Policy-Based Management is a feature that introduced with SQL Server 2008. It allows us to set the rules we want in our systems, to …
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Cannot open backup device ”. Operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.)
You have defined a share on a remote server, and you cannot authorize the SQL Server service account on that share. You just have …
Read More »How To Restore Encrypted Backup To Another Instance On SQL Server
First you should restore your certificate to this instance. You can restore your certificate with the help of following script. You must write the …
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You can encrypt your backups with SQL Server’s own encryption method in order to avoid the risk of unauthorized access to the backup. You …
Read More »The Select permission was denied on the object ‘extended_properties’, database ‘mssqlsystemresource’, schema ‘sys’
When you see an error, such as in the following screenshot, you may consider why your database is trying to access a hidden system …
Read More »How To Split SQL Server Backup Files To Different Disks
If you are not using any backup software, you may not be able to back up large databases to a single disk. In such …
Read More »How To Backup All Databases On an Instance On SQL Server
You can backup all databases on an Instance with the help of the following script (except tempdb) You should write the path you want …
Read More »Which SQL Server Version I Need to Use
This is probably one of the trickiest question that as DBA I get, and trust me, it happens very often and the funny thing …
Read More »How To Find Users Authorized at Server-Level On SQL Server
No one should be authorized at server level on instance except DBAs. In some cases, as an exception, you may be granted some users …
Read More »How To Find Last Backup Dates Of SQL Server Databases
With the help of the following script, you can find the date of the last backup of each database on that instance. ‘L’ indicates …
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