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  • RE: Can't restore backup from 2005 server to 2008 server

    Elizabeth.Block (7/7/2011)


    finally got it to work by detaching it from the source server, ftping it, then renaming it and attaching it on the target server.

    no need to detach the source...

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  • RE: Cannot perform a differential backup for database "ABC", because a current database backup does not exist. Perform a full database backup by reissuing BACKUP DATABASE, omitting the WITH DIFFERENTIAL option.

    sounds to me like someone or something is possibly restoring the database

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  • RE: Changing Owner or Mirrored DBs

    exec sp_changedbowner at the principal

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  • RE: Stand-alone to 2 Node Cluster considerations

    arvind.1611 (7/7/2011)


    I am planning to use transactional replication, to keep the cluster and the standalone boxes in sync,

    That's probably the worse way to do this. What if any of the...

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  • RE: Log Shipping .tuf file

    amitwadhawan (7/7/2011)


    @SSCrazy, So you are saying we dont need to restore fullbackups again on secondry server ,even if we are backing our primary databases everynight?

    dude amitwadhawan

    please read up...

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  • RE: Log Shipping .tuf file

    amitwadhawan (7/7/2011)


    we need to restore full backup on secondry server

    The first time you initialise log shipping, yes

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  • RE: Log Shipping .tuf file

    amitwadhawan (7/6/2011)


    I have a very small database size , i am trying logshipping, we are taking full backups nightly and sending them to remote location on remote server where ...

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  • RE: Database Mirroring SQL Server 2008

    This link contains details about snapshots and how they work

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  • RE: Database Mirroring SQL Server 2008

    yes, also bear in mind to have a read only mirrored database you need to use snapshots which you may or may not be comfortable with

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  • RE: Database Mirroring SQL Server 2008

    you can extend the mirroring timeout and thats about it. Log shipping is better if you want a scheduled movement of the data and you can have it read only...

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  • RE: Cluster Virtual Name and Instance names

    Adam Angelini (9/10/2008)


    1. is the above scenario possible?

    No!

    Adam Angelini (9/10/2008)


    2. if the above scenario is not possible, since it seems to want unique virtual names, then can you have several...

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  • RE: Backup All User Databases

    you can also delete the current backup before taking the new but this is not recommended for obvious reasons

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  • RE: SQL Server Memory usage

    The following will set the max server memory to the value you specify in MB's

    exec sp_configure 'show advanced options', '1'

    reconfigure

    exec sp_configure 'max server memory (MB)', 'set this'

    reconfigure

    exec sp_configure 'show advanced...

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  • RE: Stand-alone to 2 Node Cluster considerations

    arvind.1611 (7/5/2011)


    The Stand-Alone SQL Server currently has 7 databases, with total database size of ~500GB. The Transaction log growth per day is around 25 GB.

    thats the max size the...

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  • RE: Reduce size of mdf file.

    Ol'SureHand (7/5/2011)


    be careful before doing a full backup as this will break the transaction log backup chain.

    No it doesn't, changing the recovery model from Full or Bulk Logged to Simple...

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