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model_msdbdata and log, model_replicatedmaster and log – What are they?
There was a question that came up on the MCM mailing list about what are these files: model_msdbdata.mdf, model_msdblog.ldf, model_replicatedmaster.mdf, model_replicatedmaster.ldf? It was pointed out...
View Articleolved steries #4 – SQL Won’t Shut Down!
Issue Introduction I was sent a quite an interesting email stating that SQL Server would not shut down. Attempting to stop the service via services or the SQL Server Configuration Manager resulted in a...
View ArticlePSA: Uptick in CrowdStrike Issues with SQL Server (Non-Yielding Scheduler)
I would say I’m surprised but… ahem… I’m not. My own snarkyness aside, I’m not sure what updates have or haven’t been pushed out by CrowdStrike but there have been at least three incidents in the last...
View ArticleSQL Server 2022, Distributed Availability Groups, and FileStream
I don’t often find many people using FileStream in their databases (which isn’t a bad or good thing, in my opinion, just a statement of fact). Some technologies in SQL Server use it behind the scene,...
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Automated SQL Dump Analysis – Beta!
One of the things that is lacking in the community is for some simple dump analysis for SQL Server, well no longer! Introducing the Beta version of SQL Dump Analysis… sure it’s not super pretty, sure...
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olved steries #5 – FCI Node Fails To Online After Patching
The first video olved stery! In this one we look at an FCI node that will not come online after patching. https://www.seangallardy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/olved_steries_5.mp4 Issue Introduction...
View ArticleSQL Server I/O Affinity Configuration Setting – Please Stop
I honestly have no idea how or why people tend to use this configuration option, if you know please drop me a line and let me know or put a comment below, I’m genuinely curious. When I ask people why...
View ArticleRead Scale Availability Group – Failed to update Replica status due to...
Read Scale Availability Groups can be pretty useful in the right places and for the right things and were a latest feature update for AGs until Contained AGs came along in 2022. Read Scale AGs don’t...
View ArticleContained Availability Group Creation Access Violations
Contained Availability Groups are the most recent update to the Availability Groups feature, and a great update at that! They are completely new in SQL Server 2022, and like any new feature (or even...
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SQL Server, TDS, and Everything Is A Vulnerability To Security
Security must be making the rounds again as I’ve recently had quite a few inquiries about a “vulnerability” in SQL Server connections. I am in the camp of, if it isn’t easy to exploit or is completely...
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