satya - 12/30/2019, 10:39:46 AM

SQL Server 2019 manager

satya - 12/30/2019, 10:40:47 AM

It is now called SSMS: SQL Server Management Studio

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satya - 12/30/2019, 10:41:45 AM

Installing SSMS is here

satya - 12/30/2019, 10:42:10 AM

does SSMS come with SQL Server 2019?

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satya - 12/30/2019, 10:46:16 AM

Download of various SQL Server tools is here

satya - 12/30/2019, 11:02:42 AM

SQL Server configuration manager is documented here

satya - 12/30/2019, 11:03:04 AM

It is almost certain SQL Server Management studio no longer comes with SQL Server installations

satya - 12/30/2019, 11:03:38 AM

SQL Server management studio is close to 600MB now! So install it on wifi

satya - 12/30/2019, 11:05:45 AM

SQL Services Configuration manager is used for

Start, stop, and pause services

Configure services to start automatically or manually, disable the services, or change other service settings

Change the passwords for the accounts used by the SQL Server services

Start SQL Server using trace flags (command line parameters)

View the properties of services

satya - 12/30/2019, 11:29:29 AM

Some info and docs on login authentication modes

satya - 12/30/2019, 11:34:48 AM

On Authentication modes

During installation, SQL Server Database Engine is set to either Windows Authentication mode or SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode. After installation, you can change the authentication mode at any time.

satya - 12/30/2019, 11:35:32 AM

Perhaps, installation will ask for a password for "sa" if that mode is selected.

So pay attention during install

satya - 12/30/2019, 12:22:41 PM

What are security policies in SQL Server?

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satya - 12/30/2019, 12:24:23 PM

What are various server security roles in SQL Sever?

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satya - 12/30/2019, 12:27:07 PM

Guidelines for creating a new database in SQLServer

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satya - 12/30/2019, 3:38:59 PM

Here is the default set of logins that were setup with default installation

Notice that "sa", the super user is disabled. "sa" as you can see is different from other logins. It has no directory prefix. That means this is a SQL Server user. One can define an additional SQL Server user here and give the necessary roles to that user so that that user can be used in web applications, to say.

satya - 12/30/2019, 3:40:26 PM

Here is how the default user based on windows login is setup

You can click on server roles to see the roles allocated to this sys admin type of user

satya - 12/30/2019, 3:41:10 PM

Here are the roles to that default installation user look like

satya - 1/10/2020, 6:36:17 PM

Enabling/Changing SQL Server authentication modes

satya - 1/10/2020, 6:40:13 PM

Looks something like this

Right click on the database name in the SSMS

satya - 1/11/2020, 4:22:22 PM

Different modes of SQL Server authentication is discussed here at MS

satya - 1/11/2020, 4:23:01 PM

Securing SQL Server is broadly discussed here

satya - 8/26/2020, 1:32:04 PM

Invoking SSMS

1. search

2. search for SSMS

3. invoke

satya - 8/26/2020, 1:42:16 PM

Restore a sql server database

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satya - 8/26/2020, 1:42:57 PM

Restoring

1. You restore into an existing database

2. A backup is what is normally restored.

satya - 8/26/2020, 1:43:39 PM

How to create a new SQL server database from a backup

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satya - 8/26/2020, 2:49:38 PM

It is a 2 step process

1. You have to create a new database

2. You can then restore the backup database into this newly created database

satya - 8/26/2020, 2:50:22 PM

Here is an external article on this

satya - 8/27/2020, 1:57:33 PM

Creating a new database

satya - 8/27/2020, 1:58:34 PM

Notes

1. I have not used any particular option

2. Just gave a suitable name and took the defaults

satya - 8/27/2020, 2:00:07 PM

Once you have the database restore the backup file into it

1. pick the database

2. right click

3. tasks

4. Restore

5. database

satya - 8/27/2020, 2:00:59 PM

Restore image looks like this

satya - 8/27/2020, 2:02:38 PM

Picking the backup file to restore

1. use the device option

2. pick the backup file

3. make sure the target database is what you chose

4. Try to restore by using "OK"

5. But....

satya - 8/27/2020, 2:07:11 PM

I got an error saying that that BACKUP LOG needs to be run

1. You may thing there is something wrong with the backup file

2. No.

3. It is likely complaining something about the brand new database that was created.

4. Some versions of SQL server this may work fine.

5. It appears there is an option in the restore process that needs to be unchecked.

6. It looks like it is coming from the fact that the brand new databases was never backed up before for some kind of an internal restore!!!

satya - 8/27/2020, 2:08:07 PM

Here is that options screen

satya - 8/27/2020, 2:09:00 PM

As this is a brand new db, some fail proof options are

1. overwrite the existing database

2. Turn OFF the "tail log backup" (this is what is causing the error)

satya - 8/27/2020, 2:09:30 PM

There you have it

1. install sql server

2. create a database

3. Restore an back up file into the database