This is the first time I used SQL Server 2008 Express. A most interesting experience. First off there are several types, database only, management tools only, both and Advanced Services that comes with reporting services. I installed the database only…
Network Load Balancing
Microsoft Load Balancing Service. It is very similar in to Cluster Service in setup, but administration is quite different.
3 things that made me smile
3 things that made me smile. 1. Got the technical spec off my chest. 2. Managed the Sharepoint migration now, instead of doing. 3. Showed another way to control data loss.
How wide is it?
I was tooling around Microsoft SQL server in preparation for a 64 bit migration when I came across this interesting command. xp_msver It returned the following for my Intel box. 1 ProductName NULL Microsoft SQL Server 2 ProductVersion 589824 9.00.4035.00…
Three things today
Trying out noting three things that made my day. Hack a pillow case to be a seat cover case for son’s booster cushion. The four stacks of Ikea seat cushion kept running around. Delivered manpower forecast and crunch. Persisted and…
Classic Event Viewer
Windows 7 and 2008 has a new style of Event Viewer with the action pane. Strangely they still called it MMC 3.0 since it is a departure from the 2 panel MMC to the 3 panel MMC. If you prefer…
Good bye 2010, hello 2011
Happy New Year!!! 2010 was a very challenging year for me, the failing struggle to adapt to a end user environment steeped in bureaucratic procedures, to changing jobs and getting stiffed by HR. Well, all were not lost, as I…
A troika of errors.
Does everything happen in threes? It all started when I used an older version of procedure to perform a certain function. A silly but not uncommon error. What happened next was simply astounding. To unrolled back my mistake, another application…
SID
SID are used to uniquely identify each object in the Windows world . An analogy will be social security numbers or NRIC number. I was very surprised when I heard that the famous sysinternal tool, newsid has ben depreciated. Afterall…
SCOM problems
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager or SCOM 2007 can be a blessing when it is working. When it is not, it is a real pain to troubleshoot. It all began when the database is full and it kept complaining until…