SQL Server Consolidation consideration and best practice
Hi,I am planning for SQL Server consolidation, pls guide me what would be steps, what are consideration. can you pls share questionnaire to collect information before starting sql server consolidation...
View ArticleBest storage layout with 3 different solid state arrays of varying speed?
I'm upgrading from a gen 12 dell server with a single raid 10 solid state array to a gen 14 with 3 solid state and 1 spinning arrays and am wondering which needs the better performance, temp tables or...
View ArticleWorkarround to install SSMS 18 on Windows server 2012 R2
Hi,Is there any Workarround to install SSMS 18 on Windows server 2012 R2 ?
View ArticleSql Server 2014 Dev Edition Installation (setup.exe) fails to run in Windows...
Hi all,I am running a freshly installed Windows 8 Operating system (64 bit). When I run Sql Server 2014 (64 bit) Development edition, I get the following error message shownhere.Compatibility mode is...
View ArticleSQL Upgrade : driver not able to establish secure connection.
HI,While we are doing upgrade for SQL 2008 to 2014. We are getting below error logs on WIndows vCenter server.As we saw over remote session vCenter services are not starting as expected. We saw this in...
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Cannot Change from Evaluation to Licensed Edition of SQL Server 2017
Hi - I have installed SQL 2017 in evaluation mode which is equivalent to enterprise version. Now that I am trying to license with standard edition it gives me warning regarding downgrade. Any...
View ArticleSQL Server 2016 SP2 ISO
Hi Sir,Can someone give me link to download SQl Server 2016 SP2 ISO.Regards,Deepak
View ArticleSQL 2016 sp2 install error
I am trying to install SQL server 2016 SP2. I am getting following error- 'The catched MSI file 'C:\windows\installer\4d818f89.msi' is missing.Need help.thanks,
View ArticleWhat is the best way to do a load testing of the existing DB server to the...
We are migrating our DB server's from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2016. I wanted to check whether there is any way to check the current load on the new DB server.FYI, we don't want to use distributed...
View ArticleKB4057116 Install
HiI have a w2k8 r2 server, with sql 2012 sp4, all installed fine. However this GDR just will not install.When I run setup.exe, it starts to launch (nothing is shown), then just dies. I can find no logs...
View Articledisable or remove PolyBase installation
Hello experts,I just installed a new MS SQL 2016 server. Everything went well, installed with the different partitions like MS best practices, but I did one thing wrong. I dont need/want the PolyBase...
View ArticleData Migration Assistant ruleset
Hi,I'm running assessments for SQL 2017 compatibility of our codebase using the Data Migration Assistant. So far the tool only detected join & order by issues.I've noticed that it does not seem to...
View ArticleLinked Server running TSQL using proxy account
I have ServerA using AD service account. I need to TSQL query database on ServerB, my AD user does not have permissions to Server B database. I have an AD proxy Contoso\ProxyAccount which is setup with...
View ArticleOLE DB for DB2 not available in SSMS 2017
I've downloaded and installed DB2OLEDBV6_x64.msi on my Win 10 machine and started up SSMS 2017 (14.0.17177.0), wanting to do a linked server using the OLE DB for DB2 provider. However, that option does...
View ArticleSQL Server ISO bootable?
Hello,I am trying to set up SQL server (2016 or 2017) in Hyper-V. I've downloaded 3 different ISO's from MS ( SQL 2016, SQL 2017, and SQL 2017 DEV). I point HyperV's DVD to the ISO all result inNo...
View Article"Evaluation period has expired" error message when working with SQL server
Hi,i installed SQL Server 2008 R2 on a customers new server about half a year ago - I remember very well having used the DVD and entering a serial. Nontheless now I get the a. m. error message and I...
View ArticleOS requirement for SQL 2000 RTM
Can I install SQL 2000 RTM on Windows Server 2003 R2?I have a plan to migration SQL 2000 to SQL 2016 but I need to install one more SQL 2000 RTM for preperation.
View ArticleSQL Server 2017 Licence
I had purchase Sql Server 2017 , i get Licence Number , but i did not get licence activation Key , please suggest how to i get activation key .
View ArticleMaintenance Plan Problem
A vendor installed SQL Server 2012 Express on a Windows 2016 Server box. We did a version upgrade to 2012 Standard Edition to access the Maintenance Plan management option.I can create a Maintenance...
View ArticleTITLE: SQL Server Setup failure.
i got error while installing ms sql server 2008 r2 .TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure. ------------------------------ SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error: The collation...
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