SQL Server 2016 : Number of processors
Hi All,We need to install sql server 2016. In documentation, I culd see the we need 64 bit processors and recommended is 2 GHz or more. But what about number of processors.What are the parameters that...
View Articleconnecting to AG listener when AG on named instance
Hi, just wondering if im doing this right. My setup is 2node AlwaysOn AvailabilityGroup cluster. Already sat up a couple AGs on the default instance, but had to create a named instance due to...
View ArticleLogin sql server by group account
On windows server 2012 R2, I create 5 accounts with password from administrator account. After that, I go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools\Computer Management\Local Users...
View ArticleAttunity Drivers support for SQL/SSIS-2005 for fetching Oracle Source data to...
hi friends,im trying to fetch data from Oracle to SQL,as i got to know that Attunity Drivers are faster than OLEDB,i just want to know whether we can install Attunity Drivers on SQL/SSIS 2005.or do you...
View ArticlePower plan setting for SQL Server vm servers in a VMware virtualized environment
We have had recommendations from MSFT to change our server power plan settings from balanced to high performance for servers running SQL Server. This is a virtualized environment using VMware 5.5....
View ArticleVHDs and seperate drives for Logs and Data Files
I know it is a recommended practice to store logs and data on separate drives for SQL. I am putting together a Hyper-V two node cluster with (4) 600GB 15K drives in a RAID 10. Is it acceptable to...
View ArticleSense of partition disk
Hi,I have to install the SQL for our small clinic. I understand that for better performance and disaster consideration it is a good idea to put data and log on different disks. However we are the small...
View ArticleError in Create Python apps using SQL Server on a Mac
While doing the steps outlned here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/developer-get-started/python-macbash-3.2$ brew install sqsh Error: No available formula with the name "sqsh" ==>...
View ArticleSQL Server Disk Optimization to make SQL Faster in windows.
Hi again,I was said that 64 K block size is optimum for SQL Server. But Windows formats new partition with 4 KB block size by default. Probably 4KB block size is optimum for running Windows.I am going...
View ArticleSQL Server 2014 SP1 CU6 to SP2 & CU2 upgrade
Dear DB AdminWe are going to upgrade SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition From SP1 ( 12.0.4449.0) to SP2 & CU2 on the failover cluster nodes and we have two failover cluster nodes and both nodes are...
View ArticleUnable to install SSMS 2016, installation always fails
Hi,I can't install SSMS 2016 (16.5.1), because the installation always fails when it starts installing the SQL Server 2016 SQL Diagnostics package, throwing errors 0x80070643 and 2331.The error codes...
View ArticleSQL Backup
Dear DB Admin,We have SQL Server 2014 SP2 enterprise edition .. and we have SQL DB the DB name isSubash.mdf this DB we are using this DB more-than 10 years it's working well there is no issues .. But...
View ArticleOS upgrade and SQL server 2012
Greetings We have a requirement to upgrade VM running OS Name_Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Standard without Hyper-V to upgrade to windows 2012 std edn .Vm is running IIS, .net 4.0 , office 2007...
View ArticleNeed Suggestion for Setting SQL Server(s)
We have an issue with the OS on SERVER1 which existed in some fashion or other at least since we migrated it to a Virtual Machine. We are planning on creating two new servers to replace this server: •...
View ArticlePlease Help Me
Dear FellowsDuring the installation of SQL Server 2016 from external HD, I had and an installation error due the disconnection of HD, I connected it back to complete the installation but I received an...
View Articleunicode to nonunicode conversion
hi ,im actually redesigning a package which was earlier using datareader,now im using OLEDB provider for Oracle.problem is i have more than 50 tables which are of predefined structure which was formed...
View ArticleProvider to use for faster loading
hi im moving data from Source: Oracle database which is in different serverTarget:SQLim confused to use which one is best to use for largescale datamigration1.Microsoft OLEDB Provider for...
View ArticleHow to un-install Maganement studio?
Server 2012R2 StdI installed management studio for server 2008R2 and it necessary components. I found out that is was the wrong version, I was looking for studio 2015.How do I correctly un-install this...
View ArticleConfiguration File for New Install vs Adding an Instance
I have a configuration file that works when installing SQL Express with a named instance on a computer that does not currently have SQL installed. Can I use this same configuration file to add a named...
View ArticleSQL Instance names missing
Trying to uninstall a SQL 2008 R2 cluster instance from a production two node Windows Server 2008 R2 SQL cluster. I'm using the SQL installation CD, selecting "Remove node from a SQL Server failover...
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