Comments on: Why not VirtualCenter with SQL 2005 Express? http://vmetc.com/2009/01/02/why-not-virtualcenter-with-sql-2005-express/ Go Green with Virtualization. Go UGLY Green with vmetc.com. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom http://vmetc.com/2009/01/02/why-not-virtualcenter-with-sql-2005-express/comment-page-1/#comment-3740 Tom Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:05:46 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=380#comment-3740 Why do you want 2 years' historical data??<br><br>What is really needed is a way to export historical data out of SQL Express and save it to another database for review, thus keeping the main 6 months / 1 year of data always available, then using the second historical database only when necessary.<br><br>Anyone have a script for doing this??<br><br>I did make a comment with several links to freeware etc. tools and stuff pertaining to SQL Express, but I don't see it here...I don't know why it was deleted.<br><br>Thank you, Tom Why do you want 2 years' historical data??

What is really needed is a way to export historical data out of SQL Express and save it to another database for review, thus keeping the main 6 months / 1 year of data always available, then using the second historical database only when necessary.

Anyone have a script for doing this??

I did make a comment with several links to freeware etc. tools and stuff pertaining to SQL Express, but I don't see it here…I don't know why it was deleted.

Thank you, Tom

]]> By: rbrambley http://vmetc.com/2009/01/02/why-not-virtualcenter-with-sql-2005-express/comment-page-1/#comment-3741 rbrambley Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:52:18 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=380#comment-3741 Tom,<br><br>I never saw your post with the links. I do hold for review any post<br>with more than 2 links because of spam, but I do not recall seeing<br>yours. Maybe it fell into my spam comments and I'll double check. In<br>the meantime can I get you to repost the comment? Tom,

I never saw your post with the links. I do hold for review any post
with more than 2 links because of spam, but I do not recall seeing
yours. Maybe it fell into my spam comments and I'll double check. In
the meantime can I get you to repost the comment?

]]> By: Tom http://vmetc.com/2009/01/02/why-not-virtualcenter-with-sql-2005-express/comment-page-1/#comment-1851 Tom Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:05:46 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=380#comment-1851 Why do you want 2 years' historical data??<br><br>What is really needed is a way to export historical data out of SQL Express and save it to another database for review, thus keeping the main 6 months / 1 year of data always available, then using the second historical database only when necessary.<br><br>Anyone have a script for doing this??<br><br>I did make a comment with several links to freeware etc. tools and stuff pertaining to SQL Express, but I don't see it here...I don't know why it was deleted.<br><br>Thank you, Tom Why do you want 2 years' historical data??

What is really needed is a way to export historical data out of SQL Express and save it to another database for review, thus keeping the main 6 months / 1 year of data always available, then using the second historical database only when necessary.

Anyone have a script for doing this??

I did make a comment with several links to freeware etc. tools and stuff pertaining to SQL Express, but I don't see it here…I don't know why it was deleted.

Thank you, Tom

]]> By: How to Upgrade the VirtualCenter SQL 2005 Express database | VM /ETC http://vmetc.com/2009/01/02/why-not-virtualcenter-with-sql-2005-express/comment-page-1/#comment-1849 How to Upgrade the VirtualCenter SQL 2005 Express database | VM /ETC Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:52:57 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=380#comment-1849 [...] recent post Why not VirtualCenter with SQL 2005 Express? explored the possible reasons for and against small and medium businesses (SMB) using the default, [...] [...] recent post Why not VirtualCenter with SQL 2005 Express? explored the possible reasons for and against small and medium businesses (SMB) using the default, [...]

]]> By: tom http://vmetc.com/2009/01/02/why-not-virtualcenter-with-sql-2005-express/comment-page-1/#comment-1807 tom Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:08:36 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=380#comment-1807 Some suggestions about tools to use with SQL Express for smaller VM clusters: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/183551 Purge old VC data, from VMware: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1000125 Gotchas to watch for: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003076 http://communities.vmware.com/thread/119906 http://communities.vmware.com/thread/120390 HTH Tom Some suggestions about tools to use with SQL Express for smaller VM clusters:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/183551

Purge old VC data, from VMware:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1000125

Gotchas to watch for:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003076

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/119906

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/120390

HTH Tom

]]> By: Rich http://vmetc.com/2009/01/02/why-not-virtualcenter-with-sql-2005-express/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 Rich Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:18:26 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=380#comment-1803 Leo, Good point, but it depends on the customers budget. You definitely need a backup of your SQL dbase no matter what version. By no means did I mean to come across as saying that small implementations were not as important! Phil, Thanks for the backup script Leo,

Good point, but it depends on the customers budget. You definitely need a backup of your SQL dbase no matter what version. By no means did I mean to come across as saying that small implementations were not as important!

Phil,

Thanks for the backup script

]]> By: Leo Raikhman http://vmetc.com/2009/01/02/why-not-virtualcenter-with-sql-2005-express/comment-page-1/#comment-1800 Leo Raikhman Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:12:57 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=380#comment-1800 Rich, just because it's a small implementation does not mean it's important. I use the full SQL 2005 because then I can at least create a database mirror (if the customer doesn't want a cluster) to preserve some of the more esoteric configurations like folders, permissions, annotations. You can't do that with SQL Express. Rich,

just because it’s a small implementation does not mean it’s important. I use the full SQL 2005 because then I can at least create a database mirror (if the customer doesn’t want a cluster) to preserve some of the more esoteric configurations like folders, permissions, annotations.

You can’t do that with SQL Express.

]]> By: Phil Howard http://vmetc.com/2009/01/02/why-not-virtualcenter-with-sql-2005-express/comment-page-1/#comment-1792 Phil Howard Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:52:14 +0000 http://vmetc.com/?p=380#comment-1792 If anyone is curious here's how I do backups. Drop this line into a batch file and run at your leisure. OSQL -E -D "VMware VirtualCenter" -n -Q "BACKUP DATABASE vcdb TO DISK = '\\backup\SQLBackups\VirtualCenter.bak' WITH INIT, SKIP" If anyone is curious here’s how I do backups. Drop this line into a batch file and run at your leisure.

OSQL -E -D “VMware VirtualCenter” -n -Q “BACKUP DATABASE vcdb TO DISK = ‘\\backup\SQLBackups\VirtualCenter.bak’ WITH INIT, SKIP”

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