Log Shipping - Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in use
This story began as they almost always do - with a page at 4am local time...
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'Alert: SQL Failed Jobs on InstanceName...
2014-07-31
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
End of Mainstream Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
@DBA_ANDY: A reminder to all #sqlserver peeps out there and *especially* to our clients: #sql2008 #sql20008R2 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2014/07/09/end-of-mainstream-support-for-sql-server-2008-and-sql-server-2008-r2.aspx#Ntirety
Original Message:
http://twitter.com/DBA_ANDY/status/488744595136999424
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What does...
2014-07-14
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Why Is your datetime saved as a bigint anyway?
Yet another issue I had never seen before - thankfully this time I was able to find a relatively quick answer.
On...
2014-06-26
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Handling Perfmon Logs with Relog
In a recent situation, I was tasked by a client to check one of their servers which they believed to...
2014-06-03 (first published: 2014-05-29)
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Come to #SQLSAT307 in Iowa City!
June 6th & 7th in Iowa City - Friday precons & Saturday all day sessions! I will be presenting on Maintaining your SQL...
2014-05-23
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Why Won't My Clustered Instance Start?
Last weekend I had a client page me in the middle of the night (because, of course, these things always...
2014-05-21
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T-SQL Tuesday #54 - Interviews and Hiring
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Boris Hristov (blog/@BorisHristov) and his chosen topic is “Interviews and Hiring” – specifically interviewing...
2014-05-16 (first published: 2014-05-13)
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Help - I Need a List of my Maintenance Plan Jobs *and* Schedules!
UPDATE - Jason Brimhall (blog/@sqlrnnr) pointed out after reading this post that there is a more inline way to do a...
2014-05-07
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Speaking at #SQLSat307 in Iowa City!
I just received confirmation I will be speaking at SQL Saturday 307 in Iowa City on June 7th!
I will be...
2014-05-02
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Why Can't I Reinitialize My Subscriber?
I recently had a colleague request help with a replication problem he was having with a client. The client was...
2014-04-28
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Blogs
TempDB Internals – What’s New (SQL Server 2016 to 2022)
By Vinay Thakur
I wrote about TempDB Internals and understand that Tempdb plays very important role on...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 2: Generative AI, Multimodal Systems, and Agent AI
By Vinay Thakur
continuing from Day 1 where we covered the history of AI and GPT family,...
A Wellbeing Day at Redgate
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It’s a day off for Redgate today. This is our annual wellbeing day, where...
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers