Oops, I was thinking of files that may get placed on mount points as share folders and such. I'm assuming that since backup software can be configured to travel down...

Good info everyone (especially the MS link).

It would appear there is no down side to mount points and even MS recommends them to avoid the dreaded drive letter limitation. My...

Thanks for the input. Performance testing would tell me where I am today and continuing to monitor would eventually tell me when I've hit the wall on a given metric...

Thanks for the link. I am having the exact same experience. I compared the certs and they are the same. I ran your test script and get the same error....

I am far from an expert but can be like a bulldog refusing to let go. I apologize if I'm beating a dead horse, but,

I used my SYADMIN account...

Does that mean if I connect to an instance with a domain account (w/SA rights) and change the password of a SQL account, the policy is not checked? Doesn't seem...

I am changing it using a domain account in the SYSADMIN role but not a domain admin. I also logged in with the SQL account which is in the securityadmin...

If I change the password using SSMS does the password history apply?

It would appear I can use to the same password over and over when I right-click get properties...

Thanks Chris, you nailed it.

I contacted MS tech support and they indicated the hotfix can be applied to servers running Windows 2000 SP4.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info.

I am running on Windows 2000 server. The hotfix indicates it only supports these OSs:

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP

Windows 2003, Vista,...

Success

In order to restore an instance when there are no system databases except in backup form:

Copy system databases from another instance to the exact location where the instance expects to...

Progress....

I was able to get the instance up by:

Copying all the system db files from another instance

starting the instance in single user mode

restoring the last master db backup

Now, when I...

I am at a loss about how to do disaster recovery. I have followed everyone's suggestions but nothing has worked. I consider this to be a very serious matter since...

I'm amazed I can't change the password on one node and have it propagate to the other nodes. It works fine in SQL 2000.

MANU (6/3/2008)

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It looks you have to manually...