SQL Server Documentation

Hello Experts
I am new to this SQL Server Documentation process and I have been assigned to document our servers. My question is what information and specifications of the servers should be included in the process. I am supposed to put it in excel sheets and then
upload it to confluence, this is the easy part actually. I am more of concerned what standard information should be included about the servers and databases and users too, thank you for your help as usual.

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- RAM
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- etc
And it should run like a script, without looking inside the sql-server.
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Regards,
Andreas

Hello Andreas,
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Note: Check wether you are using Forms 32 bit drivers. If not the Odbc data source will not work.
step 1: Create ODBC data source for SQL server(one time creation);
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step 3: use EXEC SQL statement to insert the values into the SQL server and then logout and login again to your oracle database.
Second Method.
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I have migrated my SCCm 2007 environment to SCCM 2012 SP1 CU4.
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Can GG SQL Server DataPump Process run on separate server to Extract

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SQL Server 2012 DB log file doesn't shrink (simple recovery model)

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The answer is pretty simple.
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are telling it to do.
See, according to the SQL Server documentation
here, target size "Is the size for the file in megabytes, expressed as an integer."
Now if you'd like to actually shrink the log file down to, oh say 1GB, then you should try the following command:
DBCC SHRINKFILE(MyDB_log, 1000)
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Lock sql server table through DG4ODBC?

Hi
I'm using DG4ODBC to connect to SQL server 2008, querying data and insert to Oracle. Is it possible to lock the remote table in sql server, prohibit it from inserting any new record?
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by default the gateway starts its own transaction on the SQL Server side and as soon as you even execute a select it locks the data until you execute a commit (even when only selecting data). Unfortunately the amount of data being locked now depends on the SQL Server version and on the lock mode chosen by the SQl Server (row/page/table).
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SQL Server reported SQL message 547

We are running SCCM 2012 R2 Primary site with remote sql server. We are getting following error:
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Hi,
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Hi,
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Reg:-10901: Database error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][DBNETLIB]General network error. Check your network documentation.. Contact your Business Objects administrator or database supplier for more information. (Error: WIS 10901)

Hi Friends,
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sreedhar

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How to install SQL Server 2014 Documentation

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Hi ErnestoMawan,
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Settings.
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Click Add next to the documentation you want to install.
Click Update.
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Hi,
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