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About Jugal Shah

Jugal Shah has 19 plus years of experience in leading and managing the data and analytics practices. He has done the significant work in databases, analytics and generative AI projects. You can check his profile on http://sqldbpool.com/certificationawards/ URL.

Stripping SQL Server Database Backup to Multiple Files

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Stripping Database backup to multiple files and on different drives will make the backup speed faster and will reduce the backup duration.

Check the below sample script for the backup and restore. You can perform the same task using SSMS GUI as well.
Backup Script

BACKUP DATABASE [SQLDBPool] TO  
DISK = N'C:\JSpace\Backup\SQLDBPool1.bak',  
DISK = N'C:\JSpace\Backup\SQLDBPool2.bak',  
DISK = N'C:\JSpace\Backup\SQLDBPool3.bak'
WITH NOFORMAT, 
NOINIT,  
NAME = N'SQLDBPool-Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10
GO

Restore Script

RESTORE DATABASE [SQLDBPool] FROM  
DISK = N'C:\JSpace\Backup\SQLDBPool1.bak',  
DISK = N'C:\JSpace\Backup\SQLDBPool2.bak',  
DISK = N'C:\JSpace\Backup\SQLDBPool3.bak'
WITH  FILE = 1,  NOUNLOAD,  STATS = 10,replace
GO

Script to find out the traces running on SQL Server instance

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You can execute the below script on SQL Server instance to find out the traces, trace type, trace file path and trace status.

select
      TraceType =
       case trace.is_default
            when 1 THEN 'Default/System Trace'
            when 0 THEN 'User Trace'
       end,
      Trace_Status =
      case trace.status
            when 1 THEN 'Running'
            when 0 THEN 'Stopped'
      end,
       ssion.session_id as SessionID,
       [loginName] = coalesce(ssion.login_name,ssion.login_name,'Reader SPID Not mentioned'),
       [Trace_File_Path] = coalesce(trace.[Path],trace.[Path],'OLEDB Client Trace')
      from sys.traces trace
            left join sys.dm_exec_sessions ssion on trace.reader_spid = ssion.session_id

Script to get the SQL Server Installation Date and Authentication Mode

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Recently I got a request where I have to check the SQL Server installation date and SQL Server authentication mode. I have write the below script and execute it against all the servers registered in CMS.

Here is the script

select createdate as InstallationDate ,
CASE SERVERPROPERTY('IsIntegratedSecurityOnly')   
WHEN 1 THEN 'Windows Authentication'   
WHEN 0 THEN 'Windows and SQL Server Authentication'   
END as [AuthenticationMode],
SERVERPROPERTY('servername') as svrName 
from master..syslogins where name like 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'

How to attach a SQL Server database with a missing transaction log file?

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There may be situation where the transaction log file is corrupted or delete due to some issue, there is still hope to recover the database using data file. In the below script we will create the scenario and recover the database using data file only.

-- create the below sample database
create database [SQLDBPool_5] 

-- execute the command to get the data log file location
sp_helpdb sqlhelpdesk

-- Copy the location of log file and data file from the output of the above command
-- C:\JSpace\sqldbpool_5_log.ldf, C:\JSpace\sqldbpool_5.mdf

-- Detatch the database
USE [master]
GO
ALTER DATABASE [SQLDBPool_5] SET  SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE
GO
USE [master]
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_detach_db @dbname = N'SQLDBPool_5'
GO

-- Delete the log file
xp_cmdshell 'del "c:\JSpace\SQLDBPool_5_log.ldf"'


-- attach the database using MDF file only SQL Server will create the log file its self
USE [master]
GO
CREATE DATABASE [SQLDBPool_5]  ON 
( FILENAME = N'C:\JSpace\sqldbpool_5.mdf' )
FOR ATTACH
GO

-- You will the below message on the execution of the above command
/*
File activation failure. The physical file name "c:\JSpace\SQLDBPool_5_log.ldf" may be incorrect.
New log file 'c:\JSpace\SQLDBPool_5_log.ldf' was created.
*/