Getting a List of the Striped Backup Files
If you have a list of striped backup files, how can you find the latest backup set? Steve Jones uses dbatools and PowerShell to automate this process.
2019-10-03
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Backup and restore
2019-09-05
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Always Check on the Basics
The basics are important, especially with regards to backup and restore in SQL Server.
2019-08-31
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2019-08-01
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2019-07-25
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2019-07-01
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2019-06-17
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Using Extended Events To Capture Backup and Restore Progress
If you are running a DATABASE BACKUP or RESTORE command manually, SQL Server will show you the progress at a specified % completion interval. For the BACKUP, the default is...
The...
2019-05-17
A Self-Serve System to Refresh Databases (Part 3)
This is the wrap up of this series on a system for developers to restore production database in test. It gets pretty detailed on the web setup side.
2019-05-16
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A Self-Serve System that Allows Developers to Refresh Databases (Part 2)
Dive deep into the details of part 2 in this series of creating a solution so Developers can start a restore of Production to test.
2019-05-09
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Blogs
Power Platform Quick Tips – Episode 01: Fixing Power BI Column Sorting
By Devin-Knight
Check out this new series that I’ve started on Power Platform Quick Tips. This...
The curious case of CHAR(0)
Over the years I’ve seen quite a few strange things with SQL Server. This...
Transaction log Information gathering
By Vinay Thakur
Here are the different ways to know the tlog file related information sys.dm_db_log_stats –...
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Numeric and Decimal
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Learn from the Troubles of Others
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One table or two?
I have an outside company that will be sending me 2 files each month. ...
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