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  • RE: migration to sql 2008 r2

    DBA-640728 (1/27/2014)


    yes thank you, we have done this in the past but with the same versions of sql server (sql server 2008 r2 sp2), my question was if this...

  • RE: DBCC CHECKDB Questions on general practice

    A rule of thumb is run them often enough so you can recover quickly if corruption found, so if you keep 3 days worth of backups on the server, run...

  • RE: Backup Encryption options with SQL Server 2008 R2 SE?

    I'm guessing the Hyperbac tool is Redgate's version of Litespeed engine for sql server, i haven't used SQLBackup for a while now as all my previous contracts have been Quest...

  • RE: Backup Encryption options with SQL Server 2008 R2 SE?

    Perry Whittle (1/27/2014)


    george sibbald (1/27/2014)


    ah, I see. Its a personal preference but I don't like having a layer of obfuscation between me and my backups.

    A personal preference which i'm sure...

  • RE: Backup Encryption options with SQL Server 2008 R2 SE?

    ah, I see. Its a personal preference but I don't like having a layer of obfuscation between me and my backups.

    having said that we use hyperbac where we need encryption...

  • RE: Backup Encryption options with SQL Server 2008 R2 SE?

    Perry Whittle (1/27/2014)


    Given the relatively low cost of licences for these products, they make excellent sense and IMHO are more flexible than native backups 😉

    other than encryption, what makes you...

  • RE: migration to sql 2008 r2

    yes, thats a fairly common method used to do migrations or any move of server. Restore the full with norecovery and when ready for cutover, do a diff or log...

  • RE: Index fragmentation not cutting down to 0

    of course, it depends how many small tables you've got. 😉

  • RE: sp_spaceused

    firstly those results are for the total of data and log files, so how big is each?

    the reserved value is of more interest

  • RE: migration to sql 2008 r2

    script enclosed I used when migrating databases from 2000 to 2008 by backups

    /*****************************************************************************************/

    /* this generic script restores a SQL 2000 database backup into a SQL 2008 instance, ...

  • RE: I No Longer Have Access to My DB and I'm a DBCreator!

    Toreador (1/23/2014)


    Interesting question, but the title meant it was easy to get the right answer.

    Though it looks like almost half the people who answered didn't read the title 😉

    count...

  • RE: SQL Server Logs

    other than the obvious you understandably don't want to use, I don't know of a way. There may be a trace flag to change this behaviour.

  • RE: One off backup between Full backups and the transaction logs

    copy_only full backup is only relevant to differential backups, as they do not reset the LSN base for the differential.

    You can start from the friday 10pm backup and do a...

  • RE: SQL Server Logs

    You need to prevent it from repeatedly trying to connect to SQL. this could even be a hacking attempt. The login failure message should give an ip address for the...

  • RE: migration to sql 2008 r2

    There are not major differences between these two versions, but they are different, so you would have to test that all your apps work the same, and are compatible with...

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