When I go to SQL Server Management Studio -> Management -> Maintenance Plans -> Right click on the maintenance plan that I want to execute but the option is greyed out.
I have checked and SQL Server Integration Services is running.
I can execute other maintenance plans.
I have even tried modifying this plan without an issue but Execute stays greyed out.
There is no other instance of the plan running at the moment.
I have also disconnected from the SQL Server and connected back but that didn't help either.
SQL Agent is running.
I had the same problem. Turns out it was an execution window that was buried. It doesn't show as an "open window" when you look at the taskbar at the SSMS icon, so it's deceptive. ALT-TAB your way through the windows and you should find it.
The open windows was:
Just try to restart SQL Management Studio
Restarting SSMS worked for me. I had a hidden dialog stuck in the back ground.
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I am running SQL Server 2017 with SQL Server Management Studio 17.6 under Windows Server 2016.
I want to make a BACKUP plan for my database and I am using the Management Plan Wizard. On the second screen of the Wizard, there is a button which enables you to CHANGE the Maintenance Plan SCHEDULE. When I press the CHANGE button, I get an error message saying :
Object reference not set to an instance of an object. (SqlMgmt)
I would greatly appreciate any assistance to resolve this. Thank you !
I've installed Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and only got the Database Engine, not sure what to do with it.
Is it possible to create linked server without Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio? Without the MSSMS, there is no GUI to create the linked server, so it could be script or command I guess. So how should I do it?
Why choose? For as long as I can remember (going back to SSMS 2005), most dialogs have had a script button on them. So fill out the form and instead of hitting okay, hit the Script button and SSMS will show you the commands it would have ran. I often use this as a boostrap when I'm doing something I haven't done before. That is, I'll fill in the wizard, hit the script button, and then read the docs to see if I agree with everything it's doing.
i would like to ask if anybody having the similar problems like me.
i have downloaded the newest SQL Server Management Studio 2016 Preview from Microsoft web site, and after i installed it (successfully and i need to restart my notebook said the warning box) then, suddenly nothing happens, there is a folder on the start menu that says SQL Server Management Studio 2016, but the folder is self is empty and i do not see the app, first i thought must be i missed something, so i went back and repair those SSMS (through the Repair Menu), but still it is giving me the same error, does anybody here have the similar problem and a way out of it?, since i need this SSMS 2016 to query to my Azure SQL Database.
Thanks!.
Roland
That happened with me few times when i tried to install it in not the Administrator mode.
So, try to do that in elevated mode, if that will not help, try to download it again or just rollback to the older version (2014), as it works perfectly with the SQL Azure. SSMS 2016 is still in preview, so the unexpected behavior may happen.
So, it turns out that in Windows 10, all the start menu options may not show up. Try visiting C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft SQL Server 2016 RC3 in your File explorer to see if the SSMS shortcut is available there.
I installed SQL Server configuration manager and management studio version 2005, on windows 7 Ultimate.
I added a game server to the database and everything worked fine till where I started configuring the game's database and I was prompted to restart/stop/start the server, this is where I was baffled by the errors. I know there are several ways you can do this restart, but I cannot seem to get any to work for issues unknown to me.
I have tried running cmd prompt using the commands:
net stop mssql server
also tried manually doing it from management studio, where the option to restart in the pull down menu appears to be unavailable.
It's helpful if I could get rid of this problem before I can move on to extensive table editing as this itself is being a major pain.
From the start menu, run: services.msc
Scroll down to Sql Server (SQLEXPRESS)
Replace "SQLEXPRESS" with your instance name
Right click --> Restart
I don't suppose there's a way to emulate a FireFox-type of setup, whereby if I close SQL Server Management Studio (2008) my open tabs will be there again when I restart? I know I can save the individual windows into a .sql file but was wondering if there was a way for those tabs to reopen with the text in them on their own.
Any third party tools that do something like this, perhaps? Thanks for the advice.
-Larry
There is a built-in way to do mostly this, but it is not going to open any random tabs that were there when you closed SSMS.
You can create a Solution in SSMS and save it with any set of SQL scripts. This works much like Visual Studio. You can even save connections (server + login info). The FILE menu has options to "Close Solution" as well as "Open Project/Solution" and "Recent Projects and Solutions".
So, if you create a Solution, add some Queries (i.e. .sql scripts), and then close the solution either via the FILE menu or just closing SSMS, when you open that Solution again it will restore the tabs that you had open at the time the Solution / SSMS was closed.
I just tested this in SSMS 2012, though it might have started as far back as SQL Server 2005. Even if not in 2005, this feature should definitely be in 2008 / 2008 R2.
Not exactly as open-ended as the FireFox / Chrome feature as it requires a defined Solution with defined .sql files, but definitely close.
SSMS Tools pack (free up to SSMS 2008, for SSMS 2012 as paid upgrade)
Red Gate Tab Magic (no more standalone)
SQL Prompt
How about running the Studio inside a VMWare and simply suspend the VMWare between sessions?
For my development purposes I use a VMWare that only runs an instance of SQL Server and the Mangement Studio. Maybe it's overkill for DB development but it helps in testing the integration of the database into a networked environment.
Redgates SQLPrompt does exactly this. When you close you session (on purpose or if the session crashes), all previously open tabs will launch automatically when SSMS is reopened. If you choose not to automatically launch these tabs, they’re still available via the Tab History option.
The tool does cost money but the intellisense and Snippets feature that accompany it makes it value for money.