Chris

Chris started in computing and I.T. in the mid to late 1990's. After the dust had settled from Y2K, he found himself a bit more focused and working with database servers on the Unix platform. His first exposure to SQL Server was in 2007 and he has been working on that platform ever since. Chris is currently a Sr. SQL Server DBA in more of a DevOps role with a main focus on operational reliability, stability and performance. His specialty is automation. He truly enjoys the days he gets to spend building tools with PowerShell to help his fellow DBA's manage their ever growing SQL Server environment.

Blog Post

Configure SQL Server Agent using SMO

Saw this on twitter and thought I would throw it up on the blog. Easier than responding on twitter.

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo") | Out-Null;

$SQLServerInstance...

2015-03-24

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Get-DiskSpace

My cheap and dirty PowerShell script for dumping the disk space usage for a Windows machine. It was originally some...

2015-03-24

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My Specialty

So I was reading the following blog post by Brent Ozar and I think it finally hit me right between the...

2015-03-24

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Blog Post

Who is cjsommer?

I’ve been a problem solver as far back as I can remember, always looking for a new challenge. I love...

2015-03-24

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Blogs

Creating a GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner

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I had to demo the Flyway Autopilot system recently and created a GitHub Actions...

Migrating from Azure PG Single Server to Flex with Azure VM and pg_dump/restore

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This is more complicated than using the Azure Migration method, but because it’s maxed...

PowerShell (and T-SQL) and Elastic Jobs

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I’ve covered how to create Elastic Jobs in the portal (this one is important...

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Forums

Contracting DBA - Permissions for initial analysis

By StephenSQL

Accidental DBA here.  After looking at all the work that needs to be done,...

How to convert run_date and run_time columns to datetime from SQL Agent systable

By Lord Slaagh

Hello SSC, Hope you are all having a great Monday! I am trying to...

SQL Server Reporting Services 2022 Permissions Issue

By benkaz

I'm having a bit of an issue with SSRS permissions. Users (Operations Manager Report...

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Question of the Day

AG Rules for Databases

Which of these is not a requirement for a database to be added to an Availability Group (AG)?

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