Recovery Unit InitPersistentVersionStore Failed
As usual, I was working on my weekend on-call and I have had an alert. Our monitoring system has reported a message printed from the error log. I was...
2020-07-14
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Blog Posts
sp_Blitz for All Servers
Are you a Microsoft SQL Server DBA managing one or more servers? Then you should know about the First Responder Kit from Brent Ozar Unlimited. This is a free...
2020-07-14
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SQL Server principals – Server Roles
[MSSQLFUN & Decode ITeS becomes a family of 1700 individuals across the globe. Please join us on Facebook & YouTube.] Server Roles: Server roles are security principals to control access of...
2020-07-14
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SSIS Parameters
SSIS parameters help to ease the process of passing runtime values to SSIS packages. For values that can change over time, using parameters in SSIS is an ideal means...
2020-07-14 (first published: 2020-07-02)
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T-SQL Tuesday #128: Learn From Others
Introduction This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Kerry Tyler. The subject is a recent mistake that was made and what was required to fix it. These don’t have to be SQL...
2020-07-14
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Daily Coping 13 Jul 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-07-13
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The Ironic DBA—My First Year as a DBA [Part 1]
Whoo! It’s been six months since my last post. There are reasons for this, none of which are probably valid, but it’s the way it is. I’ve been a...
2020-07-13 (first published: 2020-06-30)
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The SSIS Catalog: Install, Manage, Secure, and Monitor your Enterprise ETL Infrastructure
I’m happy to announce the publication of my latest book. The SSIS Catalog: Install, Manage, Secure, and Monitor your Enterprise ETL Infrastructure is now available on Amazon in both...
2020-07-13
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Using Docker Volumes for SQL Server in Linux
No, not that kind of volume! Over the past couple of blog posts, I have been talking about the versatility of deploying SQL Server with Docker. This combination is...
2020-07-13 (first published: 2020-07-03)
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Big Data Storage in Microsoft Azure
Azure storage is a Microsoft solution designed to store your data on it with different models (Blobs, Tables, Queue, File Shares, and Disks) to know the differences, usage, High...
2020-07-12
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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