I love that.

Wrong thread!

Thanks; yes, I've done all that. Googling suggests a possible firewall issue, but I don't want to get the networks team involved if I can help it.

I can run perfmon...

Thanks; I didn't post a screen shot because it was basically a tiny text box that said "Unable to connect to machine". No error number, nothing else, just those words,...

Where are you looking?

In Sql Server Instance Properties's Advance Tab Set Error Reporting = No. Can...

When are you scheduling it for, i.e. is anything else happening at the same time?

Are you backing up across a network, and if so are there any network issues at...

It does; presumably so the indexing can be rolled back if necessary.

Do you definitely need to re-index every night? Are you using a maintenance plan, is that why it's a...

That's brilliant; thank you so much!

Oh, bummer. Thanks for replying.

I've been doing this in various guises for about 6 years, but I got into it via the accidental route. I've had some training courses through Learning Tree, but I...

WWDMark (8/15/2013)

My 2008 MCTS and MCITP Certs don't have 'expiration' dates on them, basically it's a case that technology moves on and if you've got a MCITP cert for SQL...

I knew there was something else, sorry! If I do the MCTS then upgrade route (to MCSA SQL Server 2012) is it going to expire or something soon? (I promise...

Thanks for replying; that's very interesting. I do see the sense in what you're saying. Miraculously I've just had the go-ahead for a full MCSA programme (should have asked for...

Thanks very much. I've been reading the Certification board avidly too, and the consensus seems to be to go for the newest qualification. I have the fee Kindle version of...

WWDMark, do you decide what to do in the end?

I have a related question, so I hope it's ok to put it here My manager is about to leave, and...