In Yesterday’s post I mentioned creating “registered servers” in groups in your “Registered Servers” Window. Today, i present a short script, which, if applied to the SQL 2005 (and up) groups will allow you to in real-time query all the SQL servers error logs…searching for suspicious things of your choice… just change the ‘where’ clause below… Continue reading “Multiple SQL Server Error log search”
Determine Backup schedules across multiple SQL Servers
Today some architecture changes were scheduled to occur in the evening. I wanted to adjust or disable backup jobs that could be affected. I have some 50 SQL servers. I needed to know when the backups were to start on each server. I found a nice script at http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1622to do that for a single server. Continue reading “Determine Backup schedules across multiple SQL Servers”
LinkedServer Failure — SPN not set
Recently, I tested a LinkedSErver and received the error: “The object invoked has disconnected from its clients. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80010108 (RPC_E_DISCONNECTED)) (mscorlib)”
What does this mean? Continue reading “LinkedServer Failure — SPN not set”
Performance counter types
Learning about Performance Counters
How do you interpret the value you get back for any particular performance counter?
SQL PASS Rally
May 11, 12, 13. Steve is presenting on performance tuning in Orlando.
Get Alerted when your 2000 SQL cluster fails over
Today, I want to show how to be alerted any time one of your clustered SQL 2000 server fails over. This will work whether some admin fails it over on purpose, or accidentally. Continue reading “Get Alerted when your 2000 SQL cluster fails over”
» Get Alerted when your 2005 SQL cluster fails over
Today, I want to show how to be alerted any time one of your clustered SQL 2005 server fails over. This will work whether some admin fails it over on purpose, or accidentally.
Continue reading “» Get Alerted when your 2005 SQL cluster fails over”
Ways to run SSIS packages (and their 64/32 bit impact):
What ARE the ways to run SSIS packages? Actually, I can think of 5…
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