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  • RE: Prune backups to last Full and subsequent transaction backups

    Jeffrey Williams 3188 (12/13/2011)


    Or - look at creating a Powershell script instead of VB script. That can also be called from an agent job directly.

    Good call 😉

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  • RE: How to Update connection string in multiple SSIS packages via t-sql

    This is an ideal scenario for creating package configurations. when creating a configuration elect to use SQL Server roles and security. Export your chosen connection string objects and they are...

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  • RE: How long should a shrink take

    Sean Grebey-262535 (12/13/2011)


    Shrink finished after about 2 hours.

    How much free space did you leave?

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  • RE: Microsoft Sql server standard download

    The Enterprise eval is for exactly that, not for testing your apps\software releases. I'm sure that's in the EULA somewhere!!

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  • RE: Prune backups to last Full and subsequent transaction backups

    Chrissy321 (12/13/2011)


    I have xp_cmdshell available on this server

    No xp_cmdshell, just execute the vb script from a SQL server agent job step

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  • RE: Installing 2008 instance on 2005 box

    homebrew01 (12/12/2011)


    I want to install an instance of 2008 R2 on my development box that already is running 2005. Any suggestions or best practices for locating/naming folders, files, defaults etc.....

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  • RE: Moving large files/backups across data centers.

    Tristan Chiappisi (12/13/2011)


    Hello,

    I'm looking for a solution for moving large files across data centers (in the sense of making it faster). Has anyone had much luck with any programs out...

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  • RE: Microsoft Sql server standard download

    vkr.karthick (12/13/2011)


    I need to install Microsoft Sql standard R2 Sp1 64 bit version for my testing can anyone send a link

    I tried download from Microsoft site but could do only...

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  • RE: How long should a shrink take

    it all depends on which other options you selected in the GUI, for instance did you elect to "reorganise pages before releasing unused space"?

    Remember to leave enough free space...

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  • RE: Prune backups to last Full and subsequent transaction backups

    better option would be to use scripted T-SQL jobs, the BACKUP DATABASE command has a MIRROR TO clause which can be used to mirror backups. A lightweight VB script can...

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  • RE: Log shipping SQL 2008 from SQL 2008?

    this question has been raised before, yes it is possible but there are caveats around it

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  • RE: Using and Creating Mount Points in SQL Server

    Hi sorry, my bad totally missed the cluster part. Yes for a new clustered instance you will need to add another root drive and letter to the new application group

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  • RE: Using and Creating Mount Points in SQL Server

    kellithompson (12/9/2011)


    My question is when I am ready to install a new instance (let's call it WebDev), can I use the existing WebProd drive letter and mount some additional volumes...

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  • RE: Using FILEGROUP / files in a multi customers databases

    Pierre Boucher (12/8/2011)


    - Should I allocate multiple files for each FILEGROUP so that our SAN can distribute the I/O?

    It's not a given, and in fact for user databases...

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  • RE: delete .ldf files

    if you only want to keep one log file you dont have a choice which one, you must keep the log file with file id of 2, delete all others...

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