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Something need to think about more than backup operation itself:

Where (media) do you keep the backup?  How many days backup do you need to keep on the local disk?  Do...

I have used it for nearly 5 years (SQL server 6.5/7.0/2000/2005 and Sybase). Some features are pretty handy.  But the history report part is not as good as they advertised.  ...

I will ask what challenges they are having, what are their current year plan/projects, 3-year or 5-year plan.  Let's them give out more information.

Not yet.  Still looking for the resolution.

Yes, I added the parameter whenever it required, "Group", then "addnode", even INSTALLSQLDATADIR = "S:\" which data should go.

The summary.txt says "Setup succeeded with the installation". But in the files\setup_*_core.log for...

Hi Sugesh,  Thank you for dedicated help.  Actually, I followed this link to rebuild sys DBs for both cluster and stand alone servers.

The section I followed for cluster is "To...

Thank you Sugesh for your suggestion. 

rebuild = 1 or rebuiddatabase = 1?

I have rebuilt system databases on a stand alone SQL server using rebuilddatabase = 1 and restored recent...

Thank you for your reply.  I need to rebuild system databases, not the entire sql server.

Thank you Sugesh.  Do you mind telling me where/how do you get this information?  Any link?

I found it.  Thank you Jeff.

Thank you for your reply.  I am wondering whether it is up to 2,147,483,647 before overflow occurs as the ID column in sysobjects is int data type.  I can not find...

Performance test may need a full copy of the current production database assuming the data is valid for testing.

Hello loner, everyone is a loner to a certain degree; or everyone has both good and bad moment.  It is a fact of life/human being.   Do not feel...

How about those embeded sa passwords within SQL server? For example, DTS package when saved using "sa".  If the sa password is not updated, the scheduled job for the DTS will fail...