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Cluster resource 'SQL Server (<SQL Server instance name>)' in Resource Group '<Cluster group name>' failed.
13 March 08 09:05 AM | ssqa.net | with no comments

A common mistake by DBAs for missing to check whether all the functionality of tools are working when a SQL Server Cluster environment is setup, though you may not catch hold of few issues with basic failover/failback testing initially but when the application...

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SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition - make data available while creating indexes on large tables!
25 February 08 07:53 AM | ssqa.net | with no comments

Though it is not a best practice to perform a CREATE INDEX on large tables during the online hours where you have number of users accessing the metadata of SQL Server database. Within SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition you can perform ONLINE indexes operation...

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