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SQL Server 2005 on VMWARE

nikhil.verma

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August 26, 2009 at 11:58 am

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Hello ,
In my environment staging servers are conigured on VMWARE ( on top of ESX Servers ) . Need to know does microsoft support SQL SERVERS runnigs on VMWARE . I have read article in which microsoft supports sql servers runnig on Microsoft Virtual Server , But since VMWARE is nt microsoft product so it to possible get support for them . Please provide me some links on this
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736255 More actions · Answer 1

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August 26, 2009 at 1:18 pm

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897615

SQLBuddy123 One Orange Chip Points: 28294 More actions · Answer 2

Hi Nikhil,

SQL Server 2005 on VMware is supported by microsoft. Our Company has many such SQL Server 2005 instances installed on VMware ESX Server 3.5 host machines.

Thank You,

Best Regards,

SQLBuddy.

nikhil.verma SSCrazy Points: 2603 More actions · Answer 3

Thanks for replying !!! Can you please send me the link on this please.

Silverfox SSC-Insane Points: 23150 More actions · Answer 4

sqlbuddy123 (8/26/2009)
Hi Nikhil,
SQL Server 2005 on VMware is supported by microsoft. Our Company has many such SQL Server 2005 instances installed on VMware ESX Server 3.5 host machines.
Thank You,
Best Regards,
SQLBuddy.

I am really interested in your use of ESX, Do you have production sql instances on VMware ESX or is it purely test and dev sql instances. and what are your experiences of using SQL on vmware.

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SQLBuddy123 One Orange Chip Points: 28294 More actions · Answer 5

Hi Silver,

Yes, we do have Production SQL Server 2000 an 2005 instances running on ESX Server host machines. We also have dev and test SQL instances deployed on ESX Server hosts.

Thank You,

Best Regards,

SQLBuddy

SQLBuddy123 One Orange Chip Points: 28294 More actions · Answer 6

Hi Nikhil,

Check This!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944987

Thank You,

Best Regards.

SQLBuddy

obrieste SSC Rookie Points: 27 More actions · Answer 7

Has anyone experienced any sudden spikes in Memory use where running analysis server 2005 using Windows 2003 on VMWare gsx server .

This is happening daily and the logs provide little information what may be causing it.

Sudeepta SSCommitted Points: 1666 More actions · Answer 8

Check in SQL Server logs and windows application log. I think you should get some info from there.

Is there any particular activity on the SQL Server when you get this kind of errors?

Thanks & Regards,
Sudeepta.
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obrieste SSC Rookie Points: 27 More actions · Answer 9

It would help if the analysis server query log's loged information in English.

Obviously this is clear: 0,0,000,0,0,0,000,0,0,00,0,000,00,0,00,0000,00,000,00,0,0010,0000,0,000000,00000,0,00,000,00000,000,000010,0,000000

Is so clear to everyone. Which idiot in MS decided to log information in binary should be fired as its of no use to anyone.

Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 10

obrieste (8/28/2009)
Has anyone experienced any sudden spikes in Memory use where running analysis server 2005 using Windows 2003 on VMWare gsx server .
This is happening daily and the logs provide little information what may be causing it.

Task Manager will tell you if SSAS is using the memory.

Profiler can tell you more details, although you have to be careful running it on a production system.

This whitepaper is good reading.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/5/e/85eea4fa-b3bb-4426-97d0-7f7151b2011c/SSAS2005PerfGuide.doc

Greg E

obrieste SSC Rookie Points: 27 More actions · Answer 11

It is SSAS that is using the memory and it Jumps from using 1.2GB to 6GB in under 40 seconds. The query logs are near useless and the error logs show nothing or once or twice the showed: "Server: The operation has been cancelled."

Howevery because this is a production system we can't profile the SSAS service.

Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 12

Download and read the whitepaper.

You may end up having to run profiler in order to find the problem query.

The whitepaper outlines some of the key things you'd want to include in a profiler trace.

And running this in batch uses less overhead.

If you aren't at SP3, you may want to look into what has been fixed.

Are the queries ad hoc? That can make a difference if a user can create large cross join queries that don't filter on NON EMPTY.

Greg E