Configuration option 'show advanced options' changed from...
As I browse the LiteSpeed UI (7.5.0.539) for an instance, several pairs of these messages are written to the SQL Server log for that instance. What is LiteSpeed doing that requires making changes in...
View ArticleGrowth and maintenance of [LiteSpeedLocal].[dbo].[JobStatus]
One one of my instances, this table has grown to over a million rows since I installed LiteSpeed at the beginning of August. This contains a row for every execution of every Job Agent job since then....
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You can schedule repository cleanup in two ways: 1. Create a LiteSpeed Maintenance Plans and drop the Clean Up History task on the designer. Select SQL Server Agent Job History and the Status...
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It seems unreasonable to automatically install a process that writes to a logging table without bounds without even mentioning in the documentation that the user needs to set up a process for managing...
View ArticleRe: Litespeed compatible with W2K12 R2
Hello David, Thank you for your reply.I was not aware that TSM Client 7.1 wasn't available yet for download. I based myself on the information found on this...
View ArticleRe: Litespeed compatible with W2K12 R2
We are working with our IBM contacts and we'll get the latest TSM client as soon as possible and test it on the current LiteSpeed release (7.5). In the meantime, you have two options with LiteSpeed. 1....
View ArticleDifference in differential backup sizes
We are observing a weird behavior in the differential backup sizes. The backup of a database which was taken on Thursday was of size 25 GB and on Friday it's just 2 GB and today it's 19 GB. What could...
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The only thing that would normally cause a reduction in size of a differential backup is if a new full backup were run between the differentials. In your case I would check to see if someone ran a full...
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Thanks David. We have SAN replication going on at the backend which messed up the differential backups. But my question here is- Is there any way we can incorporate both SAN replication and Normal sql...
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Why do you say the SAN replication messed up your differential backup? You mean it corrupted a file that was your differential backup? Or it caused SQL to backup incorrectly when doing...
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I think i misleaded you by quoting wrong words. Sorry for that. Backups are not corrupted. It caused SQL to backup incorrectly when doing differentials. For some reason in our environment SAN...
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That's correct. Many SAN snapshot capabilities leverage VSS for transactionally consistent backups. Running an "out-of-band" full backup from the SAN changes the differential base, meaning that future...
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My guess is the SAN replication has VSS support in Windows that is triggering the SQL Server VSS Writer at backup time. The VSS Writer is effectively creating a snapshot on the database and running a...
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Thanks a lot David ! This was very helpful.
View ArticleNetvault Litespeed for SQL Server licensing and differences
Hello, I found this thread on the community http://communities.quest.com/message/66120#66120 before posting this but apparently, there was no follow up/answer to it since the topic creator never...
View ArticleRe: Netvault Litespeed for SQL Server licensing and differences
We license by CPU or by Instance. CPU is best for most virtual environements since it allows for unlimited VM use as long as the host CPUs are licensed. For physical environments, the instance...
View ArticleRe: Netvault Litespeed for SQL Server licensing and differences
Thanks for the prompt response, David. So, will the option to select/request Enterprise (or any other edition for that matter) appear while requesting a quote/trial? Thanks
View ArticleRe: Netvault Litespeed for SQL Server licensing and differences
Your sales rep will discuss all options with you. Thanks.
View ArticleFastCompression Alert: 62405 : FastCompression backup sequence has failed LSN...
I had received two emails from one of my servers over the weekend. The first tells me that a LightSpeed backup job failed: JOB RUN: 'LiteSpeed Backup Template Vertex Fast Compression User...
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The error means there was a validation error detected by Fast Compression before any backups were run. We check the curretn backup set and make sure all the backups that are on disk match what's...
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