What is a .TUF file in the DATA folder?
The TUF files you see in the ..\DATA folder is a “transaction undo file” which contains modifications to the database that were not…
Category: Administration
Bulk-copy SQL Server Agent jobs to new server
The easiest way to bulk-copy all SQL Agent jobs to a new server is to follow these steps 1. Load SSMS and connect…
Configuring SQL Database Mail
Here is a sample script for configuring database mail in the event you want to automate your SQL installs.
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EXEC sys.sp_configure 'Advanced options', 1; RECONFIGURE EXEC sys.sp_configure; USE msdb GO --Step1: Varifying the new profile SELECT * FROM sysmail_profile --Step2: Verifying accounts SELECT * FROM sysmail_account --Step3: To check the accounts of a profile SELECT * FROM sysmail_profileaccount WHERE profile_id = 3 --Step4: To display mail server details SELECT * FROM sysmail_server select * FROM sysmail_allitems |
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Removing TempDB data files from SQL Server
I had a situation where a SQL Server 2016 install did not install correctly. The install completed but when I tried to move…
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Using the KILL command
You can view the status of a KILL command used to stop an open transaction by typing the following:
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KILL [SPID] WITH STATUSONLY |
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About Replication
Questions: 1. Does TR copy schema changes? (It does not. It’s a lot like CDC in many ways) Setup Transaction Replication in SQL…
Tearing down SQL Server Replication
I recently was engaged in updating the Compatibility Mode of our production databases to 110 (2012) in preparation for upgrading them all to…
Manually removing log-shipping
I have had a number of situations where log-shipping broke and I needed to rebuild it but could not drop the log-shipping configuration…
Resolving the “Backup detected log corruption in database”
I saw this in the SQL logs today. It looks like some corruption happened in the transaction log of a specific database. I…