Daily Coping 9 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to look back at a previous coping tip that required planning and evaluate how it helped. One of my tips in December was to listen...
2023-01-09
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The Voice of the DBA
Goals for 2023
This is the goal setting post for 2023. The previous ones were: 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 As with previous years, I’ll break these into three categories: career, personal,...
2023-01-06
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Outlining Goals in 2023
Last year I set a bunch of goals, and I thought I did pretty good working on them. Not amazing, but pretty good. This year, I want to attack...
2023-01-06
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Daily Coping 6 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to do something outdoors today. Enjoy nature. I’m writing this a few days ahead, so I’m using an activity I did over the weekend. The...
2023-01-06
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Daily Coping 5 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to set aside a regular time for the next month for an activity you love . This is a big month for me, with coaching...
2023-01-05
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Installing Flyway Community on Windows
One of the things I’ve been trying to do is dig in more deeply to the Flyway command line (CLI) as part of my work with Redgate. While Flyway...
2023-01-13 (first published: 2023-01-04)
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Daily Coping 4 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to share something helpful with a friend that you learned recently. I share a lot with my wife and kids. They are a big part...
2023-01-04
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Daily Coping 3 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to use one of your strengths in a new or creative way. I have a lot of strengths. They’ve helped me to be successful. This...
2023-01-03
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Daily Coping 2 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to start the new year off with something new – listen, watch, read something completely different. I started listening to more country music last year....
2023-01-02
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Goal Progress for Dec 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. December is usually quiet, though this year I spent the...
2022-12-30
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Blogs
Build a Snapshot Backup Catalog in Pure Storage - The SQL Server 2022 Edition
In my previous post, I showed you how to build a snapshot backup catalog...
Advice I Like: Training Employees
By Steve Jones
Train employees well enough that they could get another job but treat them well...
Creating a Striped Backup Set with AI
By Steve Jones
I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s...
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Question of the Day
Striped Backup File Limits
In SQL Server 2022, how many backup files can I have in a striped backup?
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