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  • RE: Display Total Hard Disk Space

    Here's a more thourough example of using the FileSystemObject (IMO)...

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  • RE: Terabyte database backup/restore

    Gila Monster, do you use multiple backup files, and if so how many? Or do you seperate backup threads by filegroup backup?

    Backup performance is always an interesting topic... ...

  • RE: defragment sql volumes

    Defragging disk on SAN's is really not neccessary due to the way disk/storage is allocated from the SAN to host.

    This type of error is either network related or SAN related....

  • RE: DB Restoration

    It _should_ complete in around twenty minutes. However, there are far to many variables to take into consideration for a hard number...

    Network speed (for either backup copy or network...

  • RE: generating all scripts in a db

    Check to see if your account owns a 'duplicate' object..

    dbo.Foo

    YourAcct.Foo

  • RE: Restoring a DB w/ T-Logs spanning Full DB Backups

    Yes, you're fine.

    A full backup does not mess up the LSN chaining.

  • RE: sa password re-set solution sought

    If you're going to (or have to) use the 'sa' account, you should know what the password is/was....I don't know if a random sa password process would pass a SOX...

  • RE: File Size Issues

    MD (5/14/2008)


    John is correct, this can be done without the use of backup devices.

    To add...

    If you're using a device, the performance of the backup job (not the backup...

  • RE: sa password re-set solution sought

    Several years ago I wrote a process for this...

    1: I used a "master" server that had all of the target servers as Linked Servers.

    2: A procedure queried tested...

  • RE: Unable to restore backup

    Nicole (5/12/2008)


    Thanks a lot guys, I am now able to do it through network. I was giving the path from the address bar from my computer, But now when i...

  • RE: How to verify database restore is successful?

    Why not use a variable as a returncode?

    DECLARE @iReturnCode int

    EXEC @iReturnCode = EXEC dbo.my_RestoreSP

    You'll get either a 0 or an error returned. This is what I do for my...

  • RE: DBA's & Photography

    Rootman (5/12/2008)


    Not here either.

    Although the 'boys and their toys' theory could be right. Many DBA's and other IT people I know ride motorbikes, and even have pictures...

  • RE: Unable to restore backup

    Yes, you can restore it from the network. You'll need to ensure a couple things first though:

    1: SQLAgent on the dbserver is using a domain account.

    2: The domain account...

  • RE: Unable to restore backup

    Unfortunatly, there isn't anything to do other than find/make the freespace.

    If the original database used multiple files, you have the option of restoring them to different physical drives.

  • RE: Unable to restore backup

    The backup file size is relevant only to the amount of data stored, not the amount of storage allocated to the databse.

    You can have a 10MB backup file that restores...

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