I have seen this type of problem before, where SQL Server cannot start on XP because of file corruption following a power failure.

I completely agree with the advice to contact...

This should work OK. It is also OK to install SSRS 2008 on a SQL 2005 server.

If you want to migrate the SSRS objects to a newer version of...

Blackberry got its nickname of Crackberry for a reason. Constantly responding to messages people send you is just as much an addiction as crack itself.

It is important to know...

I heard of a story recently about an EMC SAN that had a controller card fail. The spare card took over the workload without problem and no data loss.

Then...

I agree with all the people have already replied there is no need to take a database ofline to do a backup. But if you really want to do...

Chandan,

If you do not have experience running SQL Server in production, and solving operational issues, then you will struggle with running SQL Server on a cluster.

There are many...

I am not arguing against large applications needing good DBA skills. Neither am I arguing against smaller applications could be made better with good DBA skills. What I...

Going back to the OP "Where are the good Senior Level DBAs", my experience is there are less people who fit this category than there used to be.

The industry as...

Your first friend when you have a problem should be Google. The best thing to try first is to do a search for the exact text of the error...

On the basis that any uninstall on a production server can add instability, is there any problem in simply setting the services to manual startup? Has the customer given...

I hope you do not get any other side-effects from restoring master from another system. IMHO this is a high-risk operation that I would do my best to avoid....

The oldest SQL version in use at my place is SQL 2005, but only to the end of November when these servers move to SQL 2008 R2.

I think...

There is a way to get multiple instances on a single machine to all use the same port number, but you need to plan for this before you install SQL...

In general Microsoft support using SSMS on downlevel version only for those versions that it supports an upgrade from. Typically this is the -1 and -2 versions, which for...

I would caution aabout signing about data integrity. Unless some mechanism in place that can affirm that the data you retrieve today is exactly the same as the data...