2022-07-08
104 reads
Disaster Recovery (DR)
Scripting Makes Mistakes Easier Than Ever
A major outage from Atlassian because of a bad script has Steve thinking about the challenges of recovering from mistakes. When we are making changes to portions of our data and we need to plan for mistakes to occur and ensure we can restore the data.
2022-04-22
188 reads
Backup Architecture
Continuous backup in Cosmos DB doesn't quite work as Steve would expect. He has a few comments on why it is important you know how your backup and restore system works.
2022-02-21
442 reads
Incident Review
After an outage, how do you respond to the issue in the future? A good review of the incident should be a learning opportunity.
2021-09-29
147 reads
How Paranoid Are You About Backups?
Sometimes just running a backup isn't enough, especially in this era of ransomware. Steve has a few thoughts on backup strategies and recovery skills.
2021-08-09
435 reads
Incident Response Data
Being prepared for a disaster might mean having a way to collect data when something occurs.
2021-05-12
249 reads
Impact Minutes
When downtime strikes, we may have to make decisions about which systems to focus our efforts upon. Steve talks about the impact of a disaster on your choices.
2021-01-28
100 reads
Recovering Databases From a Master Backup
Losing your instance might result in the need to get information from what you have. Steve Jones looks at a way to get the proper version and patch, and database list, from what limited resources you might have.
2020-10-27
2,580 reads
2020-10-22
9,353 reads
DR as a Service
It's not the first task when I start a new job, but often as a DBA or developer, I usually ask about Disaster Recovery (DR) plans sometime within the first six months. If I'm a DBA, of course I need a plan. If I'm a developer, however, I still need to understand how this might […]
2020-10-01
111 reads
Blogs
Tooling for Success: The Best FinOps Tools and Technologies
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As a DevOps person, I know that to make FinOps successful, you need more...
From Planning to Practice: Setting Up Your FinOps Framework
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As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are...
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
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Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers