installing backward compatibility server components in an existing sql server...
Hi..All,We are installing sql server Backward compatibility components in an existing sql server 2008 pre production environment. Does it works? usually I do database compatability for backward...
View ArticleWhat is the best method to updgrade to BI from Standard.
We currently have a SQL Sever that is our report server that is running the standard edition. We realized we wanted to have data driven subscriptions so we want to upgrade to the BI version. We have...
View ArticleSQL 2008 R2 setup.exe does nothing
I have a Windows 7 64 bit machine running SQL Server 2008 Enterprise. I would like to upgrade it to SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. I loaded the media on the machine, but when i double click on the...
View ArticleTime to upgrade Sql Server box?
We have a sql 2008 server that seems to be performing well. But devs keep adding more databases, requiring more space, more CPU, more RAM. New users are coming on board, causing increased locking in...
View ArticleSQL Server Enterprise Core 2012 SP1 Setup failure
When trying to install SQL Server Enterprise Core 2012 SP1 on Windows Server 2012 (Standard) from a ISO image, I'm receiving the following error message once it attempts to install the setup...
View ArticleSQL studio management 2008
Have SQL question;Bought new windows 8 computer which is 64 bit;Downloaded SQL 2008 and Studio Management 2008 Everything ok until I got to" Import/Export"needing to import a file intothe SQL download...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 upgradation error from SP1 TO SP3
HI,I am getting below error while upgrading service pack from sp1 to sp3 .TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure. ------------------------------ SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error: The...
View ArticleCan't install SQL 2008 if we previously installed SQL 2008 and removed it???
We installed SQL 2008 and uninstalled it. Now we can't install SQL 2008. This seems to be consisten with other servers. Generally, you get one shot at SQL 2008. I have a Microsoft case open, but...
View ArticleSQL Server setup on Parallels, cannot get port 1433 visible / working...
I have been trying to setup Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 on my Windows XP installation in Parallels desktop VM on my iMac.I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get 1433 visible. SQL Server...
View ArticleHow to clear logs on a regular basis
Hello,I have a SQL2005 server that is now running in a hyper V virtual machine. We make a full copy of the VHD every night (only takes about 15 minutes) so we don't need complicated backup process...
View ArticleMsdb size - History Retention In Days and job history log size?
We need to estimate initial size of data an log file for msdb database. The customer only have two jobs recurring once a day. There are no Database MAil, log shipping , maintenance plans, backup, no...
View ArticleClustering SQL Standard edition with 4 Nodes
Hi, I need help on following scenario. I have Windows Server 2012 Standard edition and SQL Server 2012 Standard edition. I want to implement following scenario. 2 Node as cluster Active/Passive 3rd...
View ArticleHow do I clean SQL from the registry
I am trying to create an installation program for an app we have developed. Part of the installation will be to install SQL Express if not found on the target computer. I unistalled SQL from my test...
View Articleinstalling sql server 2012 on windows server 2012
I have windows server 2012 standard edition which is domain controller alsoI was trying to install sql server 2012 enterprise edition on it. It gave me 2 warnings - It is not recommended to install sql...
View ArticleHow to find sql server components installed ?
Greetings,I need to know what are the components of sql server installed, for example I need to know whether the Analysis services, Integration services are installed in the server or not. Let me know...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008R2 SP2 Error :The cluster disk device name '' is not valid....
When I try to Remove a Node from a clustered instance I get the following error message:==============================The following error occurred: The cluster disk device name '' is not valid....
View ArticleSQL Instance ideal amount of memory
Is there any DMV query out there that can calculate the ideal amount of memory currently needed for an Instance?I feel there just must be a possibity using total target memory, total server memory,...
View Articlethere is no instance features and no shared features installed;...
Hi,I have installed SQLServer2008R2SP1-KB2528583-x86-ENU setup, after installation completion when i run the SQL Server (run as admin) there is noServer Name access and no instance features and no...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 SP2 installation failed with Exit facility code 1203.
Hi Sir,Could anyone tell me the problem in the machine. One more doubt is why it is showing the OS version as "Windows Vista Service Pack 1" but my acutall OS is Windows 7 32 bit. please find the...
View ArticleBasic questions about SQL 2012 cluster setup
I have low experience of SQL management because of Configuration Manager, and now I´m thinking about to setup SQL 2012 cluster in my lab enviroment based on Hyper-V 2012 core installation. I tried to...
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