SELECT command, s.text, start_time, percent_complete, CAST(((DATEDIFF(s,start_time,GetDate()))/3600) as varchar) + ‘ hour(s), ‘ + CAST((DATEDIFF(s,start_time,GetDate())%3600)/60 as varchar) + ‘min, ‘ + CAST((DATEDIFF(s,start_time,GetDate())%60) as varchar) + ‘ sec’ as running_time, CAST((estimated_completion_time/3600000) as varchar) + ‘ hour(s), ‘ + CAST((estimated_completion_time %3600000)/60000 as varchar) + ‘min, ‘ + CAST((estimated_completion_time %60000)/1000 as varchar) + ‘ sec’ as est_time_to_go, dateadd(second,estimated_completion_time/1000, getdate())
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Tonight when I connected to one of the servers to fix something else, I noticed Syspolicy_Purge_History job has been failing and it has been failing for long time. In SQL server 2008 Policy Based Management was introduced. When policies  are checked for compliance the resulting data is saved in MSDB. The tables are : syspolicy_policy_execution_history_internal syspolicy_policy_execution_history_details_internal
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In large establishments, where there are many servers, there are always chances of some servers or databases not being used but which remain operational. There is a need to decommission those servers or databases so that they can be used for other purposes. This should be a continuous process to analyze servers or databases which
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