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SQL Server In-Place Upgrade Failed: Wait on the Database Engine Recovery Handle Failed

SQL Server In-Place Upgrade Failed: Wait on the Database Engine Recovery Handle Failed


A few weeks ago I was performing an in-place upgrade from SQL Server 2014 to SQL Server 2017. I followed each and every ...

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How to Fix: The Selected Subscriber does not satisfy the minimum version compatibility

How to Fix: The Selected Subscriber does not satisfy the minimum version compatibility


Problem: You are trying to add a new subscriber to a SQL Server Publication using the SQL Server Management Studio and ...

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Customizing pt-stalk to capture the diagnostics data you really need

Customizing pt-stalk to capture the diagnostics data you really need


Valeriy Kravchuk's great recent post on using oprofile to profile MySQL mentioned how pt-stalk, the script from Percona ...

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