Tag: Jugal Shah

Using PowerShell to Register All SQL Instances Into Central Management Server

Problem

Managing multiple SQL Servers has its challenges. One of the big challenges is having to collect data from each of the servers you manage and figure out which servers need attention. SQL Server has introduced a new feature called Central Management repository which can be used to manage multiple instances. One of the challenges to using CMS is that you have to register all the SQL Servers manually into CMS. The below article will guide you on how to register hundreds of servers in a second for SQL Server CMS.

Solution

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2658/using-powershell-to-register-all-sql-instances-into-central-management-server/

March 29, 2012
How to connect the SQL Server running on the different TCP/IP port?

In case you have configured SQL Instance to use the static TCP/IP port number. You can connect SQL Server as below using SSMS.

March 14, 2012
How to check waits in SQL Server 2000?

Today I got a comment, how to check the wait statistics in SQL Server 2000. You can query sysprocesses table and use the DBCC SQLPERF to get the wait statistics in SQL Server 2000.

select top 5* from sysprocesses
dbcc sqlperf(‘waitstats’)

March 10, 2012

Script to create a Database with different collation

One of my blog reader has asked how to create the database with different collation. You can create the database with different collation using below script.

create database SQLDB collate Latin1_General_CS_AS;
go
create database SQLDB1 collate Latin1_General_CI_AS;
go

SELECT DATABASEPROPERTYEX('SQLDB', 'Collation') SQLDB;
SELECT DATABASEPROPERTYEX('SQLDB1', 'Collation') SQLDB1;

March 4, 2012

Steps to Drop an Orphan SQL Server User when it owns a Schema or Role

Problem
Recently I had an issue while dropping an orphaned user for an obsolete login. I was unable to drop the user and it failed with the below error messages.

Msg 15421, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The database principal owns a database role and cannot be dropped. Msg 15138, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The database principal owns a schema in the database, and cannot be dropped.</code
Solution http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2620/steps-to-drop-an-orphan-sql-server-user-when-it-owns-a-schema-or-role/

March 2, 2012

Tag: Jugal Shah

Using PowerShell to Register All SQL Instances Into Central Management Server

Problem

Solution

How to connect the SQL Server running on the different TCP/IP port?

How to check waits in SQL Server 2000?

Script to create a Database with different collation

Steps to Drop an Orphan SQL Server User when it owns a Schema or Role