SG_Explorer (5/17/2011)

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I came across something same problem and able to resolve it by using SLipStream method.

See this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955392%5B/quote%5D

I believe the poster is trying to install SQL Server...

In Windows Server 2008 R2 clusters, the SQL Server network name will need to be a computer object within Active Directory or the Windows cluster computer account will need to...

As a production DBA, I'd say probably about 30-40% of my time is self directed. We have a team of 5 DBA's + our manager managing roughly 400 instances....

Unfortunately, no. I never made one for 2000 and we have so few DB's still in 2000 that it isn't worthwhile to me. There may be someone else...

Thanks, Jason!

It's a little late, but I just wrote an article which should help you out:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administration/72733/

Cheers,

Steve

Yes, I have heard of folks that have issues with SCCM and it is not a popular tool to use in patching SQL Server. WSUS acts a little different than...

For a...

Thanks for the reply, Shawn. I'll try to justify each of your statements. I realize there are many ways to get the patches pushed out, but this is...

david.dennis (5/3/2011)

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I will give that a whirl. I will also get back to you on the other servers or do you already have info as to whether it will work...

david.dennis (5/3/2011)

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I like the idea of scripting the tasks. I do not like the idea of putting passwords in batch files. Can the scheduled tasks be set through the GUI?...

The shrink operation, in my opinion, should be removed from the maintenance plan configuration since there is NO good reason for why it should ever be executed regularly. Pretend...

Excellent tip to "trick" SQL into thinking we did a full backup/restore of the DB to be able to move the new database file.

Cheers,

Steve

Thank you for pointing out that the scale-out deployment is EE only, Perry. I don't think my reply there will be of much help to the initial poster in...

I'd recommend checking with your DNS team to see if they can get your server's name into DNS to allow you to connect via the name instead of the IP.

You...