To translate a SID to a name or vice versa, you can use this tool from sysinternals: PsGetSid v1.43 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897417.aspx You can use it to translate the SID in these registry keys into the SQL Domain...

Here is the basic process for a full version upgrade (such as 2000 to 2008) of the SQL Server engine. The steps will be different for RS or AS. I did not include all the details of variations such as replication, mirroring, log shipping, full-text search...

Care and Feeding of the Transaction Log Want to learn more about how the transaction log works? Kalen Delaney, celebrated author of SQL Server 2008 Internals and the Inside SQL Server series as well as a world class trainer and performance tuner...

You still need to follow the standard SQL Server best practices, security, and preparation when you install on a VMware VM. Below are some additional considerations with regards to VMware. Key points: · You must double check that your combination...

Checklist for installing SQL Server 2005 as a clustered instance Windows/Hardware 1) Verify the Windows cluster is set up per basic best practices and that basic failover works. 2) Verify you have the latest patches, especially security patches...

If you are using SQL Server or Analysis Services: I suggest you double check that your SNP settings, especially TCP Chimney Offset, are all OFF unless your NIC vendor has verified they support it and you have installed their version of drivers that support...

If you are considering going to SQL PASS this year Nov 2-5 there are several different discounts available for the main conference (Tues, Wed, Thu). You can only use one of the discounts, you can NOT add them together. I will be at PASS, and I hope to...

For SQL Server 2005 here are some options to update statistics with the default settings that samples the data instead of reading every row: 1) If you are also defragmenting your database with REBUILD and/or REORGANIZE you will want to integrate...

If you are planning to use NetApp as the SAN for your SQL Server instance(s), take a look at these documents in addition to the normal SQL Server IO planning best practices documents. TR-3779 Sizing best practice guide. http://media.netapp.com/documents...