Is your publisher also your distributor? Do you know where the transactions are stuck? (ie are the log reader agents working correctly and commands getting posted into the distribution database...

I think a SAN admin is a must once you start sharing that storage across applications, servers, database systems.

We saw a massive improvement in performance when a new SAN admin...

I like to make poke fun at us SQL DBA's with our Oracle counterparts in the group. Once you admit to them that SQL Server is just a pretend database...

Any idea whats actually using those CPU cycles on that core?

Check the windows system and application event logs for errors as regards AD/LDAP.

SSIS using Windows Auth for the connections?

Also check your firewall settings.

What you could do is build your DR, call it whatever you want, and use a DNS entry within your applications. Point it at production and in the event you...

One thing about trying to cast or convert a Zip code to a decimal or int, you'll run into problems where a zip starts with a 0 as that will...

You should really go with completely new and fresh names. Would your applications not be moved with the databases in a DR scenario and thereby the DR site just be...

I think that a vendor section as well as a vendor forum would be perhaps the simplest and most effective way to go.

A section can provide a good entry point...

It will recognize that the system information is up to date and so will not attempt to perform other changes.

I use mRemote that you can find athttp://mremote.org. Fantastic tool. Looks like they might have merged with VisionApp that Jason mentioned.

Those items will be updated when you failover and that node becomes the active one.

From the root folder run setup.exe, select the Installation link on the left hand side of the screen and the new installation link on the right. Just uncheck everything other...