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	<title>EveryDay Practical Solutions for an Oracle&#124;SQL Server DBA &#187; SQL Server</title>
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	<description>This is my (Sagar PATIL ) blog to list day to day issues</description>
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		<title>SQLIO SAN/Local Disk Subsystem Benchmark Tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fsequential]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[latency metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Test]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9a8b005b-84e4-4f24-8d65-cb53442d9e19&#38;displaylang=en and install SQLIO It will be installed under C:\Program Files\SQLIO. Please add this directory in your FIle Path SQLIO will need a test file to run against your drives for performance. First look at C:\SQLIO\param.txt which would look like something below. First parameter (D:\testfile.dat)- the physical location of the testing file. Change the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Database Engine Tuning Advisor : how to Import SQL profiler traces at DTA</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/database-engine-tuning-advisor-how-to-import-sql-profiler-traces-at-dta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Database Engine Tuning Advisor : how to Import SQL prof]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s create a TRACE for Performance Analysis USE [Test] GO /****** Object: Table [dbo].[Person] Script Date: 07/30/2009 15:33:32 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO SET ANSI_PADDING ON GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Person]( [ID] [int] NOT NULL, [First] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL, [last] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL, [County] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_Person] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Query Performance : Enable execution plan /IO stastics under SQL server</title>
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		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/query-performance-enable-execution-plan-io-stastics-under-sql-server/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Execution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Execution Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Messages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Query Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Query Performance : Enable execution plan /IO stastics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Enable IO and Explain Plan settings using &#8220;set options&#8221; Run the SQL and look at &#8220;Messages&#8221; &#38; &#8220;Execution plan&#8221; tab to see the relevant output.]]></description>
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		<title>SQL Server : How to Enable Intra Query Parallelism</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/intra-query-parallelism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[click]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parallelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[query]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Query Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Server name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Right click on &#8220;server name&#8221; and select &#8220;properties&#8221; If you have BATCH processing environment , try increasing MAX degree of Parallism to enhance query performance. SQL server will use Parallism for any SQL whose cost is more than 5]]></description>
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		<title>Troubleshooting Bottlenecks Using Dynamic Memory Views : Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[query]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Windows System Monitor &#8211; PART I DBCC commands &#8211; PART II Dynamic Memory Views - PART III SQL Server Profiler &#8211; - PART IV There are 2 types of dynamic views, System and Database views. System views are located at System Databases -&#62; Master -&#62; Views -&#62; DM_OS_XXXX sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors sys.dm_os_memory_pools sys.dm_os_child_instances sys.dm_os_nodes sys.dm_os_cluster_nodes sys.dm_os_performance_counters sys.dm_os_dispatcher_pools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troubleshooting Bottlenecks : Using SQL Server Profiler &amp; Windows System Monitor Together</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/troubleshooting-bottlenecks-using-sql-server-profiler-windows-system-monitor-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/troubleshooting-bottlenecks-using-sql-server-profiler-windows-system-monitor-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[click]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[result]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL query]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL Server Profiler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL statement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a situation &#8211; users are complaining about a slow SQL server response. We want to quantify if that is result of a hard hitting SQL query or this is to do with some application/background jobs running on the server. Let&#8217;s put to practise our skills from http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/troubleshooting-bottlenecks-using-sql-server-profiler-part-iv/ &#38; http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/troubleshooting-bottlenecks-using-windows-system-monitor-part-i/ Please initiate a Trace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troubleshooting Bottlenecks Using SQL Server Profiler : PART IV</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/troubleshooting-bottlenecks-using-sql-server-profiler-part-iv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/troubleshooting-bottlenecks-using-sql-server-profiler-part-iv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Execution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[III SQL Server Profiler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IV Windows System Monitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PART]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL Server Profiler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trace]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/troubleshooting-bottlenecks-using-sql-server-profiler-part-iv/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows System Monitor &#8211; PART I DBCC commands &#8211; PART II Dynamic Memory Views - PART III SQL Server Profiler &#8211; - PART IV SQL Server Profiler &#8211; - PART IV Once connected select location for TRACE file and name your trace. Clcik on TAB &#8220;EVENT selection&#8221; to enable TRACE for a specific Event. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troubleshooting Bottlenecks Using Windows System Monitor : Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/troubleshooting-bottlenecks-using-windows-system-monitor-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/troubleshooting-bottlenecks-using-windows-system-monitor-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[III SQL Server Profiler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IV Windows System Monitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[server performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL Server Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troubleshooting Bottlenecks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual presentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows System Monitor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Windows System Monitor &#8211; PART I DBCC commands &#8211; PART II Dynamic Memory Views - PART III SQL Server Profiler &#8211; - PART IV Windows System Monitor Above graph would give you an overall picture of a server performance. Let&#8217;s drill down into a SQL counters to see how we can locate a performance issue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backups and Recovery Options on SQL server</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/backups-and-recovery-options-on-sql-server/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/backups-and-recovery-options-on-sql-server/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bulk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differential backup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[File]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transaction Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transaction logs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Backup Types There are 5 backup types. All these backups can be carried out online. databases. Offline backups require SQLSERVER be stopped. Offline backups are useful for the master, msdb and model databases 1. Full : This takes a complete copy of the database and logs. 2. Differential : This takes a copy of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using a Maintenance Plan to Backup SQL Databases</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/using-a-maintenance-plan-to-backup-sql-databases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/using-a-maintenance-plan-to-backup-sql-databases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[click]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance Plan Wizard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL Server Management Studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wizard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Maintenance Plans are only displayed to those users who are connected to the SQL Server using Windows Authentication Mode. I will use AdventureWorksDW database which uses Simple Recovery Model and hence transactional log backups is not possible. We first need to change the Recovery Model of AdventureWorks database to Full using GUI/TSQL. Use master GO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SQL Server Transaction  Log Shipping Replication</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/implementing-sql-log-shipping-replication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/implementing-sql-log-shipping-replication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Replication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondary databases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondary Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transaction Log]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transaction logs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prerequisite : 2 separate SQL database instances at 2 different physical boxes &#8211; T-B0399254ED744 &#38; TVLX4686. A share accessible to Primary and Secondary Server for log shipping Here I am going to log replicate AdventureWorks database from T-B0399254ED744 to TVLX4686 Check if databases are in FULL /BULK recovery MODE Please make sure the database is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SQL Server Remote Connection Error : An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server.</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/sql-server-remote-connection-error-an-error-has-occurred-while-establishing-a-connection-to-the-server/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Area]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[click]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Configuration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Configuration Tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Error Has Occurred While Establishing A Connection To S]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft SQL Server 2005]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL Server 2005]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I installed a new instance of SQL server and while connecting remotely it sent me an error message. Error Has Occurred While Establishing A Connection To SQL Server 2005 Which Does Not Allow Local and Remote Connections ITLE: Connect to Server&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Cannot connect to .&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: An error has occurred while establishing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maintaining SQL Server High Availability</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/maintaining-sql-server-high-availability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/maintaining-sql-server-high-availability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automatic failover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clustering Log Shipping Database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Database]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOT standby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mirroring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondary Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Failover Clustering Log Shipping Database Mirroring Failover Clustering : Used for entire SQL server Instance , Hardware Solution based on MSCS Shared disks configured between MSCS cluster and automatic failover Will be achieved if one of the node goes down Database Mirroring :: High availability for Database, Software solution based on HOT standby (New 2005) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Locks,Monitoring SQL Server Pocesses</title>
		<link>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/locksmonitoring-sql-server-pocesses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.oracledbasupport.co.uk/locksmonitoring-sql-server-pocesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sagar Patil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SQL Server]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Locks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SQL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Please navigate to Management -&#62;Activity Monitor -&#62; Double Click]]></description>
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