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Minor upgrades
This is not really a Backup issue per se, but affects all of the elements in the suite.
If I go to Help | Check for Updates, and there is an update to install, a dialog appears, downloads the updat...
Log shipping : Another retry issue
I was only able to reproduce this once.
I started the log shipping wizard, Server_A/DB_X -> Server_B/DB_X.
This failed on the restore because the destination drive was too small.
I freed up space o...
Log shipping : more selective Retry
I recently attempted to set up log shipping and while the initial backup succeeded, the restore failed (could not get exclusive access to the existing database).
Since the initial backup succeeded,...
Log shipping : why can't I specify multiple files?
I get the best luck (well, best finish time) in backing up a specific database to 5 files. Why doesn't the log shipping wizard allow me to create multiple files for the initial seed backup? This ...
Suggestion: show other metadata properties
It would be great if we had an option to show other properties when comparing objects, for example modified date.
I just came across a situation where we have two different databases that the codeb...
Partition scheme / function
I am not able to get SQL Compare 8 to see partition schemes / functions.
I have one server where a database is identical except it has two partition schemes and functions. SELECT * FROM sys.partit...
Help with diagnosing source of error
I realize there is some kind of hardware issue at play here. But I am trying to determine whether the I/O issue is:
(a) on the source server
(b) on the destination server
(c) on the server where r...
THREADPRIORITY setting from GUI
This is a great command-line option, but can we add this option to the GUI (right around where you set thread count in the GUI would be a reasonable place to expect this setting)?
Currently what I ...
"Comparison Projects..." button & dialog
How about restoring the "Comparison Projects..." button on the toolbar? Or at least giving me an option to do so? I prefer the dialog box to this nifty drop-down (which is not as easy to find) an...
Switch synchronization direction
In 7.0 once I was done a compare I could right-click the blue arrow and switch synchronization direction. In 8.0 this option is no longer there. So far the only workaround I have found is to edit...