by XTIVIA | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Maintenance in General is a necessity for SQL Server. No different than changing the oil in your car or going to the Doctor for the annual exam. There are going to be times when you need to perform maintenance on your server. The tricky part is trying to determine...
by XTIVIA | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Recently, we noticed on a staging environment that the LOGPRIMARY setting was set to 35, yet the number of logs on the log path was only 21. Number of primary log files (LOGPRIMARY) = 35 35 Number of secondary log files (LOGSECOND) = 45 45 db2inst1# ls -ltr total...
by XTIVIA | Jan 7, 2016 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Databases
This discussion provides an understanding of what is included in a sound backup strategy for your Sql Server data warehouse application. Most data warehouse applications require a different backup and recovery strategy than a typical online transaction processing...
by XTIVIA | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Ran into an issue today while installing a multi-user EBS Suite install using the latest startCD50. Thought I would share this to help some others if they run into the same problem. The error: Applying one-off patches Using...
by XTIVIA | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Tip # 8 – Default TempDB Settings Top 10 Tips for SQL Server Performance and Resiliency This article is part 8 in a series on the top 10 most common mistakes that I have seen impacting SQL Server Performance and Resiliency. This post is not all inclusive. Most common...
by XTIVIA | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Symptom: Very recently, using SqlDeveloper 4 Data Modeler I tried to pull and import schema object data (i.e tables) to create an Entity Relationship Diagram ERD from an Oracle database. After carefully going through the required steps, I kicked off the import...
by XTIVIA | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
To run any SQL or perform runstats or other actions, you must establish a connection to a DB2 database. Connecting to a Database Connecting to an existing database on the same database server the database exists on, or connecting to an already cataloged database is...
by XTIVIA | Oct 22, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
In order to connect to a DB2 database that is not on the server or workstation you’re connecting from, you’ll need to make DB2 aware of that database by cataloging it, unless you’re using JDBC type 4 drivers. JDBC type 4 drivers do not require that a...
by XTIVIA | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Keeping track of SQL Server Jobs is an important part of maintaining a database proactively. The below script pulls a quick list of all jobs, completion status, and date the job ran. Taking this a step further one could have the SQL Server email them a copy...
by XTIVIA | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Data Corruption is something that no one really wants. Yet every now and then, we see some customers run into this. Any such issues are almost always the result of disk or SAN level issues. You will see errors like this: SQL1655C The operation could not be completed...
