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How many licenses do we need for BackupPro on a cluster?
Mine is an active/passive Windows cluster running SQL2012. Logic will say I will only one? As MSSQL can only exists on the active node, but the active node can be A or B. Can someone from RedGate c...
I cannot take FULL backup via GUI (Win 2012 Cluster setup)
So... I wanted to be sure this is the correct behaviour.
I installed redGate Backup Pro 8 on a two node Windows Cluster running SQL2012. I followed these instructions: https://documentation.red-gat...
Not able to take DIFF backups via GUI - Backup Pro 7.7.07
I am not able to take DIFF backups via GUI. The Differential backup type is simple grayed out or not available on the GUI. And of course, I've taken FULL backups.
I am running Backup Pro 7.7.07 on ...
Where is SQL Monitor 5.0 ?
The usual link for upgrades that you get on existing configuration (top right corner) has been removed. I went to RedGate website, logged in, clicked on "download latest" and the binaries are for S...
How to block or ignore alerts from certain user
I do use Ola Hallengren backup solution on all SQL servers. During the weekend, the jobs run and they take quite a bit to finish; this is normal. But Monday morning, I have tons of alerts due this....
What's the table name that holds used space on a volume
Does anybody know what is the table name in RedGate's Monitoring database that holds the space utilization for a particular volume or drive on a SQL server?
So far I found:
[RedGateMonitoring].[da...
Disk Drive's path name not being shown
Hi,
RedGate monitoring does not show the full path for a couple of new mount points I added to my MS-SQL server.
All I can see is something like:
HarddiskVolume10
instead of ...
E:\SQL_Data3
How I ...
Backup jobs (FULL or DIFFs) disconnect LUNs on a Cluster
Here are the typical Os errors, before SQL fails over to the passive node:
-Connection to the target was lost. The initiator will attempt to retry the connection.
-The initiator could not send an i...
When restoring,does "processed" refer to db or backup size?
Got a 1TB database that is currently being restored.
The backup is a replica of the actual database, so nothing is down, but restore has been running for 2hrs and RedGate says it has processed 120G...
Unable to receive any alerts
Got a big issue here with the SQL Monitor alert systems.
I am trying to configure the system (has been several weeks now) to send alerts to my cellphone, like this:12345678@tmomail.net
I am in USA,...