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BoobyB

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April 4, 2015 at 8:38 pm

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Hi All,
I am running Ola maintenance script with the following parameters which runs fine.
EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize
@databases = 'USER_DATABASES',
@FragmentationLow = NULL,
@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,
@FragmentationLevel2 = 30,
@sortinTempdb = 'Y'
but when I run it with trying to exclude one of the database as follows, i get a error invalid parameter.
EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize
@databases = 'USER_DATABASES', -databasename,
@FragmentationLow = NULL,
@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,
@FragmentationLevel2 = 30,
@sortinTempdb = 'Y'
Can some one help me what I am doing wrong here.
Thanks in advance.

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 1

for the specific database you exclude, is it a database snapshot, or offline or read only ?

Lowell

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 2

qur7 (4/4/2015)
Hi All,
I am running Ola maintenance script with the following parameters which runs fine.
EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize
@databases = 'USER_DATABASES',
@FragmentationLow = NULL,
@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,
@FragmentationLevel2 = 30,
@sortinTempdb = 'Y'
but when I run it with trying to exclude one of the database as follows, i get a error invalid parameter.
EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize
@databases = 'USER_DATABASES', -databasename,
@FragmentationLow = NULL,
@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,
@FragmentationLevel2 = 30,
@sortinTempdb = 'Y'
Can some one help me what I am doing wrong here.
Thanks in advance.

The answer you seek is in Ola's documentation and outside your single quotes. 😉

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windcatch Newbie Points: 9 More actions · Answer 4

Try to remove the piece of code in bold:

EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize

@databases = 'USER_DATABASES', -databasename,

@FragmentationLow = NULL,

@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',

@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',

@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,

@FragmentationLevel2 = 30,

@sortinTempdb = 'Y'

BoobyB SSCertifiable Points: 5470 More actions · Answer 5

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the reply. so will this be correct version.

EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize

@databases = USER_DATABASES, -databasename,

@FragmentationLow = NULL,

@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',

@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',

@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,

@FragmentationLevel2 = 30,

@SortinTempdb = 'Y'

Regards,

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 6

qur7 (4/6/2015)
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the reply. so will this be correct version.
EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize
@databases = USER_DATABASES, -databasename,
@FragmentationLow = NULL,
@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,
@FragmentationLevel2 = 30,
@SortinTempdb = 'Y'
Regards,

I believe that you need the @databases stuff to all be included in single quotes if I recall Ola's documentation correctly. Kind of like you did for @FragmentationMedium.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

free_mascot One Orange Chip Points: 27169 More actions · Answer 7

Pl. see the following example posted on ola's site:

EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize @databases = 'USER_DATABASES',

@FragmentationLow = NULL,

@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',

@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',

@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,

@FragmentationLevel2 = 30

You need to put the database name in single quotes and remove the comment " -databasename,".

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BoobyB SSCertifiable Points: 5470 More actions · Answer 8

I understand, but with this way who would I exclude one database , my understanding is , using 'user_databases' runs it against all the user databases.

I would like to run it against all the databases except one name "databasename"

BoobyB SSCertifiable Points: 5470 More actions · Answer 9

So it be some thing like this.

EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize

@databases = 'USER_DATABASES, -name_of_the_database_tobe_excluded',

@FragmentationLow = NULL,

@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',

@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',

@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,

@FragmentationLevel2 = 30,

@SortinTempdb = 'Y'

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 10

ok, i see what the others were saying now.

https://ola.hallengren.com/sql-server-index-and-statistics-maintenance.html

EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize @databases = 'USER_DATABASES, -Prod',

Lowell

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

qur7 (4/6/2015)
So it be some thing like this.
EXECUTE dbo.IndexOptimize
@databases = 'USER_DATABASES, -name_of_the_database_tobe_excluded',
@FragmentationLow = NULL,
@FragmentationMedium = 'INDEX_REORGANIZE,INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationHigh = 'INDEX_REBUILD_ONLINE,INDEX_REBUILD_OFFLINE',
@FragmentationLevel1 = 5,
@FragmentationLevel2 = 30,
@SortinTempdb = 'Y'

This is correct.

If you are looking for index maintenance, the better option would be to use Minion reindex http://bit.ly/MinionIdx

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BoobyB SSCertifiable Points: 5470 More actions · Answer 12

Great, That's what I was looking for.... Thanks a Bunch guys.

Regards,

Sossoliso SSC Enthusiast Points: 196 More actions · Answer 13

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April 7, 2015 at 5:58 am

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-databasename, "-" should be "--" for comment

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 14

Sossoliso (4/7/2015)
-databasename, "-" should be "--" for comment

No, because it's not a comment.

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