Alwayson availability groups failover monitoring - Part 1
There are a lot of ways to monitor AG, sql server errorlog, window event log, cluster log......, here I list...
2013-08-04
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Gap issue in SQL Server 2012 IDENTITY column
Found a gap issue when using IDENTITY column in SQL Server 2012, every time I restarted sql server service, the current...
2013-07-23
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Find out orphan database file on disk
Sometimes you detach databases, or you delete a database which is in restoring status, the data and log file will...
2013-07-09
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trace flag for backup and restore operation
1. 3004
show the internal backup/restore operation for every step.
ex.
dbcc traceon(3004,3605,-1)
GO
3605 means output the message to errorlog. you can use 3604...
2013-07-02
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups setup scripts - Part 1
Here are some scripts which can be used for setting up 2 nodes AlwaysOn Availability Groups, you can make your own...
2013-06-25
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups setup scripts - Part 2
3. Install SQL Instance
a) Configure the firewall setting on both 2 nodes.
echo Default Instance
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="SQLServer"...
2013-06-25
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups setup scripts - Part 3
4. Setup 2 nodes alwayson availability group
a) Enable alwayson on both 2 nodes
enable-sqlalwayson -Path "SQLSERVER:\SQL\SQL2012-01\DEFAULT"
enable-sqlalwayson -Path "SQLSERVER:\SQL\SQL2012-02\DEFAULT"
b) Restore...
2013-06-25
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Huge collection of Free Microsoft eBooks
I must share it, there are many useful resource
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2013/06/18/huge-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-office-office-365-sharepoint-sql-server-system-center-visual-studio-web-development-windows-windows-azure-and-windows-server.aspx?Redirected=true
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/27/large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-sharepoint-visual-studio-windows-phone-windows-8-office-365-office-2010-sql-server-2012-azure-and-more.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/30/another-large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-and-resource-kits-for-you-including-sharepoint-2013-office-2013-office-365-duet-2-0-azure-cloud-windows-phone-lync-dynamics-crm-and-more.aspx
Thank you , Eric
2013-06-21
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use Table Variables in transaction
when using table variable, please note table variable doesn't support transaction rollback. here is the words from BOL
Because table variables...
2013-06-20
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Limit running Powershell script under specific path with AppLocker
Say if you have a management server or a script repository server, sometimes users save/test/run their script from different path,...
2013-04-28
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The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers