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Write-Host || Cannot invoke this function because the current host does not implement it
Issue: While running powershell in SQL job step, I am getting below error: – A job step received an error at line 13 in a PowerShell script. The corresponding line is ‘Write-Host “ServerName: ” $comp’. Correct the script and reschedule the job. The error information returned by PowerShell is: ‘Cannot invoke this function because the … Continue reading
Error While running PowerShell code from SQL Agent job – “Path Does Not Exist”
Issue: When I am running code from PowerShell console its running fine but when I execute it through SQL agent job step, I am getting below error: – The job script encountered the following errors. These errors did not stop the script: A job step received an error at line 14 in a PowerShell script. … Continue reading
What’s new in SQL Server 2016 installation?
1) As MS is kept increasing number of option while installation. To reduce no. of click, if setup pass Rules it will automatically moves to Next window. 2) On Server Configuration page, MS specifically ask to GRANT PERFORM VOLUME MAINTENANCE TASK permission to service account. SQL Services needs this access to perform instant file initialization … Continue reading
SQL Server Cluster LooksAlive and IsAlive Check
Windows Cluster Service use the “heartbeat” process to check whether each node is alive at both the OS level and SQL Server level. Heartbeat signals works on UDP. Microsoft Windows Cluster service perform 2 health checks to perform node & resource availability check. LooksAlive Health Check 1) LooksAlive is a quick lightweight health check 2) … Continue reading
Add Node to Windows Server 2008 Cluster
Steps : Add Node to Windows Server 2008 Cluster 1) Open Cluster Administration wizard > Right click on Windows Cluster & select Add Node 2) Add Node Wizard appears, Click Next to start 3) Browse Node to add, We select Node 3 to add 4) Select if you want to validate cluster settings or not … Continue reading