Using strace inside a SQL Server Container
So, if you’ve been following my blog you know my love for internals. Well, I needed to find out exactly how something worked at the startup of a SQL...
2019-09-17 (first published: 2019-09-03)
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Anthony Nocentino
Restoring Backups from Azure Blob with dbatools
Recently I needed to write a PowerShell script that could build a backup set from a collection of backups stored in Azure Blob Storage without any backup history available...
2019-09-15
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Using kubectl logs to read the SQL Server Error Log in Kubernetes
When working with SQL Server running containers the Error Log is written to standard out. Kubernetes will expose that information to you via kubectl. Let’s check out how it...
2019-09-14
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New Pluralsight Course – Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments
My new course “Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! This course offers practical tips from my...
2019-09-13
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SQLSATDenver PreCon – Kubernetes Zero to Hero – Installation, Configuration, and Application Deployment!
Pre-conference Workshop at SQLSaturday Denver I’m proud to announce that I will be be presenting an all day pre-conference workshop at SQL Saturday Denver on October 11th 2019! This one...
2019-09-11
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Docker Image Tags are Case Sensitive
A quick post about pulling docker containers (this applies to docker run too)…when specifying the container image, the container image name and tag are case sensitive. We’re not going...
2019-09-03
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Persisting SQL Server Data in Docker Containers – Part 1
What’s the number one thing a data professional wants to do with their data…keep it around. Let’s talk about running SQL Server in Containers using Docker Volumes on a...
2019-09-01
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Persisting SQL Server Data in Docker Containers – Part 2
So in my previous post, we discussed Docker Volumes and how they have a lifecycle independent of the container enabling us to service the container image independent of the data...
2019-09-01
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Persisting SQL Server Data in Docker Containers – Part 3
In the first two posts in this series we discussed the need for data persistency in containers then we discussed where the data actually lives on our systems. Now...
2019-09-01
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Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – Data Platform for 2019-2020
Today, I’m proud to announce that I have been renewed as an Microsoft MVP – Data Platform for the 2019-2020 award year, my third MVP award. This is an truly an honor and...
2019-07-03
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Blogs
Simple Graph Queries
In this post we saw how to create some graph tables with data. In...
Quick Blog: Making the Power BI PowerShell cmdlets easier to use
By Aaron Nelson
One of the top reasons I love PowerShell so much is that from the...
Trouble writing? Join the club. #JustWriteTech
By Jen McCown
I was talking with a couple of excellent SQL people* recently, and we were bemoaning...
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Is Data the Future of the Vibrant Web?
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Will the principal wait for acknowledgement from mirror?
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The log file of my user db is full. Please confirm if below resolves issue
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