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  • RE: "Antiquated" SQL Server Backups

    Rich Mechaber (2/5/2016)


    If you use a third party tool, you will have to guess, test, and verify that what you thought you told the tool to do actually happened.

    Not in...

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  • RE: Query on Using DB Snapshots

    Luis Cazares (2/8/2016)


    DB Snapshots use the database as the main source of data and only store pages that get modified. That means that querying against the snapshot is probably going...

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  • RE: Read Only Routing Problem

    so each node has a standalone instance of sql server?

    can you supply the scripts you used to apply the read only routing configuration?

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  • RE: Always On and applying Service Packs and CUs.

    Markus (2/8/2016)


    I found the official Microsoft preferred method:

    :Whistling: I posted the link to that at the beginning of this topic on my very first post :w00t:

    At no point does it...

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  • RE: Restore TDE Database without the Private Key

    Welsh Corgi (2/8/2016)


    Perry Whittle (2/8/2016)


    take a new backup of the cert

    Don't I need a password? :unsure:

    You only need a password for decryption during the backup if the cert is protected...

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  • RE: Simple vs. Full Backup Recovery Model

    kenny 40254 (2/8/2016)


    Also, we ran into a situation over the weekend where something is conflicting the restore jobs on the secondary... we appear to have had a conflicting job that...

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  • RE: Restore TDE Database without the Private Key

    take a new backup of the cert

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  • RE: Simple vs. Full Backup Recovery Model

    kenny 40254 (2/7/2016)


    OK, customer dba is fine with me switching recovery model to "full." Per them, their backup scripts will run fine (they are just doing standard backups). They are...

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  • RE: Restore TDE Database without the Private Key

    to restore the database to another server you'll need to backup the cert with the private key. You then restore this on the target server, this link details the process

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  • RE: Clustering / AlwaysOn Availability Groups

    alex.sqldba (2/8/2016)


    I am now having a problem with Read only routing but ill put that in another post as not really relevant in this thread

    post up a much detail as...

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  • RE: Database Backup - Security Question

    DBADave (2/5/2016)


    It is a database owner, not a database creator, and not a local admin.

    Tis the same thing, db_owner provides the power to backup and restore the database, restore...

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  • RE: Auto-Growth ISSUE - Causing outage - Please help.

    Phil Parkin (2/5/2016)


    maybe turning on IFI might help you.

    As long as it's not a log file growth issue

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  • RE: Physical or VM - ODS

    C Schaefer (2/5/2016)


    it's much easier to snapshot a few versions of the VM as you build it, so there's no need to start from scratch with re-installs if you...

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  • RE: Always On and applying Service Packs and CUs.

    Again, pausing the cluster node is not recommended. If you happen to have other cluster resources running in this node you'll initiate a failover.

    The link posted from Microsoft describes the...

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  • RE: Auto-Growth ISSUE - Causing outage - Please help.

    sgrimard (2/5/2016)


    I don't think we have activated that policy. And it did not specify if it was the LDF or MDF.

    So turn off Auto-Growth on LDF? What would you set...

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