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Brian is correct. The tool is using credentials (current or RUNAS ones) so there is no need for a login.

This should depend on how the SAN vendor has implemented the snapshot. They may be integrating with SQL Server.

However I'd let them know if they are marking the snapshot as...

I believe this is because the OR clause doesn't mean you are selecting how many rows out of tablA match, but rather you are making two comparisons. The 3 rows...

Yes, most people don't read discussions. I have tried to add a note to controversial articles to point people to the articles, but haven't typically pointed to new articles.

Could there be some backup job that's writing to tape or the NULL device? If the diff is going down in size, you have something that is resetting the diff...

An excellent metric to use.

I like you talking about posters. Tells me where to go look (or where not to go)

Yep, that makes sense. I'd like to get a standard section/piece of text at the top and bottom of each article to do the forward/back pointers.

That's weird. I'll have someone look at it.

You have a good explanation, John. Just not sure that it's entirely valid to paint a paradigm or framework as "less secure" with a broad brush.

The flip side is that...

TravisDBA (1/14/2011)

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All, or even any of these things above drive the answer to this question. Also, I would like to hear Paul S. Randal's viewpoint on this as well. ...

If you shrink a log, you are reclaiming inactive space (subject to a few constraints) for the OS by reducing the physical size of the log. However regrowing it can...

I think I might ask for a 64-bit test from then. The file formats, and many things are the same. Unless they have some 32 bit driver, it ought to...

First, get backups running on production servers in an organized fashion. Just built a policy for now, then start getting things changed based on criticality.

Second, as you set things up,...