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  • RE: best backup Strategy

    The system DBs default to simple recovery mode on install so you don't need log backups for them. A full backup once a week should suffice.

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  • RE: sql server connection issue

    It may involve re-installing the service pack. Check this out.

    http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1127815&page=1

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  • RE: Where should the DBA Team exist?

    Our infrastructure team is separate from the application side, in a sense. They're responsible for procuring/repairing hardware and all other network needs, getting everything ready for the applications part of...

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  • RE: Transaction Log Getting Full

    just.jelena (10/6/2008)


    Hi

    I have similar problem, keep getting messages

    The statement has been terminated.

    Msg 9002, Level 17, State 4, Line 1

    The transaction log for database 'dbname' is full...

    After running:

    BACKUP...

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  • RE: DBCC Showcontig results

    The script, as Steve stated, is on this site at:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Index+Management/31475/

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  • RE: snap-in creation failed

    Dugi (10/6/2008)


    and just to notify you that the SQL Server 2000 has 4 service packs you should install them ...

    FYI - Each service pack is cumulative, so if you...

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  • RE: Best way to reindex large tables/indexes

    Hmmm....BOL and DBCC ShowCONTIG yields this:

    E. Use DBCC SHOWCONTIG and DBCC INDEXDEFRAG to defragment the indexes in a database

    Seems to be what Jeff is/was pointing to...

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  • RE: NetBackup & Maintenance Plan Backups

    KDASQL (9/25/2008)


    Schedule your full backup and then your tran log backups but when netapp will do a full backup of your db it will reset the check point on tran...

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  • RE: NetBackup & Maintenance Plan Backups

    Thanks Chad. Many methods to the same result. The biggest item, and I cannot stress this enough, is to test your D/R scenario. Be absolutely certain that if you need...

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  • RE: NetBackup & Maintenance Plan Backups

    Chad Carter (9/25/2008)


    One issue with it is that your Differential backups will NOT be tied to your FULL backup from Backup Exec. Differential backups are changes since the last...

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  • RE: How table reserve space?

    You can do a DBCC Shrinkfile but I would caution against doing this with any regularity (leads to physical disk fragmentation). MSSQL manages things appropriately - IMO. What are the...

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  • RE: NetBackup & Maintenance Plan Backups

    The real question is - what do your business needs dictate (the old "it depends" answer)? Full backups and diffs provide protection but the logs and point-in-time restores will prove...

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  • RE: How table reserve space?

    I always reserve myself!!! 😎 Table space is different in MS SQL than with some other DB engines. Setup the amount of space for the DB to allow for sufficent...

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  • RE: Traversing through the data

    Thanks Jeff and David - I did a brief look-over and these appear to do what I need, with some tweaking of course. I'll post my final solution but, again,...

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  • RE: Backup can not be performed on this database. This sub task is ignored

    By default, msdb is not really using the log as it's set to simple recovery mode (truncates on checkpoint) so growth should be relatively small if at all. TempDb is...

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