Get All Database Snapshots and Their Parent Databases On A SQL Server
This is going to be a quick post but this morning I was asked the question, ‘how can I get the name of all the database snapshots on a...
2019-08-15
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sp_RestoreScript 1.5 Release
We’ve released sp_RestoreScript 1.5. This is only a minor release but adds the type of the backup file to the output. You can grab the latest version from our...
2019-08-12
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Intent Locks In SQL Server
Intent locks, one of those things in SQL Server that seem to be very often misunderstood. They’re something that I’ve found myself explaining time and time again, I’ve even...
2019-07-25
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Error: ‘misaligned log IOs which required falling back to synchronous IO’ And Slow AG Synchronisation
I recently hit this rather interesting issue when migrating a bunch of SQL Servers onto a nice, shiny new SAN. The plan was simple enough, take the secondary servers...
2019-07-22 (first published: 2019-07-08)
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sp_drivespace – See How Much Space You Have On Your Disks, Including Mount Points
We love xp_fixeddrives here, it’s a quick and simple way to see how much space you’ve got available on your drives. But there are just a couple of things...
2019-07-17 (first published: 2019-07-03)
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sp_RestoreScript v1.4 – It’s Now Compatible with Case Sensitive Collations, Accepts Wild Cards in DB Names and Fixes A bug
sp_RestoreScript 1.4 is now out and ready for download from our GitHub, https://github.com/SQLUndercover/UndercoverToolbox/blob/master/sp_restorescript.sql New Features Compatible with case sensitive collations Now accepts wild cards in the @DatabaseName string, (‘Database1,Database2,SQL%’)...
2019-07-15
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Undercover Catalogue 0.2 Hox Fix 2 and SQL2008r2/2008/possibly 2005 Compatibility Patch RELEASED
Undercover Catalogue 0.2.2 It looks like a bug has crept it’s way into the Undercover Catalogue. When running with certain versions of DBA Tools, a number of the modules...
2019-06-20
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To use ALTER DATABASE, the database must be in a writable state in which a checkpoint can be executed. – when moving files on an Availability Group secondary.
Here’s a little error that I stumbled across the other day when trying to migrate the data files of an Availability Group secondary node onto a nice new SAN....
2019-06-06
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Inspector V1.4 now available
The SQL Installation script can be found here The Inspector sample report has been updated here All of the below Git Issues can be found on the V1.4 Project...
2019-05-20
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Is Your Availability Group ‘REALLY’ Ready To Failover?
You know what it’s like, you need to fail your AG over but is it safe to fail over? Perhaps you’ve clicked on ‘failover’ for the AG and there’s...
2019-05-09 (first published: 2019-04-29)
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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