Recently I formatted my computer and installed fresh SQL Server in it. I installed the AdventureWorks database in my database. Once done, I wanted to run few test scripts on my database. Just like every DBA, I decided to take backup of my database – this way I can restore it back to attain an original database state. As soon as I ran the backup command I ended up with the following error. This error is due to a permissions issue on the local disk and user account which is running SQL Server. In this blog post we will talk about the operating system error.
SQL SERVER – Log File Growing for Model Database – model Database Log File Grew Too Big
After reading my earlier article SQL SERVER – master Database Log File Grew Too Big, I received an email recently from another reader asking why does the log file of model database grow every day when he is not carrying out any operation in the model database. As per the…
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Couple of the days ago, I received following email and I find this email very interesting and I feel like sharing with all of you. Note: Please read the whole email before providing your suggestions. “Hi Pinal, If you can share these details on your blog, it will help many.…
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I recently wrote article SQL SERVER – Finding Last Backup Time for All Database and requested blog readers to respond with their own script which they use it Database Backup. Here is the script suggested by SQL Expert aasim abdullah, who has written excellent script which goes back and retrieves…
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Read MoreSQL SERVER – Taking Multiple Backup of Database in Single Command – Mirrored Database Backup
I recently had a very interesting experience. In one of my recent consultancy works, I was told by our client that they are going to take the backup of the database and will also a copy of it at the same time. I expressed that it was surely possible if…
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SQL SERVER – How to Stop Growing Log File Too Big
I was recently engaged in Performance Tuning Engagement in Singapore. The organization had a huge database and had more than a million transactions every hour. During the assignment, I noticed that they were truncating the transactions log. This really alarmed me so I informed them this should not be continued…
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