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UPDATE * Made some progress, I examined the Powershell output and saw I did not had the rights to load the SQLPS module. See http://technet.microsoft.com/nl-NL/library/hh847748.aspx
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** UPDATE 2 ** Here's the complete output of the powershell script: .\EPM_EnterpriseEvaluation_41.ps1 -ConfigurationGroup "root" -PolicyCategoryFilter "tst" –EvalMode "Check" Loading Assemblies......
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-KeithCorser So you're having issues with the reports? These have not changed from v4, as the schema in the database remains the same. About the PS issue, can you provide the full output please? Thanks...
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About the reports, upon examining my source and the uploaded, seems several non-printing characters were in the .rdl code, which were in turn messing up the report validation. Please download again, as...
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The powershell script in the release from Oct 24 is working fine on MSSQL 2014. I dropped my old database and did a complete re-install without any modifications. No problems on the SQL side. Will...
View ArticleNew Post: Trying 4.1 release and reports are failing
I am trying 4.1 and everything is working well until I view the reports. I can view the dashboard, but when I drill down to the sub reports or try to deploy the projects I am getting the error below....
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Found that 4.11 was released to fix this issue and it did work for me. Thanks for this update. It is a great tool.
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I am working through the reports and have found something I wonder how I can enhance. It shows the Policy Status failed and the Policy Name. However, it is not showing the Condition that fails. Am I...
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Awesome, glad that worked for you! Pedro has done a fantastic job addressing issues. Sent from my Windows Phone
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Since this is a framework you can absolutely modify it to your needs. If you look at the data sets behind the reports in Data Tools, you should be able to modify query and report to show what you need....
View ArticleNew Post: Steps to take if PS script test yields no results in either view
What troubleshooting steps can be taken in the event testing the PS script yields no results in either view? I am in that situation and the solution in a similar thread does not work. I'm running SQL...
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Try evaluating policies manually (via CMS) on servers and see if you get anything. Also see if latest updates (4.1.1+) helps out at all. Sent from my Windows Phone
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Thanks for the prompt feedback. I re-registered my test servers and ran policy evaluation from the CMS. I got some records in the second view but, with a discouraging message in each records evaluation...
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You're very welcome. At first glance and I'm not sure how this would be, but it looks like the policy doesn't have a name (or maybe condition your using) or at least its not parsing name correctly. Do...
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I don't think so. I imported them from the SQL Server Best Practices.msi installation. Names are, for example: Data and Log File Location Database Auto Close etc. Evaluating an individual policy...
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Are you evaluating multiple policies at once? Try evaluating one at a time to find problem one. Wondering if a condition in the MS ones is tripping you up. Sent from my Windows Phone
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I'll try each individually and report back. Thanks very much for the help. The policy titled "Last Successful Backup" throws:TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Exception encountered while...
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I experienced this as well on my first tries at the PowerShell script. tl;dr: try commenting out the line for 'LoadAssemblies' in the PowerShell script if your host machine has SQL Server 2012 client...
View ArticleNew Post: Question about archving
In the documentation is discussion of archiving the tables 'PolicyHistory' and 'EvaluationErrorHistory', with the comment "The data stored in the table policy.PolicyHistory is not used to report...
View ArticleNew Post: Question about archving
It's a framework so you can modify it however you need. If you want to keep it longer than the default retention just modify the scripts to cleanup a longer period. As far as archiving the raw XML you...
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