Missing SQL Server Profiler from SSMS [SQL Server 2008 R2]

by rahul 8/31/2012 6:11:03 PM

This one was tricky [at least from my perspective, since I am not a SQL expert ]. I wasted a lot of my time today, and hence documenting this effort so that it might help a poor soul some day. Your mileage may vary. Please take all cautions that you normally would while dealing with SQL. Problem Sc... [More]

Tags: troubleshooting, sql, tips and tricks

How to delete a Site Collection that acts tough in SharePoint? [0x80070003]

by rahul 5/24/2012 12:58:39 PM

Well, you won’t get this issue often… but if you are reading this, the chances are high that you are working with SharePoint and a Site Collection that you want to delete is not getting deleted. Symptoms 1. When you try to delete the site collection using Central Admin, you will not be able to sel... [More]

Tags: sharepoint, troubleshooting

Sharepoint | Troubleshooting

Troubleshoot Error 6482 on Office SharePoint Server

by rahul 5/23/2012 7:01:49 PM

On my virtual farm, I noticed the following error popping up every minute in my Event Viewer. Mine is not a production setup, but it was filling up my Event logs, and it doesn’t feel good, you know Event Type: Error Event Source: Office SharePoint Server Ev... [More]

Tags: sharepoint, troubleshooting

Troubleshooting | Sharepoint

Failed to restore virtual machine state on Windows 8 Hyper-V

by rahul 5/15/2012 12:29:49 PM

I don’t know what changed on my laptop, but I started getting this error on my Win 8 consumer preview machine and my Virtual Machines couldn’t be restored. [Window Title] Virtual Machine Connection [Main Instruction] The application encountered an error while attempting to change the state o... [More]

Tags: windows 8, troubleshooting

Troubleshooting | Windows 8

Weirdest System.Reflection.TargetInvocation exception of my life!

by rahul 3/23/2012 10:24:06 PM

This morning I was packing my stuff for my relocation to Kolkata, and to make my last day in Bangalore a bit exciting… my machine vomited an issue. Probably, it thought my last day should be memorable. And boy, memorable it was! The good thing is that, my laptop is finally in a good shape. Bad thin... [More]

Tags: troubleshooting, miscellany

Troubleshooting | Miscellany

Troubleshooting SharePoint 2007 Cache

by rahul 3/13/2012 2:18:58 PM

What is SharePoint configuration cache? What is its importance? The configuration cache is a location, where configuration information stored in the configuration database is cached on each server in the farm. Caching the data on each server prevents from having to make SQL calls to pull this infor... [More]

Tags: troubleshooting, sharepoint, moss 2007

Troubleshooting | Sharepoint | MOSS

What to do if you get 'WebForm_PostBackOptions' is undefined with MOSS 2007

by rahul 11/23/2011 4:24:29 PM

Recently, while working with MOSS 2007 on my VM I noticed that most of my pages, including Central Administration pages was throwing Javascript error. I did a lot of random things to fix, but realized very soon that fixing an issue should always be a focused and thoughtful process. Troubleshooting i... [More]

Tags: troubleshooting, sharepoint

Troubleshooting | Sharepoint

The mysterious Local Disk Q in Windows 7

by rahul 5/10/2010 11:55:13 AM

Recently, I installed MS Office 2010 RTM and along with all the “cool” features, I got something which took me by surprise. The Local Disk (Q). I wasn’t really sure if I got affected by some kind of virus. Take a look at my drives… I tried, “Ejecting” this drive but couldn’t. I tried getting int... [More]

Tags: troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Missing Process counter from Available Counters in Perfmon

by rahul 2/18/2010 10:19:10 PM

Do you notice anything special in the list below? If you have been working with Perfmon enough, you will notice that the Process Counters are missing in the list below. Download a utility called Extensible Counter List from this link…. and run it. Select PerfProc and ensure that Performance ... [More]

Tags: troubleshooting, tips and tricks, performance

Troubleshooting | Tips and Tricks | Performance

Logparser Scenario 9:Find out different types of errors in your HTTP Error log files

by rahul 2/18/2010 7:23:39 PM

This post is a continuation of this article. Scenario 9:Find out total count of different errors in your HTTP Error Log file on any IIS Server Answer: Logparser "select sc-status, s-reason, cs-uri, count(*) from 'FolderName\*.log' to 'FolderName\Total.csv' Group by s-reason, sc-status, cs-ur... [More]

Tags: logparser, tips and tricks, troubleshooting

Logparser | Tips and Tricks | Troubleshooting