Recovering a TDE Database Without the Certificate
If you don’t have the backups of the certificate and private key from the old server, as well as the password used to encrypt the private key backup then...
2023-02-01
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If you don’t have the backups of the certificate and private key from the old server, as well as the password used to encrypt the private key backup then...
2023-02-01
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In this post we look at a method using Extended Events (XE) to identify what parent objects are calling a given SQL function and how often. The background is...
2023-02-01 (first published: 2023-01-23)
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When encrypting a database with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), a vital consideration is to make sure we are prepared for the scenario where something goes wrong. For instance, if...
2023-01-30
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Monitoring for Problems The encryption of your existing data occurs as a background process referred to as the encryption scan, but it will consume resources while it runs, so...
2023-01-27
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I had a request regarding how to identify unused indexes across all databases on a SQL Server instance (rather than just the current one). I’ve written this script before...
2023-01-16 (first published: 2023-01-05)
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As we’ve seen in previous posts, the process of turning TDE on for an empty database with no data is instantaneous. Most of the time though you’ll be applying...
2023-01-13
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When we consider how secure a form of encryption is there are two things we want to consider. Let’s discuss each of these in turn. What are We Protected...
2023-01-13 (first published: 2023-01-03)
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Brent Ozar shared in his weekly links this week a GDPR penalty tracker which makes for thought-provoking reading. Regular readers of this blog will know I have a keen...
2023-01-10
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In this quick post we’re going to look at an additional step you should take to secure your TDE databases. This is a step you won’t find in any...
2023-01-09
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Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is one of the easiest ways of encrypting your data at rest. In the previous posts we looked at what TDE is and how it...
2023-01-06
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By Steve Jones
Today’s coping tip is to ask other people about things they’ve enjoyed recently I...
By Steve Jones
Today’s coping tip is to challenge negative thoughts and look for the upside. I’m...
Since changing to the new MVP renewal model, Microsoft MVPs have had until 31...
Hi , I have script to extract all users details with password and permissions....
Hi All, Can an INSERT statement block SELECT statements? not sure why ? Can...
Hi! How\Steps to setup Extended events to capture query causing tempdb log getting full?...