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Convert or make SQL Server Named instance look like a Default instance Hi tech giants, today I have learn how to make a SQL server named instance look like a default instance. Recently I was trying to connect an application…
All of a sudden I received an email from the database owner – “pls share file growth if u have so that the sizing can be done better” We don’t have any mechanism or 3rd party tool that monitored such…
Introduction In Microsoft SQL Server, backup compression is a powerful feature that can significantly reduce the size of database backups, thereby saving storage space and improving backup and restore performance. This blog post will guide you through the steps to…
Blocking is an unavoidable and by-design characteristic of any relational database management system (RDBMS) with lock-based concurrency. As mentioned previously, in SQL Server, blocking occurs when one session holds a lock on a specific resource and a second SPID attempts…
Find who dropped Database at what time As a DBA often we face a scenario that someone has dropped the database and we need to find out who dropped it. We can easily find the information from Schema Changes History…
Provide a SQL Login ALTER TRACE permission One SQL login holder asked DBA team “Please provide me profiler access urgently“. Mentioned user using a SQL login and he wants to run profiler on a particular database of a production server.…
How to get SQL Extended Security Updates for SQL 2008/2008 R2 database instance. The End of Support date for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is July 9, 2019 Extended Security Updates include provision of Security Updates and Bulletins rated…
Introduction The TempDB database is essential to SQL Server’s management of temporary data and execution of different tasks. The TempDB files are often kept on the same disc as the SQL Server installation by default. However, there may be circumstances…
As a DBA you may face a few common questions whenever someone accidentally deleted some database objects or the whole database. “How long-time SQL Server will take to complete the database Backup or Restore? Yes DBA speaks out!! move your…