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Monitor SQL Server and Service
To monitor SQL service and the host server is up and running, if down send e-mail to DBA
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PowerShell script to check last backup date for Databases
PowerShell script to check last full backup, transaction log backup date for SQL Server databases.
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Powershell script to read Windows 2012 R2 Failover cluster log for Sql
I was having a hard time to reading the Windows 2012 R2 Failover cluster log from my live server. That is why I just wrote a simple PowerShell script to get the job done for me.
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Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
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