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SQL Server 2012 Standalone Setup
Hi,I'm setting up two new SQL 2012 SP1 Standart Edition on two brand new VM's.Setup goes smoothly until I select all the components and then I press Next. The setup seems freezes showing "Please...
View ArticleCannot enable Database Mail XP
I'm trying to turn on Database Mail.I set the flag in db_config, did the reconfigure, and for good measure stop/started SQL Service (and thereby SQL Agent service too) [and I have since rebooted the...
View ArticleCan't install CU7, wrong versions being reported
If I check the properties of my SQL 2012 Standard server it shows the Version as 11.0.3381.0 which matches the CU6 level as shown here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2772858However, when I try to...
View ArticleUnistalling Active Directroy causes SQL Server Services to stop
hi experts...i have a BI machine that contains Active Directory installed on it and SQL Server works fine on it...However one day i uninstalled Active Directory since then the two services(1) SQL...
View ArticleUpgrade from SQL 2008 with mirror to SQL 2012 with always on
I have a SQL Server 2008 with mirror configured on it.I'm planning to upgrade to 2012 as rolling upgrade. this way I will end up with mirror on 2012.Now I need to configure the AG on the always on. Can...
View ArticleAlwaysOn - Cluster Quorum and Manual Failover
Should I consider the cluster quorum in any way if I'm planning to implement only manual failover to my Availability group?As far as I understood the cluster quorum is relevant only for automatic...
View Article"Exception has been thrown by the target on an invocation" during...
Hi. I have this error during installation SqlEngineConfigAction_install_confignonrc_Cpu64 (component of SQL 2014 CTP2) on virtual machine (Windows Server 2012 Standart). Logs in Event Viewer are clean....
View ArticleQueries are getting locked and time out occurs with sql server 2008 r2
I am not sure whether this is the right forum to post this. If not, please ignore this.We are facing some critical issues when reading the data from sql server. queries are getting locked and other...
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Cannot Debug in Management Studio + LocalDB
I installed SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server Express LocalDB. SSMS could open LocalDB (localdb)\v11.0 well.I wrote a SQL Query, and Execute it, it works proper. But when I tried to debug it,...
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 installation issues
Hi,The other day I installed SQL Server Express 2012 as a new instance (I already have an Express 2008r2 instance, which continues to work), using SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.exe from MS site. This seemed to...
View Articletables are deleted but database size does not change in sql server 2008r2
Hi All,20GB Tables are deleted in my database but database size does not change and disk size showing same size.
View ArticleDatabase Logs Growing Out of Control even though backed up hourly
We have 3 main databases. Data file on one drive (10.5Gb, 15Gb and 13Gb in size). The logs are on separate drives. Each db is backed up full each morning and the logs are backed up hourly. It is only...
View ArticleError Installing "Security Update for SQL Server 2008 R2 Sevice Pack1...
I'm trying to install "Security Update forSQL Server 2008 R2 SevicePack 1(KB2716440)"but it is giving me error.Someone can help me?Overall summary: Final result: Passed Exit code...
View ArticleHow to Create a Installation package for SQL Server Express 2008R2 via...
I have downloaded the SQL Server Express 2008 R2 MSI from microsoft.com. I unpackaged all the setup files and I created my own custom SQL setup config file. How can I use VS2008 to "repackage" the...
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How to copy Restore database in new server and new domain.
Hai all,I'm trying to backup a database from one SQL server and restore it to another (both are SQL2008 R2) but diff domain. when I try run few query, the output is empty. Please advise.noor hafizah
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 SP2 installation
Hi ~ anyone know the minimum OS requirement for SQL 2008 R2 SP2 installation?? it failed at the checking step for checking OS. anyone know Windows Server 2008 SP2 is required ?
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Errors while installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows XP
Hello All,I have a Windows XP machine which earlier had SQL Server 2008 R2. I wanted to install BizTalk Server 2009 on the machine which runs only on SQL 2008 so I uninstalled SQL 2008 R2 from the...
View ArticleHow do I uninstall SQL Server 2008 r2 completely, then install sql server 2008?
I heard there are problems with uninstalling sql server.
View ArticleCan add a sql server 2012 node to a sql server 2008 R2 cluster?
Hi,Can i add a sql server 2012 node to a sql server 2008 R2 cluster?I got the "yes" answer from Microsoft SQL Server Sales, but when i wanted to add the sql server 2012 node to an existing sql server...
View ArticleSQL 2012 AG with FCI
Hello,I have a 3 node WSFC cluster with 2 nodes at primary and 1 node in DR data center. I have installed a FCI instance on the primary nodes. Now, can I use the 3rd node which is at the DR site to...
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