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Notes from 'Putting a Better SQL Server in Production' - the Ideal Pre-Prod checklist from Robert L. Davis
Last week, I sat in on Putting a Better SQL Server in Production - this is an ideal pre-prod checklist from Robert L. Davis.
The original slide deck available here (on demand), from his January 19th presentation:
I have placed a copy that includes my notes here… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 25 January 2012
Congratulations to Philippe Falardeau for Monsieur Lazhar's Oscar Nomination (Played by Fellag, the Algerian Comedian Famous For Le Visa)
Congratulations to Philippe Falardeau - he has made the official Oscar Nominations!
http://www.monsieurlazharmovie.com/ tourné à Montréal – Filmed in Montreal! The hilarious Algerian comedian Fellag is the star who plays the teacher. Watch Fellag's joke about getting a Visa for France :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNgGEZCdVqI un des meilleurs comédiens d’Algerie J… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 25 January 2012
The Hockey Team to Represent a Truly Bilingual City: Let’s Give Cunneyworth The Proper Chance He Deserves to Lead the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup Someday as Al McNeil Did in 1971
The Media in Quebec has opened up 2012 with a continuation of what it wishes to disseminate, or more probably, employs to sell more papers easily, regarding a minority within the minority – the unilingual Anglophone: representing less than twenty percent of a one million strong community that the… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 19 January 2012
Free SQL Performance Tool Worth Checking
First, I’d like to wish my readers a very safe, happy and prosperous 2012 (santé, properité, et bonheur). This is the start of a fourth year of blogging at SSC, and now that cumulative views have reached over half a million, I anticipate greater contributions than in…
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 17 January 2012
Notes from Mission Critical Environments in SQL Server 2012, Webinar by Marc Theoret
The other day I sat in while Marc Theoret gave a great overview of the what is coming in SQL Server 2012 - Enjoy the summary thanks to SkyDrive
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 11 December 2011
With A Little Bit of Care, You Can Use the DMVs to Auto-Create Some Missing Indexes, Here Is How (but with Caveats)
Here's the useful join from a number of Index related DMVs - it grabs the top 50 possible missing indexes ordered by priority
select top 50 priority = avg_total_user_cost * avg_user_impact *(user_seeks + user_scans)
,d.statement
,d.equality_columns Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 2 December 2011
SQL Server 2008 R2 Installation Step by Step Guide - Saving System Admins, DBAs, Developers and Support Technicians A Wee Bit O' Misery
I've uploaded to SkyDrive a complete step by step guide for a SQL Server 2008 R2 installation because I prefer to see this done correctly than butchered, hope it helps save some time for those dealing with this vast task, including how to install a service pack and where to… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 2 December 2011
Last Week's DB Security Workshop @ Oracle Montreal
DB Security Workshop @ Oracle Montreal
I have dedicated several posts on the importance of being a Data Steward, and the consequences of not doing so, or in my case having been prevented from doing so within the government due to my ethnicity. But I digress… back to stressing…
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 15 November 2011
Managing SQL Server in a Virtual World (rough) Notes, Thanks to Quest Presenter Jason Hall
Managing SQL Server in a Virtual World Notes (View Complete Slide Show)
Hosted by MVP Kevin Kline, Quest Software
Guest presenter Jason Hall, SQL Server consultant to Quest software
How to optimize your SQL Server licensing with VMware, since most SQL VMs are on VMware ESX platform: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1075017 Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 31 October 2011
Updated Data Migration Assistants (5th Version Already) & Project Template to Help with Your Upgrades
After having spent much time attempting to settle a point regarding my favourite pastime of provincial politics, it has come to my attention that there is a neglected readership here, which I do regret sincerely. Thus, ever interested to right what is wrong, I wish to dive right back…
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 20 September 2011
Simple Database User-Access Security Validation & Granting Elevated Access Temporarily Using the Execute As Statement
If you ever want to validate what level of access a user has within a database OR wish to temporarily give elevated access to a database user’s object code (e.g. within a stored procedure) and not provide them directly with the privileges, you can profit from the Execute As Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 13 July 2011
Full Time Employees Per Number of Database Users? FTE/DB users? How Many Servers are too much to Handle?
After several days research, I have been trying to get a rough estimate on how many Full Time Employees are allocated per number of database users and/or servers.
Yes, I understand there are so many variables, considering that one database can be left alone for years perhaps thanks to proper… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 24 June 2011
Notes from Solid State for SQL Server with Wes Brown from Today’s Idera Broadcast – SSD Best Practices for Database Servers
The following is a combination of notes from Wes Brown’s presentation today, with edited details from his http://sqlserverio.com/ post on this subject, and my own notes and comments from the webinar this afternoon at 3-4pm. Wes, approving of this write up, also provided PDFs+PPT links for this presentation (I have… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 8 June 2011
The Pro-Active DBA List Updated
A couple of years back, in the heart of the economic tsunami, I proposed a list of pro-active steps to reduce long-term costs associated with the management of your SQL Server database systems. An Updated list is below.
Normally, I would be putting out a new content, but… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 15 April 2011
Rant About Judges that Misunderstand the Role of a DBA
Part - 07 Exerpts from "The Tyranny of Bill-101" - Part 07
Commenting on how frustrating it is for DBAs to deal with a corrupt Judicial System that attacks victims of White Collar Crime, and specifically this decision, that doesn't recognise what our role is with relation to database… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 5 April 2011
How to Deal with Quebec’s Extremists – Report their Threats to the Police (Investigation Under Way)
I’m part of a Committee that is dedicated to eliminating discriminatory legislation in Quebec, here’s a statement we released last week after a Death Threat from the one-man show Quebec Militia ‘Major’ Provost:
The goal of our Greater Montreal Multi-Ethnic Territory Committee to Abolish Bill 101, is begin the… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 5 April 2011
Canada Begins Return to Democracy as the ‘Harper Government’ Found in Contempt of Parliament, a First Throughout the Commonwealth – And No Confidence Vote Triggers the Election Race
For over a week now, Canada has begun its return to appearing to be a democracy thanks to a Liberal No Confidence Motion on Friday, March 25th. On March 9th, I warned several key Liberal MPs to be very prepared for such a motion because of the backfire… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 5 April 2011
21st March - Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
How to Counter Intolerance, Adapted from UNESCO’s Recommendations
1. The Battle Against Intolerance Requires Law
Every Political Entity needs to reinforce Human Rights, and punish crimes motivated by hate against minorities, whether they be committed by individuals working for the state, private organisations or by individuals in their own… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 21 March 2011
What is the Most Deployed Database Engine in the World? You’d Be Surprised! It’s Serverless, Self-Contained & Transactional
Just the other week; I was asked to help validate an application database hosted
on a Mac, when I was introduced to the public domain database engine SQLite. To my surprise, it is actually the most deployed database engine in the world, since it is so small and… Read more
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Posted in The Database Hive for SQL Server DBAs on 18 March 2011