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Finding Failed Job Steps

Kendra’s query was a good starting point, and I used most of it in the first CTE shown below. This query basically looks at msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory and msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity, joining them...

2021-08-18

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For #JohnsDad

Last week, on Wednesday August 11, 2021 at approximately 3:45PM Eastern, my Father left this world.  Much too early.  Covid took my Father from me, my family, and his...

2021-08-17

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A Limited Startup

I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:

-mDynamics
What does this do?

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