TempDB – Relocate the TempDB Database Files
I took control of a new server recently and noticed that Tempdb was not configured to best practice. It was...
2010-03-28
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Gethyn Ellis
SQL Server 2008 Activity Monitor
For those people who like to use the Activity Monitor in the SQL Server Management Studio GUI instead of, or...
2010-03-25
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Managing Your Backup Files
I recently posted a couple of scripts that backup all databases on your SQL Server instance to disk with a...
2010-03-23
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Script: Transaction Log Backup
My last post showed a little script that I use for taking full backups of all my databases on an...
2010-03-21
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Script: Backup All your Databases
We all know the importance of taking regular backups of our SQL Server databases. This is a useful little script...
2010-03-18
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Enabling Filestreaming in SQL Server 2008
This is a short post on enabling file streaming. I have read a few sources that cover the same topic...
2010-03-16
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Setting Up a Server Side Trace
Recently I wrote a short post on the default trace in SQL Server. You can read that here. In this...
2010-03-14
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Setup Database Snapshot against a Mirrored Database (Part 2)
This post is the second post in my series about Database mirroring. For part one is titled Configuring Database Mirroring...
2010-03-11
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TSQL Tuesday #4: IO
“IO IO, It’s off to disk we go!” was in Mike Walsh’s blog post that introduced this TSQL Tuesday and...
2010-03-09
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Configuring Database Mirroring in SQL Server
I plan on writing a series of posts on database mirroring, this is the first. Database Mirroring is a new...
2010-03-07
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
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Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
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SQL Server audit with windows ad group
I am trying to create a filter on a SQL Server audit to capture...
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale Level 6: Backup and Restore Internals
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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