Point Counterpoint: Why Virtualize a SQL Server?
I get asked all the time – “why virtualize SQL Server if I’m content with my physical servers today?” The normal...
2017-07-24 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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I get asked all the time – “why virtualize SQL Server if I’m content with my physical servers today?” The normal...
2017-07-24 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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I’ll be speaking at two New England area SQL Server user groups in the next few days! First, tonight I’ll...
2017-07-24
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My slide deck from the recent webinar series 24 Hours of PASS, Summit Preview session, where I presented a session...
2017-07-23
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VM snapshots are one of the best virtualization features ever. But…have you ever had a VMware vSphere or Hyper-V snapshot...
2017-07-06 (first published: 2017-06-26)
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If you are actively managing VMware environments with workloads that have high performance needs (such as all of the virtualized...
2017-07-05
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I’m proud to announce that I’ve been selected to present a session in this year’s 24 Hours of PASS: Summit...
2017-07-03
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I’m proud to announce that my sessions for this year’s VMworld 2017 conference in Las Vegas have turned up in...
2017-06-30
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I am very proud to contribute to a new webinar with Rubrik on Thursday, June 22 at 8AM PT / 11AM ET...
2017-06-19
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PASS has just announced this year’s precon sessions for the PASS Summit in Seattle this October, and I am humbled...
2017-06-13
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SQL Server administration, once installed and running, doesn’t vary too much based on your operating system, but the differences in...
2017-05-30
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By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
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As a DevOps professional, I’ve seen firsthand how cloud costs can quickly spiral out...
By Steve Jones
AI is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s being added to every product, management...
Hi, ssms is free here. I can think of other reasons to do this...
I've written some documentation on using different Markdown types of files on GitHub. It's...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Not Just an Upgrade
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers