not able to find the cause and fix the issue, the contacted me via my famous service...
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SQL SERVER – Fix: Configuration Manager- Cannot Connect to WMI Provider. You...
The reason, I like SQL Server as a product is that there are multiple solutions to one problem and one can use the method they find most convenient. Almost three years ago, I wrote a blog post about...
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MongoDB Compass – Missing a Schema Section
While working on SQL Server Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, with a client who uses many different SQL and NoSQL databases. During the consultation engagement, we ended up a very...
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State of Database Monitoring 2020 – Need Your Opinion
In 2018, Redgate launched the industry’s first-ever report into the state of SQL Server monitoring. It contained responses from over 600 SQL Server professionals giving a unique insight into how they...
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