ScanSnap Organizer

Download: https://www.fujitsu.com/global/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/soho/ssorganizer/ ScanSnap Organizer makes it easier than ever to view, edit, and manage your PDF and JPEG files scanned with ScanSnap. It displays documents as thumbnails that you can preview in catalogue form for efficiency when searching. With a simple user interface, it allows you to create and sort folders without opening them, and... » read more

Unable to clear transaction logs for Always On Database

Error: Getting unable to clear transaction log error when trying to run a transaction log backup. Also unable to expand log size limits. Resolution: Make sure Always On databases are working and synchronizing on all secondary database servers. You will not be able to clear the transaction log if there is a problem with Always... » read more

SQL Jobs takes longer to run via SQL Agent

Issue: SQL Job takes longer to run via SQL Agent. Very fast when run manually but takes a very long time to run via scheduled. Stored Procedure times out when called from app. Stored Procedure runs very fast when ran manually. Resolution: Restart Windows and database server.

Always On Replica Synchronization Status

Database Synchronization Status Synchronized = Secondary Replicas has caught up. No Data Loss. Synchronizing = Secondary Replicas is still catching up. Data Loss. Note: For Always On setup using “Asynchronous commit” Availability Mode, it is normal for the database to be in “Synchronizing” status. For Always On setup using “Synchronous commit” Availability Mode, the database... » read more

Always On Availability Groups transport has detected a missing log block for availability database

Error: DESCRIPTION:   Always On Availability Groups transport has detected a missing log block for availability database “xxxxx”. LSN of last applied log block is (85862:908824:0). Log scan will be restarted to fix the issue. This is an informational message only. No user action is required. Low transaction throughput on Always On Availability Group primary replica... » read more

Purge Sql Job History

Problem: Job history window takes a long time or timeout. Fix: Make sure you purge the sql job history log. SQL Server Agent Properties -> History -> Check the 2 options. Note: “Remove agent history” is an one time event. Have to set the “Limit size of job history log” option to make it a... » read more

SQL Server Trace Flag

Trace flags are switches that adminstrators or developers can use to change the behavior of SQL Server. These are added by the development team, often to help debug or diagnose performance issues, according to BOL, but they are increasingly being used as feature flags to enable behavior that some customers may want, but Microsoft doesn’t want... » read more

Password Protect Excel File

How do I set up a password on Excel files? This method only works with Windows 10 and beyond versions of Excel. Open up the Excel file you want to protect. Go to File. Then click on Info. Go to Protect Workbook. Then click on Encrypt with Password. Enter and confirm the password you want.... » read more