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  • Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    Turns out it was another mistake (big one, but not as big). He had left live vm snapshots on for 2 weeks. Managed to fill up a drive with 5-10 TB of free space in less than 2 weeks.

    Which only 9 of our prod servers share! Only 1 of them was down this morning, the prod ERP!

    Impressive. Almost as good as the server admin I worked with last year who dropped a VM. Yes, you read that right, he deleted the virtual machine. It was only the production SQL Server, nothing too important.

    Wow, how did you guys girls recover form that?

    Backups!

    And yes, it was 'girls'. The men watched while my colleague (also female) and I saved the day. Naturally.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    Turns out it was another mistake (big one, but not as big). He had left live vm snapshots on for 2 weeks. Managed to fill up a drive with 5-10 TB of free space in less than 2 weeks.

    Which only 9 of our prod servers share! Only 1 of them was down this morning, the prod ERP!

    Impressive. Almost as good as the server admin I worked with last year who dropped a VM. Yes, you read that right, he deleted the virtual machine. It was only the production SQL Server, nothing too important.

    Wow, how did you guys girls recover form that?

    Backups?

    😉

    I have experienced a few problems such as described by both Gail and Remi with netadmins/domadmins doing things on/to VMs that they shouldn't have. In our case, we had both snapshots and backups of all the vms on the host so we could recover.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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  • GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    Turns out it was another mistake (big one, but not as big). He had left live vm snapshots on for 2 weeks. Managed to fill up a drive with 5-10 TB of free space in less than 2 weeks.

    Which only 9 of our prod servers share! Only 1 of them was down this morning, the prod ERP!

    Impressive. Almost as good as the server admin I worked with last year who dropped a VM. Yes, you read that right, he deleted the virtual machine. It was only the production SQL Server, nothing too important.

    Wow, how did you guys girls recover form that?

    Backups!

    And yes, it was 'girls'. The men watched while my colleague (also female) and I saved the day. Naturally.

    Curses - you were faster to respond.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
    I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
    Learn Extended Events

  • SQLRNNR (1/3/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    Turns out it was another mistake (big one, but not as big). He had left live vm snapshots on for 2 weeks. Managed to fill up a drive with 5-10 TB of free space in less than 2 weeks.

    Which only 9 of our prod servers share! Only 1 of them was down this morning, the prod ERP!

    Impressive. Almost as good as the server admin I worked with last year who dropped a VM. Yes, you read that right, he deleted the virtual machine. It was only the production SQL Server, nothing too important.

    Wow, how did you guys girls recover form that?

    Backups!

    And yes, it was 'girls'. The men watched while my colleague (also female) and I saved the day. Naturally.

    Curses - you were faster to respond.

    Of course, girls are usually that way. 😀

  • And if you guys are really awake you'll realize that even with only 2-3 regular female posters, guess who's on top of us all :hehe:.

    Happy 2K12, t'was about time!

  • So I'm searching on thin clients and SQL Server and come up with this little gem:

    http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2000/implementing-oltp-environment/%5B/url%5D

    As the technomancers in Shadowrun say "The Resonance never forgets." Read down a couple of paragraphs to the second header and you'll see what I mean.

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

  • Brandie Tarvin (1/3/2012)


    So I'm searching on thin clients and SQL Server and come up with this little gem:

    http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2000/implementing-oltp-environment/%5B/url%5D

    As the technomancers in Shadowrun say "The Resonance never forgets." Read down a couple of paragraphs to the second header and you'll see what I mean.

    I hear great things about SQL 7. Should be a game changer. 🙂

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  • Brandie Tarvin (1/3/2012)


    So I'm searching on thin clients and SQL Server and come up with this little gem:

    http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2000/implementing-oltp-environment/%5B/url%5D

    It's an almost 12 year old article, so I'm not sure why you're shocked by that.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/3/2012)


    So I'm searching on thin clients and SQL Server and come up with this little gem:

    http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2000/implementing-oltp-environment/%5B/url%5D

    It's an almost 12 year old article, so I'm not sure why you're shocked by that.

    I think she's just amused that in her search she came up with a 12 year old article. That's certainly what amused me about it.

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    Turns out it was another mistake (big one, but not as big). He had left live vm snapshots on for 2 weeks. Managed to fill up a drive with 5-10 TB of free space in less than 2 weeks.

    Which only 9 of our prod servers share! Only 1 of them was down this morning, the prod ERP!

    Impressive. Almost as good as the server admin I worked with last year who dropped a VM. Yes, you read that right, he deleted the virtual machine. It was only the production SQL Server, nothing too important.

    Wow, how did you guys girls recover form that?

    Backups!

    And yes, it was 'girls'. The men watched while my colleague (also female) and I saved the day. Naturally.

    Yeah, I always try to save the day artificially.

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  • Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    And if you guys are really awake you'll realize that even with only 2-3 regular female posters, guess who's on top of us all :hehe:.

    Happy 2K12, t'was about time!

    (Desperately trying to shut myself up...

    Desperately trying to shut myself up...

    Desperately trying to shut myself up...

    Desperately trying to shut myself up...

    Desperately trying to shut myself up...

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    ...

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  • I need to give a training on SQL Server 2008 Database Administration and I have to do it in next couple of days. It will be a two day training. Now the thing is, that I have to prepare the content (ppt) also for that & I have don't have much time available to create the presentaions from scratch.

    Does anybody know any link/resource where I can get some ready available material for that ??

    Any help would be appreciated.:-)


    Sujeet Singh

  • Stefan Krzywicki (12/29/2011)


    GilaMonster (12/29/2011)


    Stefan Krzywicki (12/29/2011)


    I don't have room on my machine either.

    Two words: External harddrive.

    Seriously, I've had to do that once or twice.

    I can't even get them to buy that. : -(

    I thought SQL Server files had to be on an internal drive unless they were on a SAN. I must be mis-remembering something.

    My local copy runs off of several USB drives. I even had the logs going to one, and the MDF files are on another.

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  • Stefan Krzywicki (1/3/2012)


    GilaMonster (1/3/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (1/3/2012)


    So I'm searching on thin clients and SQL Server and come up with this little gem:

    http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2000/implementing-oltp-environment/%5B/url%5D

    It's an almost 12 year old article, so I'm not sure why you're shocked by that.

    I think she's just amused that in her search she came up with a 12 year old article. That's certainly what amused me about it.

    That's pretty much it. This is like my boss's boss coming up with SQL 6.5 books when he cleaned out his office last year. He tried to pawn them off on us saying this was "important information you need to know in order to do your job."

    Then he offered to pay us a quarter to take the books off his hands. @=)

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

  • Divine Flame (1/3/2012)


    I need to give a training on SQL Server 2008 Database Administration and I have to dp it in next couple of days. It will be a two day training. Now the thing is I have to prepare the content (ppt) also for that & I have don't have much time available to create the presentaions from scratch.

    Does anybody know any link/resource where I can get some ready available material for that ??

    Any help would be appreciated.:-)

    Let's start at the beginning. What level of experience will your students have? What subjects do you plan on focusing on? Is this a broad "here's the entire meal, pick and choose quick because you don't have time to taste it" type of class, or a very specific "Here are three or four dishes, notice the spice, garnish, and plate presentation" type of class?

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

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