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Upgrade from SQL 2005 to SQL Server 2008 R2 fails
Hi All,I have SQL Server 2005 SP4 Developer Edition which I am trying to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer Edition. The Setup fails on the Upgrade rules. Could you please help me on this....
View ArticleCannot enable Database Mail XP
I'm trying to turn on Database Mail.I set the flag in db_config, did the reconfigure, and for good measure stop/started SQL Service (and thereby SQL Agent service too) [and I have since rebooted the...
View ArticleUnistalling Active Directroy causes SQL Server Services to stop
hi experts...i have a BI machine that contains Active Directory installed on it and SQL Server works fine on it...However one day i uninstalled Active Directory since then the two services(1) SQL...
View ArticleUpgrade from SQL 2008 with mirror to SQL 2012 with always on
I have a SQL Server 2008 with mirror configured on it.I'm planning to upgrade to 2012 as rolling upgrade. this way I will end up with mirror on 2012.Now I need to configure the AG on the always on. Can...
View ArticleCan't install CU7, wrong versions being reported
If I check the properties of my SQL 2012 Standard server it shows the Version as 11.0.3381.0 which matches the CU6 level as shown here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2772858However, when I try to...
View ArticleAlwaysOn - Cluster Quorum and Manual Failover
Should I consider the cluster quorum in any way if I'm planning to implement only manual failover to my Availability group?As far as I understood the cluster quorum is relevant only for automatic...
View Article"Exception has been thrown by the target on an invocation" during...
Hi. I have this error during installation SqlEngineConfigAction_install_confignonrc_Cpu64 (component of SQL 2014 CTP2) on virtual machine (Windows Server 2012 Standart). Logs in Event Viewer are clean....
View ArticleQueries are getting locked and time out occurs with sql server 2008 r2
I am not sure whether this is the right forum to post this. If not, please ignore this.We are facing some critical issues when reading the data from sql server. queries are getting locked and other...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 installation issues
Hi,The other day I installed SQL Server Express 2012 as a new instance (I already have an Express 2008r2 instance, which continues to work), using SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.exe from MS site. This seemed to...
View ArticleHow to Create a Installation package for SQL Server Express 2008R2 via...
I have downloaded the SQL Server Express 2008 R2 MSI from microsoft.com. I unpackaged all the setup files and I created my own custom SQL setup config file. How can I use VS2008 to "repackage" the...
View ArticleDatabase Logs Growing Out of Control even though backed up hourly
We have 3 main databases. Data file on one drive (10.5Gb, 15Gb and 13Gb in size). The logs are on separate drives. Each db is backed up full each morning and the logs are backed up hourly. It is only...
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 SP2 installation
Hi ~ anyone know the minimum OS requirement for SQL 2008 R2 SP2 installation?? it failed at the checking step for checking OS. anyone know Windows Server 2008 SP2 is required ?
View ArticleCan add a sql server 2012 node to a sql server 2008 R2 cluster?
Hi,Can i add a sql server 2012 node to a sql server 2008 R2 cluster?I got the "yes" answer from Microsoft SQL Server Sales, but when i wanted to add the sql server 2012 node to an existing sql server...
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Errors while installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows XP
Hello All,I have a Windows XP machine which earlier had SQL Server 2008 R2. I wanted to install BizTalk Server 2009 on the machine which runs only on SQL 2008 so I uninstalled SQL 2008 R2 from the...
View ArticleHow do I uninstall SQL Server 2008 r2 completely, then install sql server 2008?
I heard there are problems with uninstalling sql server.
View ArticleSQLServer2012SP1-FullSlipstream-ENU-x86 WON'T INSTALL
so i tried to install the 32 bit Version of SQL it faild everytime!!! and this message appearsError: The operating system on this computer does not meet the minimum requirements for SQL Server 2012....
View ArticleSQL 2012 AG with FCI
Hello,I have a 3 node WSFC cluster with 2 nodes at primary and 1 node in DR data center. I have installed a FCI instance on the primary nodes. Now, can I use the 3rd node which is at the DR site to...
View ArticleSetting up SQL Server in External Drive
Hi,I installed SQL Server 2012 on my latop and tried to restore a database from backup - only to realize I don't have enough space left in my drive. I am wondering if I can use an external drive to...
View ArticleSQL 2005 Patch installation fail
Hi all I am having error on installing KB2716429... currently the SQL server is build no. 9.0.5057here following is the error11/30/2013 09:46:45.484...
View ArticleHow to : Cluster SQL 2005 to Cluster SQL 2012
I need to Migrate & upgrade current SQL 2008 on windows 2003 Cluster to new SQL Cluster 2012 on windows 2012 using new H/W servers and new Storage .- what about using Cluster Migration wizard- how...
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