Tag: dba
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Moving System Databases – SQL Server 2005
There are lots of articles, Links and sites that describe how to move system databases from the SQL default location to the location described by the DBA but still lot of users find difficult while moving them and land up in trouble. So I thought of writing an article for moving the databases so that…
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Short Cut Keys
I have always googled out for finding any shortcut key to be used in SQL Server that gave me an idea to post this. I have gathered all the SQL Server 2000 and 2005 shortcuts with the help of books online and internet here. Hope this helps you.
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Linked Server – Part 2
Introduction Some days back I’ve written “Linked server part 1” where we have discussed about configuring linked server. In this article I’m going to cover authentication protocols between linked server and the possible errors. Before we start let’s have a brief description about connection protocols & authentication mechanism
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Backup compression in SQL Server 2008
Introduction Backup compression is one of the feature expected by every administrator to minimize the backup size and to squeeze the time taken for backup. In previous versions of SQL Server most of us are going for 3rd party tools like Quests Litespeed, Redgates SQL Backup etc. for which we need to pay additional amount.…
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How to use Copy Database Wizard
What is copy database wizard? Copy Database Wizard is a new feature from SQL Server 2005 onwards. You can make use of this feature to copy move databases between different instances of SQL Server. It can be used for the below purposes Transfer a database when the database is still available to users by using…