SQL Server Interview Questions & Answers – Architecture

This series of SQL Server Interview Questions & Answers are based on real interviews. I have collected all these questions…

How to Change Batch Size for Oracle to SQL Server Migration using SSMA

Migrating data from Oracle to SQL Server is very  complex process. Although, it has become little easy using SQL Server…

Understanding Backup Preferences for AlwaysOn Availability Group Databases

We know SQL Server Backups are resource intensive operation that strain on I/O and CPU (with backup compression). AlwaysOn Availability…

How to Create T-Shirt Size Blueprint in vRealize Automation 7.3

We get T-Shirt sizing task very often these days. It used to require lot of work in the past to…

Fix PuTTY Network Error: Connection Refused while Connecting to Ubuntu Server

I installed SQL Server 2017 on Ubuntu server and tried to connect to this server using PuTTY from my local…

Fix SQL Server Error 976: Cannot connect to Secondary Replica of AlwaysON Availability Group

Today an application user has reported that he is not able to connect to the secondary replica of AlwaysOn Availability…

How to Find and Change IP Address, Subnet Mask & Default Gateway of Linux Server

Sometimes we need to check the IP, Subnet mask and default gateway of our Linux machine and sometimes we need…

Understanding SQL Server Backups

SQL Server Backups are the dump of its databases that can be used to recover them in case of any…

Fix SQL Server Error 19471: Listener issue that came during Configuring SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Group

I had an AOAG configuration between two replicas that i have deleted in order to perform some activities. I was…

What is Instant File Initialization and How to enable it on SQL Server Instance?

Instant file initialization is very useful feature to speedup the process of increasing or allocating data file space of a…