Find unused databases in a instance or when last used or accessed?
I'm on SQL SERVER 2008 R2 64bit -enterprize
I need to find when the databse is last accessed.
im trying to measure the amount of CPU used in a backup and restore, using the SQL Server Databases: Backup Restore counter in Perfmon.
I can select The counter, but it does not let me select an instance database to monitor.
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I have 3 instances on my machine, 2 sql 2005 and 1 sql 2008. why do these instances not appear? i dont know how to set up this monitoring.
if i type LOCALHOST or 127.0.0.1 in the "Select counters from computer" text box i can see all databases under my sql 2005 instances, but not the ones under the 2008 instances. I have disabled all sql server 2005 services and can confirm none of the sql 2008 instance databases are showing up.
this is a huge problem, especially for when i start stress testing sql server 2008 in preperation for upgrading.
anyone any ideas on why i cannot see sql server 2008 instances in perfmon? I have tried from a remote pc also with the same results.
Script to find a value in all databases ? for example I want to find a value contain word “ SQL” in all databases so I will get the information in which database and which table it exists.
My script is only for finding a value in one database.
I am working with one of the production database around 200 GB. This database has above 350 tables and more than 500 Indexes. I am feeling the database has so many Indexes than the required ones
When I run the below query, it gives me some indexes read value "0". The server was restarted a month ago.Is it ok to remove those indexes?
SELECT OBJECT_NAME(s.[object_id]) AS [Table Name] ,
i.name AS [Index Name] ,
i.index_id ,
user_updates AS [Total Writes] ,
user_seeks + user_scans + user_lookups AS [Total Reads] ,
user_updates - ( user_seeks + user_scans + user_lookups )
AS [Difference]
[code]....
How to find last login date/time for user DML acitivity on databases on Instance?
Is there any way we can find our the last login date/time for databases?
Note: 1. We can find if the SQL Trace is running and store.This is not good solution
2. Audit logins off/on is also not good solution.
3. Using DMV's also not good option, if reboot sql server instance then historical values can not see.
Can anyone tell me a good way to monitor which indexes are not being used? Over time, I'm sure there are extraneous indexes in our database, which I would like to get rid of.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob
Is there a way of limiting the "Databases list" to just the databases which I have permission to?
My databases is in a hosted environment, and the list of databases on that server is HUGE.
This is the scenario. Is it possible to create views or something (like Oracle DB Links) in a database in Instance 1 which can show data from another database in 2nd Instance ?
I want to do this to create reports.
Hello All, please be gentle im very new to this stuff..
So if i add a record via a sql datasource using the ConnectDB connection string it adds it the the sql 2005 database called intranet.... If i try to add to it using an onbuttonlick(Code Below) event it comes up with the "An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) "I have set remote connections on and tryed it with TCP/IP and TCP/IP and Named Pipes. SQL is installed as the default instance.
If both ways are using the same connection string surely it should work? Im not to sure where i am going wrong here...Here is the code for the on button click event.. 'INSERT NEW EMAIL INTO NEWSLETTER TABLE
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Protected Sub AddEmailButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles AddEmailButton.Click
Dim ConSTRING As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("ConnectDB").ConnectionString
'INSERT NEW EMAIL INTO NEWSLETTER TABLE
Dim cn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConSTRING)
Dim InsertSQL As String = "INSERT INTO Newsletter (Name, Email) VALUES (@Name, @Email)"
Dim cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(InsertSQL, cn)
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Name", (TBname.Text))
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Email", (TBemail.Text))
cn.Open()
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
LBLstatus.Text = "Success, Email is now on Mailing List"
cn.Close()
Below is my web.config connection string<connectionStrings> <remove name="LocalSqlServer" /> <add name="ConnectDB" connectionString="Data Source=10.130.0.11;Initial Catalog=intranet;User ID=XXXXX;Password=XXXXX;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> </connectionStrings>
Any help on this would be great as im stuck..
Best Regards
Leigh
I am running Win XP SP2 and MSDE 2000 SP3a. The user is logging on asa POWERUSER. When the user logs on the MSSQLSERVER service starts butthe SQL Server Service Manager, that runs in the system tray, showsthat the instance has not started. The field that displays theinstance name is blank and it is not listed in the drop down list.The MSSQLSERVER service is set to start with a Windows domainadministrator account. The SQL server can be accessed by a remotecomputer through Enterprise Manager. The local programs cannontinteract with the server though.Does anyone know if I could grant some user access rights to allow MSDEto work under a POWERUSER login?
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master sa
pubs valia
pubs eli
pubs maryam
AdentureWork eli
this script get all owners of the database that is in use:
Use DatabaseName
GO
SELECT members.name MemberName, roles.name RoleName,roles.type_desc,members.type_desc
Is it possible to change the collation of your instance?
As far as I know it is not possible to change the collation once SQL Server has been installed.
When I said that SQL needs to be reinstalled at work the guys sent me this link: [URL]....
I ran it exactly like that but the collation didn't change.
I have also restarted the services but the collation is still the same.
Am I running this code wrong or am I right about not being able to change the collation after installation?
Currently we have SQL instance on C: drive.We are now going to upgrade SQL Server 2008 RTM to SQL 2008 SP4.Can we change the path of SQL instance during upgrade?What services need to be stopped during upgrade.
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The instance will not start because it says one of the files does not match it's primary file (not sure if it's model or msdb)
I can bring the instance up in single user mode (NET START mssqlserver /f /t3608) but when I try to do a query to re-do my alter statements, it says i can't attach because only one seesion is allowed. in 2000 i used to be able to start query analyzer without starting enterprise manager..
When i try and start with a minimal config (sqlservr -c -m) it won't start. I get an error saying that one of my files does not match it's primary file (either model or msbd don't know which) any ideas????????
I have opened up a port on a remote SQL instance and can see that the port is LISTENING when using the PortQry tool. I have also set the TCP port in the TCP/IP properties in the IPAll section for that instance, yet I am unable to connect and get an error of
Connection Timeout Expired. The timeout period elapsed while attempting to consume the pre-login handshake acknowledgement. This could be because the pre-login handshake failed or the server was unable to respond back in time. The duration spent while attempting to connect to this server was - [Pre-Login] initialization=1; handshake=14998; (.Net SqlClient Data Provider)
I have done this on other instances, although they were default instances, and it has always worked fine.
I have 2 SQL server installs for 2008 R2 configured as multi instances. I have a product called Esri ArcMap 10.3 that can be used to generate a database. When I run the wizard against one installation, the wizard successfully creates the database. When I then run the same against the other installation it fails with the following error [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0]Invalid cursor state
I've attempted to look at the configuration of each using
select *
from master.sys.configurations
From this I found several differences
Successful Mulit instance
Optimize for Ad hoc Workloads – False
Max Degree of Parallelism - 0
UnSuccessful Multi instance
Optimize for Ad hoc Workloads – True
Max Degree of Parallelism - 4
I attempted to co-ordinate the differences running the wizard for each iteration but it always failed with the same error above. The error always seems to occur when a particular store procedure is run. There are quite a number of scripts run prior to this and are technically under the covers and only discovered via tracing, in this case using SQL Profiler. I don't have access to individual scripts that I can run incrementally to replicate the issue. I have to rely only on the Esri Wizard.
Reviewing the error against several forums suggests that this is an ODBC error but the trace I ran using SQL Profiler finds that the driver used is Native.
My question then is "What are the conditions that would cause this error above (Invalid Cursor)?" "Is there other configuration settings that are not captured via the SQL identified above?" "Could this be caused by mapped drives for data, Logs and Temp?"
Looking for query that lists all databases, in an instance, that are not accessed before a given date (e.g., not accessed before December 31, 2014)?
View 6 Replies View RelatedWe have SQL Server 008 R2 failover clustered instance.
Installation and everthing went smooth. But I'm getting a weired error
Unable to connect to SQL Server clustered instance from one of the nodes
When SQL Server Resources are on sql1:
Connect from SSMS from sql2--> NOT Able to connect to SQL instance (A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 2))
Connect from SSMS from sql1-->Working fine
When SQL Server Resources are on sql2:
Connect from SSMS from sql1-->Working fine
Connect from SSMS from sql2-->Working fine
We have a SQL 2008 Instance existing on active/passive cluster with 2 nodes running on Windows server 2008 R2 Ent. Edn.
Now we need to install another SQL instance on this cluster. So what are the prerequisites apart from new IP address? Do we need shared disks or can the existing disks can be utilized?
This is probably easy for some who have done it, but I have an installed Instance of SQL Server 2008 Express or SQL Server 2008 R2 Express I'll call Instance CCC and need to remove it. I have two other Express instances I'll call Instance AAA and Instance BBB. I want to uninstall Instance CCC without affecting the other two instances or the software that uses them. Instance CCC should have been installed as a SQL Server 2012 Express instance, so I need to remove the 2008 Instance of CCC and reinstall it as 2012. In all cases, I'm talking about SQL Server Express. Full SQL Server is not installed.
The Instances are all installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard server.
I have read that I can do this through Control Panel > Programs and Features, but that I can corrupt or mess up the other instances (AAA and BBB) if I don't do it right. I'm uneasy about this, not having done it before, and do not want to affect the users of the AAA and BBB instances!
I have around 600 databases in my server, a user need select access of all the databases. will i have to go one by one in all the dbs and create that user and give datareader role to him. or is thr any shorter way to do so????
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have some questions :
1.Is it OK to shrink Master, model ? the transaction log for those databases are full .
2.Is it OK to set the Recovery model of Database MODEL as SIMPLE ? at the moment it is in FULL recovery model and the transaction log is Full too
I have log shipping enabled on databases(primary and secondary) and works fine. I need to implement TDE on the database. I have experience on implementing TDE on databases which are not used for log-shipping.
What are the steps needed to setup TDE which are involved with log-shipping.
I would like to migrate around 15 databases in production server to the new production server. The biggest database is 80 GB .
Wondering is there any fastest way to do that with very low downtime ?
What I can think about is shrink databases files and perform attach – detach .
What are the potential risks of keeping data , log , tempdb backups etc in the same drive although in different folders ?
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI want find all dependent objects related to a table. I am using -
SELECT DISTINCT so.name
INTO #tmp
FROM dbo.sysobjects so
JOIN dbo.SysComments sc
ON sc.id = so.id
WHERE sc.text LIKE '%tablename%'But, I want all those SP/functions/views that use the output of this query and so on...
Eg.
Table -> used in usp1 -> usp1 used in usp2 ...and so on
I have a query that finds all SPID's connected to a particular database:
select d.name, p.*
from sys.databases d join sys.sysprocesses p
on d.database_id = p.dbid
where d.name = 'my_db'
But now we have a new rule that we should not use outdated compatibility views, and one of them is sys.sysprocesses. I checked sys.dm_exec_connections/session/requests but failed to replace my existing code. The first two don't have dbid, the last one, requests, has it, but it selects only currently executing statements.
I have data like ABC_Tablename_12345, i just want everything before and after _ also if there is no underscore in the name just return the name.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a new problem with doing a restore of a number of databases using powershell. The script I'm using is based mainly on this one (Part 2 in particular): [URL] .....
The problem I'm having is around the RedgateGetDatabaseName function. My hunch is that its down to the different version of red gate and how sqlbackup works. Basically when the call is made to the function it is returning both the Database Name and the number of row's that the SQL command in the function has ran. I've tried to include a SET NOCOUNT ON at the start of the SQL command in the function but its still returning the now count.
Currently our database size is around 350G. It will grow up to 1.5 TB
We have the
Auto create statistics option :True,
auto update statistics option :True,
auto update statistics asynchronously option : False
at database level
we have a weekly job, update statistics running very long time. It is created through maintenance plan using the option full scan.
Previously they tested with sampling but instead of full scan running with the sampling effected the queries.
Is there option to avoid the long time job duration.
If we didn't run the statistics manually what will happen? How do you maintain statistics with large databases
I need to generate data models of all databases for an instance. How can I accomplish this?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have 2 databases: one for our intranet & another for our internet website.In the intranet database, we have a table called "Clients". A new client can be added in one of 2 ways:
1) One of our employees manually adds the client via the intranet
2) A new customer subscribes to our services via our website, thus becoming a new "client" (when subscribing online, we also add a record to an "Accounts" table located in our internet website database, but we'd also like to add a record to our intranet's Clients table as well).
In the client table is a field called "CreatedBy" which expects the UserId of whoever created the account. Again, this UserId can belong to either an employee via the intranet or a new customer via our internet website. how do I distinguish where the UserId in the dbo.Clients.CreatedBy field is coming from?
My 1st thought was to append a negative to the CreatedBy UserId# if it came from a customer via the website, but that just seemed too quirky (i.e. if an employee added a client and his UserId was '10', the Clients.CreatedBy would be '10'. If a customer subscribed via the website, the Clients.CreatedBy would be '-10'. Where customers can once again sign up online. So, I need a way to keep these databases separate but keep track of which db a user's coming from when we create a new Client record.