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Can I use both Log Shipping and Transaction Replication at the same time?

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:36:11 -0400

Question

Good Morning, I have a SQL Server 2016 that is doing Log Shipping to a DR Site. I currently want to also to Replicate (Transactional) specific Tables to another Server for Reporting Purposes.

Will there be any issues or snafu’s I should be aware of? Can I have Log Shipping and Transactional Replication configured on the same Publishing Database?

SQL Server Page File location - where to put it?

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:32:27 -0400

Question

There are a lot of recommendations about the sizing of the windows page file. What I am looking for is the correct placement.

We are running a MS SQL server on a Server 2012R2 VM with multiple seperate virtual disks:

Why can't I restore encrypted backup through front end?

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:41:23 -0400

Question

I’m just starting to experiment with encrypting backups, I think I now understand it and have got the process working, but something strange is happening with restoring.

On Server A (SQL 2014 Standard) I have created a new master key and certificate and successfully produced an encrypted bak file and have also exported the key and cert files.

Copying SQL Server settings to new server

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:26:20 -0400

Question

We are a small business using a single SQL Server 2014 instance as our main data platform.

We now need to set up a second instance (2017) to hold additional data - this is to be standalone, ie not replicated or actively linked to the main server.