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Migrating SQL Server to Azure SQL Database
Migrating SQL Server to Azure SQL Database provides essential benefits. Such advantages include the following: lower cost by shifting expenses from...
Initialize Transactional Replication from your Backups
This blog provides guidance on the perceived limitations and restrictions on initializing transactional replication subscribers from backups. The...
Understanding Azure SQL Database Architecture
This blog will give you a glimpse into the internal architecture of SQL Database and brings to light some of the critical concepts that SQL Database...
SQLSafe xp_ss_restore Could not retrieve version from SQL Server
I recently inherited a system which uses the backups of a production system to populate a test environment for devs. They do a refresh every...
sql safe backup FileFilegroups
Selecting *Backup* from the top left menu option - allows for a one time backup Full, Differential, Log and File are the choices. However,...
Incremental Backup recovery
Hi there, We have made the incremental backup of an SQL server database. Unfortunately, all the "full" type backups of...
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? Will any SQL Safe tools extract data from a corrupt .bak
We're trying to recover one specific table for a 4 TiB database with a 1.3 GiB compressed backup file. The .bak file appears to be corrupted at...
Idera SQL Safe Backup not working in Local and Azure Blob
Backup are not working below scenario While taking backup in Local Cannot open backup device...
SQL Safe on new SQL server says unable to access backup location
We just upgraded one of our SQL servers (we did a fresh format from Server 2008 R2 to Server 2016 and went from SQL 2005 SP4 to SQL 2017. We...
Instance unreachable in SQLSafe Management Console
I have an instance that is unreachable in SQL Safe using the SERVERNAMEINSTANCE but if we use IP AddressINSTANCE to connect from the management...
Many logs on windows events
I'm testing SQL Safe for a possible purchase, however I'm finding that the records in Windows events are way too much. Is there any option...
John Morehouse scripts for DBCC using SQL Virtual Database
I watched the webinar “Avoid Corruption Nightmares Within Your Virtual Database” by John Morehouse. He said that the scripts he...
String reference not set to an instance of a String. Parameter name: s
I'd be greatfull for any guidance or help. Thanks. Command I'm using is: SQLsafeCmd.exe Restore refresh_20180119142448...
Database size limitation in SQL Virtual Database?
I'm currently using the sqlVDBcmd.exe version 8.4.1.130, and having trouble virtualizing a large backup file. The .safe file is compressed...
External component has thrown an exception
Hi all, I am getting the below output from event viewer when trying to backup or restore using SQLSafe to a new SQL server. The operation will fail...
The backup service could not save licensing information to the registry
Hi, I am doing a trial of SQL Safe, and have got as far as setting up a backup policy for one of my servers. The job runs (for about 15 minutes) and...
Addressing License DLL Issues in SQL Safe Backup
IDERA has recently updated the license library for all the products. In some situations, customers may see a license prompt upon launching the...
Error in Management Console when navigating through instances
After an unexpected server reboot, we seem to have developed an issue with SQLSafe. We've been using it successfully for a few years but...
Safe Agent installation problems
I am attempting to install the agent on a Windows 2016 x64 server, and get this error "Product: Idera SQLsafe Backup Service -- Idera SQLsafe...
SQLSafeCMD syntax
Hello. I've inherited a SQL Safe 6.5 environment on Win Server R2 and tried the following from the command line: SQLsafeCMD Backup...
SQL Safe "missed backups" validation
I am curious, when SQL Safe determines there is a "backups did not start as scheduled" per the policy is it actually checking the VOLUME...
AlwaysOn Policy Configuration
what is the best method to setting up a policy for AlwaysOn Databases, do you license and register the server or listener? Do you add all Nodes to...