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  • RE: Change FillFactor back to 0 on DB

    opc.three (6/29/2011)


    I am either being stubborn, or dense, or stubborn and dense, (I have a great talent for both) but I still see value in looking at the counter in...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Question on backup of sql database

    Please go and do some reading on log shipping, log backups and restore sequences.

    Reinitialise as in recreate the log shipping secondary the same way you did when you first set...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Change FillFactor back to 0 on DB

    No. It's not going to help at all if determining whether fill factor needs dropping as it makes no distinction between pages allocated in the middle of the index (resulting...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: The log file for database 'Databasename'is full. Back up the transaction log for the database to free up some log space

    tt-615680 (6/29/2011)


    No, we Backup every night through "Database Maintenance Plans" (which is set to delete any backup files that are older then 2 days). So if there should not be...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: File Group backup & restore in SQL Server 2005

    With Enterprise edition you can do piecemeal restore, meaning you can restore only some of the non-primary file groups. The primary file group has to always be restored and it...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Database is in Shutdown state

    Next time it happens, check the actual database status. Status_desc in Sys.databases and check the error log.

    There's not enough information here to give you a reason.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: how can i download sql server Denali?

    Why's it strange? 2008 R2 is the latest release version of SQL.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Full backup error

    That's not a native backup. What tool are you using to back up the DB? Have you checked with that company's support to see if this is a known issue?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: The log file for database 'Databasename'is full. Back up the transaction log for the database to free up some log space

    tt-615680 (6/29/2011)


    I first Backed up the Transaction Log files using

    BACKUP LOG DatabaseName WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY

    That did not back up the transaction log. That just discarded log records without backing them...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: The log file for database 'Databasename'is full. Back up the transaction log for the database to free up some log space

    Then you lose any ability to do point in time recovery, if there's any disaster you will be able to restore to the last full/diff backup and no further.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Log Writer Suspended?

    Please note: 4 year old thread.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: what happens when restarting the sql service without checkpoint

    pavargasq (6/28/2011)


    its a company procedure weve got to run daily at night for freeing up system resources

    To be blunt, that's stupid.

    Look for the cause, don;t fix symptoms.

    p.s. if you...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Backup size should restrict to 4 GB

    durai nagarajan (6/28/2011)


    Hi Steve,

    i said i don't find any much use in giving the file name's manually. it has to be automatically taken with some increment type for the successive...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Question on backup of sql database

    REinitialise log shipping.

    Full or diff backups of a log shipped primary, yes. Log log backups, no.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Stefan Krzywicki (6/28/2011)


    Yeah! That article coming out next Thursday has way too many commas!

    (With apologies to whomever's article is coming out next Thursday)

    Not mine for sure. Mine have far too...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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