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  • RE: How to reset the list of backup for a restore process?

    tilew-948340 (8/13/2012)


    Perry Whittle (8/13/2012)


    use this to delete backup\restore history for a specific database

    use msdb;

    go

    exec sp_delete_database_backuphistory @database_name = 'yourdbname'

    Seems to do the job!!!!

    Thank you very very much!!!

    you're welcome

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  • RE: maintenance script to exlclude dbs

    The index procedure in Olas script outputs to a table have checked this table for any results?

    It may be possible that no indexes are found for defragging in this particular...

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  • RE: Splitting DBs into multiple files for IO spread

    Cairbre (7/9/2009)


    I've been told by our architect/infrastructure guys that adding more LUNs will help.

    Hmmm, yes. Pushing more I\O queues down to the disks will likely just saturate them, then your...

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  • RE: maintenance script to exlclude dbs

    I believe you change this

    @Databases = 'USER_DATABASES -Z%', @LogToTable = 'Y'" -b

    To this

    @Databases = 'USER_DATABASES, -Z%', @LogToTable = 'Y'" -b

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  • RE: How to reset the list of backup for a restore process?

    SQLRNNR (8/13/2012)


    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177182.aspx

    There is a maintenance plan option for backup history cleanup.

    That cleans up the actual physical backup or text files and essentially just executes

    xp_delete_file

    It does not clear the actual...

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  • RE: How to reset the list of backup for a restore process?

    tilew-948340 (8/13/2012)


    I did many tests of backups and restores on a DB

    Many of the backups are bad (have bad data) and I want to remove them from the possible "backup"...

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  • RE: SQL Browser service needed for non-standard static port?

    alanspeckman (8/13/2012)


    Thank you all for reading and thank you Perry for your replies. 🙂 Great community here.

    One last question.

    Is it possible for 2 SQL Server instances running on...

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  • RE: One restore or many, many restores

    If the database is really small then I'd take a full backup, but mostly i would take a diff pre the upgrade and use this plus the full to restore...

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  • RE: TDE Setup and Administration Scripts

    good article but unfortunately it makes the same mistake regarding master keys that others make.

    To restore a TDE protected database to another server you do not need to backup and...

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  • RE: When does a database get marked as suspect?

    I had an example only this morning. A RAID array failed that contained some database files and the databases were marked as suspect.

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  • RE: Restoring error: the tail of the log for the database has not been backup up

    tilew-948340 (8/13/2012)


    How do you put the option to "simple"?

    Using T-SQL

    ALTER DATABASE yourdb SET RECOVERY SIMPLE

    [/CODE]

    Or using SSMS GUI, right click the database and select properties. On the database properties select...

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  • RE: Tempdb log file location and Filegroup optimizations

    GSquared (8/13/2012)


    GilaMonster (8/10/2012)


    GSquared (8/10/2012)


    All I asserted is that multiple I/O channels is best, if tempdb optimization is needed. I don't get why that's being disagreed with.

    Late, and I have...

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  • RE: Follow up question to below...

    no, standalone is completely different, it mentions this in the link i posted 😉

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  • RE: Follow up question to below...

    i only recommend changing the network name if you really have to

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  • RE: Follow up question to below...

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178083.aspx

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