Where are my 32-bit Perfmon Counters?
I have run into this before, but not in this same way, so I decided it would be worth writing...
2014-05-05 (first published: 2014-04-23)
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
Why does my Failover Cluster Instance Keep Failing Back and Forth?
A few months ago I was paged by a client because their SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) was experiencing...
2014-04-25 (first published: 2014-04-17)
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I Know I Shouldn't Shrink My Log file, BUT...
As a managed services DBA, I frequently have to clean up after other people's mistakes. (Come to think of it,...
2014-04-03
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We Are Hiring!
My employer Ntirety (a division of HOSTING) is currently looking for multiple SQL Server DBA's. As you have probably seen...
2014-03-31
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Backup Checksums and Trace Flag 3023
One of the items I always flag when performing a health check on a server is whether backups are being...
2014-03-28 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Error 701 - Insufficient System Memory - Now what?
This story begins, as so many often do, with a few key elements:1) A client who experienced a problem on...
2014-03-26 (first published: 2014-03-20)
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A New Day at #Ntirety
We - the rank-and-file employees at Ntirety - received word yesterday that we had been acquired by Hosting, a cloud and network...
2014-03-18
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Why Did My Job Fail Anyway?
One of my biggest pet peeves when I check a new SQL Server for a client is the fact that...
2014-03-12
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Working From Home
I have been working 100% from home for almost four months now, and one of my former coworkers recently hit...
2014-02-22
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T-SQL Tuesday #051: Always Hedge Your Bets
It's time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this month's host is my former co-worker, the @SQLRNNR himself, Jason Brimhall. Jason's...
2014-02-11
722 reads
Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
By SQLPals
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
5 SQL Tricks Worth Remembering Before You Close the Laptop
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Google – NotebookLM on ThakurVinay blog
By Vinay Thakur
Google has contributed a lot of stuff/enhancement on its portfolio, google is no longer...
Forums
Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
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provisioning sql server via VMware Cloud Foundation
Hello, has anyone here ever provisioned and actually used an MS SQL Server with...
No More Deadlocks
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Question of the Day
No More Deadlocks
After detecting deadlocks in SQL Server 2025 and lowering the time threshold for detecting future issues, when does the Database Engine return to the 5s default interval?
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