It's a management thing. If you run them in MSDB, they are in your backups, and when you restore on another server, they are contained. In the file system, you...

Barry, interesting point. What if you can't "attend" unless you get the freebie?

I guess you will have to decline in that case to avoid the legal issues.

Sorry, poor choice of words. No danger, no issues with integrity.

It works by building lots of small transactions to fill the VLF inside the log, then trying to shrink. Since...

Finally!

I added this to the shortcut list on the left as well.

That's very strange. No system DSN set up in control panel?

Is this NTAuth or SQL? I'm assuming NTAuth. If you log in, and try to connect, do you see a...

this should strike-out strikethrough

Ravi,

We do make articles in books a few times a year available for download, but it takes time and resources to reformat them. Also, if we make Word/PDF versions available,...

Good point, I'll add a couple IF items now. Well, as soon as I figure out how to use Google to find the tags 😉

Always start with Books Online. They always have the basics in there. After that, there are some good whitepapers on Log Shipping and mirroring on MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc917681.aspx

OK, walking a line here. I know a lot of people in PASS, especially the Board, so I hear things that I'm not sure should be public. So, I can't...

I was expecting these types of responses, but I wasn't sure quite how I wanted to frame this. And Mr. Blandry, wrist slap noted and it stings!:hehe:

We definitely have to...

It's possible that you have machine (OS/hardware ) issues. One quick check, swap the network cable out.

Beyond that, can she log in from another machine? Can you log in from...

there are issues with the VLFs sometimes. You can use this script to try and shrink things. Note that it will mess with your log and backups, so I'd plan...

I don't think I'd advocate trashing existing systems and moving to VMs for many people at all. Instead I'd start learning about it, and perhaps shifting some systems to VMs...

It sounds like you're in a bad situation. Honestly, you are playing with fire here. One issue, and it's possible that you will be without data, and then without a...