Disk Performance issue (Transaction/Sec degrade suddenly)
Hi I am facing a critical issue with one of my server.I observed that in one of my server Transaction/Sec (_Total) would be 40K/sec but sometime its suddenly degrade from 40K to 2K. The value will...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 R2, Error: 701, Severity: 17, State: 123, There is...
In the error log, I get: 2013-06-02 00:00:37.78 spid22s This instance of SQL Server has been using a process ID of 1268 since 5/15/2013 4:12:15 AM (local) 5/15/2013 8:12:15 AM (UTC). This is an...
View ArticleOptimizer memory, memoryclerk_sqloptimizer memory very high and climbing
I have a SQL Server 2012 instance running higher and higher amounts of memory for the memoryclerk_sqloptimizer. We have logging for optimizer memory and it is at 13 GB and climbing, but we have seen it...
View ArticleHow to handle IDENTITY Columns when doing Switch IN Switch OUT Partitions in...
Hi All,How to handle IDENTITY Columns when doing Switch IN Switch OUT Partitions in SQL Server 2012?Thanks Shiven:) If Answer is Helpful, Please Vote
View ArticleSetting dynamic port on the SQL 2008 R2 cluster.
Hi,We are having SQL 2008 R2, four node cluster (total 5 instances running on them) and now we are planning to set statis port for one of the named instance out of the 5 instances runing on the...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Update Statistics Maintenance Plan
Hi AllI am using SQL 2012 SP1I have set up an update statistics maintenance plan to update the stats on all tables in my database - The job seems to be stuck at the beginning phase of the maintenance,...
View ArticleTroubleshooting error log
I was getting the following message in the error log frequently in one of the development BI server. The data load took so long (almost 2 days). The application user killed the session and it went to...
View ArticleSql Server login failure error: 18456 with Windows account and sa account
Hi All,I am using Win 2008 R2,SQL Server 2008R2When i try to connect to SQL Server i am getting error 18456. Previously i have installed Active Directory and immediatly i haved un installed it. After...
View Articlewhy heap doesn’t support ghost records ?
I asked a question about "why heap doesn’t support ghost records ?" and got responce from Paul: "It doesn’t need them as there’s no way that a duplicate record being inserted before the deleting...
View ArticleHow can I create a database connection (ODBC) from Windows 8 to a XP machine?
I have SQL 2008 installed on an XP machine with Windows Authentication. Today, I got a machine with Windows 8 in it. Both have the same user name, but different passwords as Windows 8 requires a...
View Articlebest practices for handlding this database log file growth issue?
I have a a couple of SQL databases that collect website log files, replicate them to another location, and then flush out the older records every often, so there are a lot of transactions. The log...
View ArticleCompare performance between a box with a instance or several instances
Hi,<o:p></o:p>I need to decide if I install a sql sever 2012 box with a single instance and several databases or a box with several instances.<o:p></o:p>The criteria is...
View ArticleTypeperf is throwing error message for the SQLServer counters
Hi,I am using typeperf tool to collect performance data and I am following the below mentioned link for the...
View ArticleWhy does a select statement rollback?
Hi,Yesterday in one of the BI development server, the application user killed a session since it was running for more than 2 days. Then it went for rollback and was running for very long time. When I...
View ArticleNet Stop Start MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS Remotely
Hello, I need to remotely stop/start an sqlexpress instance.Thanks
View ArticleWant to know events selected in Exciting trace
Hi everyonei want to know events that which are selected for exiting trace created and weather it is monitoring only Sysadmin or all other users?Thanks,Maddy
View ArticleSystem counts in sys.dm_db_index_usage_sats
Hi,I currently examine the user counts that sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats provides for our tables/indexes on our Production systems to see what indexes actually get used and which ones have high overhead...
View ArticleHow to clean the clerk "MEMORYCLERK_SQLCLR"
Hi guys,Can I clean the clerk "MEMORYCLERK_SQLCLR" without restart the SQL Server service???I already close the connections but this clerk are using 20 GB of memory.Thanks for your time.Fabrício França...
View Articlereplace a unique clustered index with a clustered PK
What it the best technique for this?Doing a little database cleanup, we have a moderately large table 1.2m rows, with a dozen nonclustered indexes, and a unique clustered index that is not defined as...
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