Category Archives: TestLab

Database Snapshot 101

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

Database Snapshot is a feature available with the release of SQL Server 2005 and it is available in Enterprise and Datacenter editions. It provides a transitionally consistent copy of the source database, at the time of the Snapshot creation. Database … Continue reading →

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Installing SQL Server 2012

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

One of the new feature with SQL Server 2012 is that it can be installed on a Server core machine. For the first time I am installing SQL Server  2012 on a Server core machine. I am using the configuration … Continue reading →

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Add Disk to Server Core Machine

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

I spend over two hours to configure the additional disk in my Server Core machine, so I thought of documenting the same. I had added a 10GB vhd to my server core machine, and was trying to configure it. Although … Continue reading →

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Configuring a Server Core Machine

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Since last few days, I was planning to set up a new VM to run SQL Server 2012 RC0 on a server core machine. As SQL Server 2012 RC0 can be installed on a Server Core machine, I build a … Continue reading →

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Lab Setup Using Hyper-V

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

I bought a new machine last week just before New Year to setup a Test Lab at home. My initial thought was to run the Hyper-V 2008 R2 server on it. For the complete Hardware requirement to run the Hyper-V … Continue reading →

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