SQLCruise: The Trident
Move over Poseidon. I’m hitting the sea with my own trident (assuming I can get it through the TSA). My...
2012-01-26
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Ryan Adams
PASS Performance VC Reboot
The PASS Performance Virtual chapter is getting a reboot. We all know that responsibilities and schedules change, and that meant...
2012-01-24
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Setup Alerts for PBM
PBM raises errors for policy violations. We can create alerts on those errors to be notified of policy violations. In...
2011-12-07
1,642 reads
SQLRally 2012 Registration Open
The Professional Association for SQL Server and the North Texas SQL Server User Group have been working hard behind the...
2011-11-30
1,485 reads
See if Auto Create Statistics is enabled using PBM
We will walk through creating a policy to evaluate the status of “Auto Create Statistics” on our server named “File2”. ...
2011-11-21
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Import MS Best Practice Policies
Let’s take a look at how to import the Microsoft Best Practice Policies into your Policy Based Management Server. You...
2011-10-25
1,019 reads
How to setup CMS
If you need to setup a Central Management Server or just want to check it out, then here is how...
2011-08-09
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How to move Cluster MSDTC Drive
I recently had the need to move the MSDTC for a cluster to a new SAN drive. It’s a quite simple...
2011-07-28
2,856 reads
How to move Cluster Quorum Drive
I recently had the need to move the quorum for a cluster to a new SAN drive. It’s a quite simple...
2011-07-25
2,498 reads
How to move the TempDB Database
Note that TempDB is recreated every time SQL starts. Why is this important? It means we don’t have to move the...
2011-07-14
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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