Why do I seem to attract weird issues?
Came in this morning, get settled in, logged in, fired up SSMS and my handy server check script.  OK, that's odd, one...

That feeling you get when you've spent the last couple months getting ready for a system audit, only to find out someone dropped the ball on some paperwork and it's...

What I'd start with for troubleshooting is, verify your SQLCMD connection will work.  When you do this, do it in a command prompt window, rather than using a batch file,...

I still split the drives, mostly as a logical separation.  As Beatrix pointed out, it can make troubleshooting a bit easier.  Another possible reason for doing it though, is if...