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  • RE: Performance Implications of Database Snapshots

    Matt Whitfield (9/23/2008)


    Chirag (9/23/2008)


    The pages from the source database get written to the snapshot's sparse file the first time the page gets modified in the source database. Is that right?

    If...

  • RE: Performance Implications of Database Snapshots

    Chirag (9/23/2008)


    Nice article Gail.

    The pages from the source database get written to the snapshot's sparse file the first time the page gets modified in the source database. Is that...

  • RE: Performance Implications of Database Snapshots

    Mike Metcalf (9/23/2008)


    We use Snapshots in our production system, what I am wondering is whether the snapshots for the tests were on the same disks as the main database file,...

  • RE: A database backup scenario

    Given that, you would need to restore in the following order

    Full backup

    Diff 2

    Tran log 1

    Tran log 2

    The transaction logs form a chain and you need all of the tran log...

  • RE: sql query to find statement currently executing in sp

    Input buffer only returns the name of the stored proc, if it is a stored proc that's running. If it's an ad-hoc SQL batch, it will return the query

    If you...

  • RE: A database backup scenario

    Ahmad Osama (9/23/2008)


    vyas (9/23/2008)


    Yes you can restore.

    what if the transaction log back up is taken after the 3rd differential bachup

    When was the previous log backup taken?

    Or when was the log...

  • RE: How to store DBCCresults ?

    bhuvnesh.dogra (9/23/2008)


    hi gila ,

    i need to pass spid as parameter

    so its giving error :

    declare @spid int,@lstr varchar(100)

    set @spid = 52

    set @lstr = 'insert into Sp_info dbcc inputbuffer( '...

  • RE: A database backup scenario

    You should be able to. You'll have to have all the log backups made from the second diff backup, right up to where you want to restore to.

  • RE: Performance Implications of Database Snapshots

    Phil Melling (9/23/2008)


    All the more reason for me to read up some more on them! 🙂

    :hehe: When I get a chance I'll try and finish the follow-up to this article...

  • RE: backups

    What's the message that was written into the error log?

    You can shrink the log while people are on the system, but you shouldn't be shrinking the log at all.

    How...

  • RE: Caught in Wrong Job ....

    Ahmad Osama (9/22/2008)


    tho i think that these are the core DBA fields and each one shud hav pratical knowledge of them....

    That's a very narrow view of the DBA role. Personally...

  • RE: How to store DBCCresults ?

    bhuvnesh.dogra (9/23/2008)


    i need to store DBCC results in a table for audit

    for ex:

    Create table Sp_info (Eventtype varchar(50),parameters int,eventinfo nvarchar(max))

    insert into Sp_info

    dbcc inputbuffer(51)

    Can somebody help me ???

    insert into Sp_info

    EXECUTE('dbcc...

  • RE: Server Performance

    Those look good.

    Can you monitor the stats as well as watching for blocking during the known slow time?

    Perhaps also run profiler for a while and see if you can correlate...

  • RE: Performance Implications of Database Snapshots

    Thanks. Glad you liked it.

    Just one thing though. Snapshots are not a backup strategy. They're great for rolling back accidental changes, but if the source DB is damaged, dropped, corrupted,...

  • RE: Users: Are they active?

    Jeff Moden (9/22/2008)


    Do they still have "C2 Auditing" in 2k5? If so, that would probably do it.

    They do. It's maybe overkill for checking when users log in. It logs...

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