Tracy McKibben

My real name is Tracy McKibben. I’ve been working with database products for over 20 years, starting with FoxBase running on Xenix. Over the years, I’ve worked with all flavors of FoxPro, some Clipper and dBase, and starting somewhere around 1995, SQL Server. I’ve even dabbled with Oracle, though I’ve tried to block out all memories of that experience.

At present, I’m the Senior SQL Server DBA and the DBA Team Supervisor for Pearson VUE. All opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not reflect the opinions of Pearson VUE.
  • Interests: Tech, gadgets, model railroading, photography, and of course SQL Server!

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Monitor SQL Server using Zabbix

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Archiving data older than 5 years

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Question of the Day

TCP Provider Errors in SQL Server

You're troubleshooting a connectivity issue between a client application and a remote SQL Server instance. The client receives a "provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - No such host is known" message. You verify that SQL Server is running and reachable on the server. The SQL Server instance is configured with a named instance and uses dynamic ports. Which of the following steps is most likely to resolve the issue?

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