The only thing more controversial than new Federal Tax plans is new Licensing plans from Microsoft. In both cases, everyone calculates several numbers. First, will I pay more or less under this plan?
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OK, this is really the first thing “I” hate about SQL Denali, but I bet a fair number of you will hate this too. Once again, Microsoft has enforced the dictum that everyone must be either a Developer or an IT Pro.
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The Controller
Now we get to the meat of the matter.You want a virtual cluster, the first thing you have to do is create your own portable domain.Start with a plain vanilla install of Windows 2003 R2 Standard on a semi-default VM.
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Planning.
I could stop there and let that be the entirety post #2 in this series. Planning is the single most important element in building a cluster and the Laptop Demo Cluster is no exception.
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Microsoft has successfully migrated its SQL Server support forums to a platform guaranteed to eliminate an estimated 20-30% of all corporate users. By including the word "social" in the URL, most corporate firewalls will block access automatically.
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<w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr><w:sdt id="89512082” title="Post Title” storeitemid="X_19133381-BE7C-4F1A-98DF-18F2EE424C7F” text="t” docpart="DC9F1CADC2C240489A71F0D7E99C41C2” xpath=”/ns0:BlogPostInfo/ns0:PostTitle"></w:sdt>No wait, that’s kickboxing.PowerShell is the something of the future.The management interface, the uber-scripting language, the what???
PowerShell, and its SQL-targeted implementation shipped with SQL Server 2008, brings to mind Michael Faraday’s response when asked “What use is electricity?
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Fast on the heels of SQL 2008 is the Feature Pack for SQL 2008. Cool goodies include stand-alone installers for SQLCMD and the SQL Native Client, SQL 2008 Server Management Objects, SQL 2008 pre-defined Policies, and lots more.
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It looks like SQL 2008 may have a slight dependency issue. If you have already installed Visual Studio 2008, you will be blocked from installing SQL 2008 until you install Visual Studio SP1.
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SQL 2008 is finished. MSDN has all the bits downloadable now. Expect retail versions shortly.
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Microsoft does not have a complete resolution for this problem yet, but they have found some more details. Evidently the problem with SQL Agent failure only occurs on systems using a domain admin account for the SQL Agent Service account.
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SQL 2005 Build 3186 has a major negative side effect on x64 clusters. Installing it pretty much kills the SQL Agent.. The workaround is to enable unconstrained delegation for the machine and the service accounts.
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Hopefully, I won't need a CATCH Block. In case that opening sentence didn't give you a hint, I am a bit of a tech geek. Bill Graziano talked me into joining this merry band while at the PASS summit last week.
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