SQL Saturday 294 Philadelphia Lessons Learned

Being in Philadelphia this past weekend was fantastic! I got to meet a lot of old friends, spend time with...

SQL Server 2014 – How to Add node to failover cluster ?

Steps for SQL Server 2014 Cluster Installation – Add Node to Failover Cluster:-
1) Lunch SQL Server Installation Center

2) Enter Product Key

3)...

Unplanned Availability Group Failover

Whenever a disaster occurs it will be a stressful scenario regardless of how small or big the disaster is. This gets multiplied...

Bug in SQL Server 2014 SQLPS For Registered Servers/Groups

I recently had an opportunity to write an article for mssqltips.com on managing registered servers under “local server groups”, and...

Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 17

Didn’t get as much done this week as I’d hoped, but a little luck balanced that out! I do at...

5300 PASS Voters for 2014 Election

I was catching up on reading the minutes of PASS Board meetings and found the following except in paragraph 2...

D-Day, Family, Vets, and Life

Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, a day worth remembering and celebrating to be sure. I like that we...

Examining PAGEIOLATCH waits

In a previous article we looked at CXPACKET waits, a wait type that is can be on the top of your...

Examining PAGEIOLATCH waits

In a previous article we looked at CXPACKET waits, a wait type that is can be on the top of...

Friday Followup For June 6, 2014

It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...