As trivial as uninstalling or removing a feature from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 may seem, I find that if you don’t do this often enough, the screens presented to you during the removal process are unclear and may have you second guess on whether you’re
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a SQL Server install and since I had to do so this week, I thought I’d take this opportunity to do a few screenshots to show what the install looks like. Note that I didn’t add a whole lot
We still have a client who are still on VI3 and I had a maintenance window today to reconfigure their virtualized SQL cluster and while executing my plan, I ran into an issue with mapping a newly provisioned LUN as an RDM. While this isn’t
Ran into a problem a few months ago while building a MSCS (Microsoft Clustering Services) while verifying the cluster nodes when I would continue to get the following message: An error occurred while executing the test. There was an error verifying the firewall configuration. An
I don’t do quite as much SQL DBA tasks these days as the projects I’ve been working on at the current company aren’t as involved with SQL as the previous company I was with. With that being said, there are a few environments with SQL
I had to leave SunGard today in Mississauga and head back to an office for an interview for a potential hire. The position was for a Microsoft SC and since the candidate indicated he knew Microsoft SQL, I asked him a question that I was
