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  • RE: Restoring a log file backup with an attached DB

    My wife doesn't get my sense of humor either.

  • RE: differenital backup

    What is the backup and restore syntax you are using? What is the error? Did the restore fail when you tried to restore the full db, or when...

  • RE: Restoring a log file backup with an attached DB

    Do you overwrite the database on the standby when you do your weekly copy? What happens if you lose the disk on your primary in the middle of the...

  • RE: Restore Log Question

    Here's the code for a proc I use to kill all users for a database. It's not infallible, but it gets the job done most of the time. ...

  • RE: Restore Log Question

    The database will be unavailable to users during the restore. Assuming you are using SQLServer's log shipping rather than a home grown solution, check the box for 'Terminate users...

  • RE: Permissions to run a job

    Are you creating the job through the 'Schedule Package...' option? if so, what happens if you create a job step calling DTSRUN /E...?

  • RE: Multiple primary filegroups

    I don't understand what you mean by multiple primary filegroups. By definition there is just one primary filegroup - the one with the system tables. How have you...

  • RE: script to manage transaction log

    Murali,

    A couple of points. First, don't confuse 'BACKUP DATABASE...' with 'BACKUP LOG...' The former will perform a full backup of the database, including enough of the log to...

  • RE: Recovery Model and Bulk Operations

    Log shipping is supported in a Bulk-Logged database. The log backup includes both the logged transactions and the data pages from the bulk load operations. The 'minimally logged'...

  • RE: Recovery Model and Bulk Operations

    The defrag is fully logged in a series of small transactions. In a SIMPLE database, this means that earlier transactions can be truncated and their space in the log...

  • RE: Restore to Multiple Drives from 1 drive

    Not possible. The restore allows you to specify the placement of each file, but you cannot split a file to multiple locations.

  • RE: ALTER COLUMN and data file size question

    Yes, that will have the desired result. However, your log file is going to blow up when you do it, so make sure you have plenty of space for...

  • RE: LogShipping & Full Database BackUps

    I disagree. I perform full backups on my primaries on a regular basis and it does not break the chain. A full backup includes enough of the log...

  • RE: Recovery Model Question

    A transaction log backup is not simply a copy of the LDF file; it is a backup of all of the transactions executed since the previous log backup. In...

  • RE: Collation question

    Although I can't say exactly what the difference is, I have had problems related to these two collations conflicting.

    As I recall, I restored a database with the old collation onto...

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