Pretty cool.

I agree with Paul's assessment about it being the I/O subsystem. One thing I would not do in this situation is run a full backup. Chances are it...

It has been a long time since I have worked with replication and am in a similar situation.   I have a script that is from a third party vendor that...

Thanks everyone.   I found a solution.  sp_spaceused isn't accurate enough unless you update the usage....which is resource intensive.

I did a little research and found that

select fileproperty(f.name,''SpaceUsed'')*8/1024.00

from sysfiles f

gives me the...

Okay...this has been a while ago.  I did manage to restore the database and roll the transaction logs.  There are some command line utilities that you will need to utilize. ...

Fight the good fight!

I am sure there is some documentation out there from MS that basically tells you to start and stop SQL Server through the Cluster Administrator and to...

Naomi,

Good luck. Getting your recovery capability together is a good start. I don't want to overwhelm you with information right now, but do wish to share some thoughts.

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If he is trying to connect to a Network drive (UNC) then the trace flag is going to have to be set and the RDBMS restarted. SQL Server (for...

Sometimes the gui isn't always the most helpful. Try creating the scripts for merge replication by right clicking on the replication folder through enterprise manager.

You may have to drop...

This is a great site and for those of you that are new to here may I suggest becoming part of the 'community'. You'll get to enjoy the likes...

Thanks for the posts. There is some excitement with the unknown, and this has inspired me to write a very constructive article on job searching.

Edward, I have to ask,...

My reply... 🙂

Why do I want to drop the formula (not the column)?  The formula does not allow the column to be updated from the application since the formula is...

Not what I expected.  Very interesting to say the least.   I wonder if throwing a CHECKPOINT at the database before the truncate would have effected the restore..Something doesn't seem right...

.........but, does simple log bulk copy operations?

Dexter...

Could you keep us posted as to your findings and the type of SAN your using?   I am guessing...and bear in mind this is just a guess..that there aren't issues...