SQL Server / Initialize Secondary Database / Generate a full backup of the primary database using SSMS transaction log shipping GUI issue

Posted by in SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks on Mar 13th, 2018 | 0 comments
SQL Server / Initialize Secondary Database / Generate a full backup of the primary database using SSMS transaction log shipping GUI issue
Several time, using different SQL Server versions I end up having a problem with initializing secondary database using SSMS transaction log shipping GUI (mainly with large databases). I got errors similar to: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Cannot open backup device ‘\\network_path\trnls\db01.bak’. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.). (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)     Indicating that you don not have enough permissions.   Even after I confirmed all permissions are OK, and I already have another DB using same...
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PowerShell / SQL Server / Check SQL Server current Update Status and send Email Report

Posted by in Powershell, SQL Server on Mar 1st, 2018 | 2 comments
PowerShell / SQL Server / Check SQL Server current Update Status and send Email Report
Script Download: The script with usage example is available for download from https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Use-PowerShell-to-check-05ca591f Summary: Check SQL Server Version and the current patch level for all servers you specified. As well check latest patches/updates available for installed SQL Server version and send email with results. Description: SQL Server Instance Update Status PowerShell script which can be invoked remotely from another PC trough the command line, with PowerShell or executed remotely through task scheduler...
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SQL Server / DB Backup Size Last Month / Email Alert

Posted by in SQL Server on Mar 1st, 2018 | 0 comments
SQL Server / DB Backup Size Last Month / Email Alert
This is one simple example how you can use sp_send_dbmail stored procedure from msdb database to send DB backup size daily. I used folowing arguments to achive this: @profile_name (name of an existing Database Mail profile, type sysname, default NULL), @recipients (Is a semicolon-delimited list of e-mail addresses to send the message to, varchar(max)), @body (Is the body of the e-mail message, nvarchar(max)), @subject (Is the subject of the e-mail message, nvarchar(255)), @body_format (Is the format of the message body, varchar(20)) More...
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