After successfully upgrading a multi-instance SQL Server 2005 Failover Cluster to SQL Server 2008 R2, I got woken up today by a page from a SQL Server Agent job failure. Knowing that the job was created by one of my colleagues, I ignored it for a while since it only runs once a week and […]
I did a demo fest on installing SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster on a Windows Server 2008 system a few weeks back for a user group event and the attendees requested that I post more information about how to do a slipstream of service pack in a SQL Server 2008 installation. With Windows Server 2008 […]
I’ve done quite a few SQL Server 2008 cluster installations before which is why this struck me as a surprise. I was trying to rebuild one of my test mahines when I hit upon this error message while adding the second node on a two-node SQL Server 2008 cluster on a Windows Server 2008. The […]
This was from my old blog entry from way back November 2006 and remembered how easy it was to fool SQL Server when trying to replace disks. I was configuring a clustered SQL Server 2008 on a Windows Server 2008 and testing the disk resources for failover. I tried failing over one of the disks […]
>I have long waited for this feature as I got used to Visual Studio’s debugging feature where you can simply put a breakpoint beside a code line and hit the debug button. SQL Server Management Studio now has a Debug button together with the Execute button (except that in Visual Studio, your F5 key would […]