SQL backup directly to Azure storage
Most companies required to keep their database backup offsite (on tape) for many years due to audit requirement. This normally...
2015-03-12
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Most companies required to keep their database backup offsite (on tape) for many years due to audit requirement. This normally...
2015-03-12
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One of the beloved feature of SQL server standard edition for HA is database mirroring, since you only have 2-node...
2015-03-12
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2015 should be a very busy year for most DBAs, due to the end of support of SQL server 2005...
2015-02-06
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I have been following a few blogs for a number of years now, and one of the most enjoying blog...
2015-02-02
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We all know that with the latest Windows 2012 R2 and SQL 2014, even with the standard edition, it can...
2014-11-14
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Every DBA in their career should have done DR drill at some point, in fact it should be done in...
2014-09-18
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You might already read lots of post about SQL server 2012 is license per core rather then per socket and...
2014-04-07
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Many of us are planning to move to SQL Server 2012 in the coming year, and one of the feature...
2014-04-01
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Every now and then we all need to perform backup or restore, for large databases when we need to perform...
2013-10-09
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Everyone knows that installing SQL server requires .Net frameworks 3.5, and it normally install by default, when you run the...
2013-03-12
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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