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Came across following links relevant to Virtual NUMA, read for additional knowledge,     Vmware: https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc%2FGUID-A80A6337-7B99-48C8-B024-EE47E2366C1B.html     Hyper-v https://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/dn282282.aspx

  While doing search for SQL Server 2005 trace flags found few good links which greatly describe the info in detail, please use as per your requirement, most of them may be applicable to higher version of SQL Server as well.   Flags can be set for Session or Global (some are startup) levels though for later some can only be switched at startup using –T (you are suggested to avoid –t which turns on […]

If you are wondering that Cumulative Update download page has a package for SNAC, should you download and install or not? Then probably you will find your answer below.   Everything about SNAC is clearly explained at following link, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2009/10/23/should-i-have-a-snac-with-my-cumulative-update.aspx   Just to brief it out,   What is SNAC? SNAC stands for SQL Native Client   Why separate package is there on download page? It is a package only to apply updates to native […]

While trying to configure policy based management (PBM) across 100+ SQL servers in my domain faced issue that by default you need to import policies on individual servers or evaluate by connecting to a central policy server. Although this dilemma was broken by the articles written by several DBA’s across several forums and communities that Central management server (CMS) can be used to deploy or evaluate policies across set of servers or all SQL servers […]

This question was haunting me from long that how to become an MVP, the simplest solution is CONTRIBUTE and SHARE!   The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is an annual award given to outstanding members of Microsoft’s technical communities based on contributions made during the previous 12 months to offline and online Microsoft-related technical communities.   More you can found on MVP FAQ’s available at http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs   If you think you or your friend […]

While trying to identify a solution for an internal private cloud for a client and deploy SQL Server as a service on it, came across following articles which can provide some useful insight and references,   Microsoft provides certain case studies and articles at following link on private cloud, http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/solutions-technologies/hybrid-it/private-cloud.aspx   Microsoft with HP and Dell has provided Database consolidation and private cloud appliances as well, details at following link, http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/solutions-technologies/Appliances/HP-dca.aspx http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/partners/microsoft-database-consolidation-solution.html http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2011/10/13/announcing-the-first-database-consolidation-amp-private-cloud-appliance.aspx   If […]

Useful resources for virtualizing your SQL Servers on VMWare ESX   http://www.vmware.com/solutions/business-critical-apps/sql-virtualization/microsoft-support.html   DBA Guide to Databases on VMware – White Paper Availability and Recovery Options for Microsoft SQL® on vSphere Best Practices Guide for Virtualizing SQL Server SQL Server on vSphere FAQ Support and Licensing Guide – SQL Server on vSphere SQL Server on vSphere – Use Cases VMware Performance Benchmarks and Resources Reference Architecture: EMC Business Continuity for SQL Server 2008 Reference Architecture: […]

Some useful references which comes handy while configuring, fixing, troubleshooting problems related to NetBackup ,   How to Backup and Restore Microsoft SQL Server Backup via Netbackup –By Zahid Haseeb   A comprehensive list of solutions for the most common NetBackup for Microsoft SQL Server database agent backup and restore issues –By Symantec Team   Setup NetBackup to send Emails – by Mariam Kupatadze   –Will keep the list updated as and find some new […]

SQL Server 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143685(v=sql.90).aspx SQL Server 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143685(v=sql.100).aspx SQL Server 2008 R2: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143685(v=sql.105).aspx