Steps to create merged (Slipstream) to Install SQL Server 2008 RTM + Service...
Starting SQL Server 2008, you can leverage the new “Slipstream” feature. In the below post, I’m demonstrating steps to create a new source media that slipstream the original SQL Server 2008 Service...
View ArticleSQL Server – Missing Performance Counters: A consolidated list of known issues
Technorati Tags: Performance Counter Missing SQL Server performance counters missing!! Past few hours been crazy one, breaking my head on a ‘Missing Performance Counters’ and now since this is...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 setup Error – Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 installation has...
I recently worked with a customer who ran into an interesting situation. The issue deals with SQL Server 2008 RTM setup. He is trying to install SQL Server 2008 Enterprise on a Windows 2008 x64 box. As...
View ArticleTRANSACTION LOG BACKUP and RESTORE SEQUENCE: Myths & Truths
Hi Guys In a recent issue with a customer, I came across a strange SQL belief (or say a DBA Myth) around SQL Server Transaction Logs Backup/Restore. Let me explain you what was the scenario and then...
View ArticleCreate a SQL Server Database on a network shared drive
Hello All, Sometime back, I have written blog post on ‘Backing-up SQL Server Database on a network shared drive’. This can be found here. I have received numerous queries on an another related topic...
View ArticleMicrosoft Codename Atlanta::How to get in there….
To begin with, lets first get the basics: What is Atlanta? Microsoft Codename Atlanta (http://beta.microsoftatlanta.com) is an online service that analyzes installations of Microsoft SQL Server 2008...
View ArticleSQL Server Denali – AlwaysON (HADR): Step-by-Setup setup guide
You may have seen the announcement of release SQL Server Code-Named “Denali” in recent PASS summit (featured in Ted Kummert’s keynote). Even morem “Denali” Community Technology Preview 1 (CTP1) is...
View ArticleUsing Bulk Logged recovery model for Bulk Operations will Reduce the size of...
It’s has been couple of years for me working on SQL Server and I keep coming across various SQL Server misconceptions (or say a DBA Myth). In this specific post I’ll demystify a common DBA myth...
View ArticleSQL Server 2005 SP4 RTM Release………what it means with RTM or without RTM?
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 (latest SP in SQL 2005) was publically released on 18-Dec-2010. This time the word RTM suffixed to this patch name. This is 1st time that SQL Release team has added...
View ArticleMoving From MSDN To WordPress :: New Blog URL
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson After witnessing 3 SQL Server releases (Katmai, KJ and...
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