An agenda is key, but it's also the leader to make sure that you work to the agenda and don't get off topic. I've seen too many status meetings degenerate...

The logging is trivial to set up in the plan, and there is a task to delete old logs after xx days.

You should have this running. It's not a big...

There's a fundamental difference between a hard drive failing and the laptop being disposable.

My 18 month old Toshiba had a drive start to fail. I replaced it, working fine so...

I think a question a month isn't a bad thing. Let you learn a bit more in other areas.

I started and owned this site for 7 years before selling to Red Gate. We never bought or sold an address. As far as I know Red Gate has continue...

Add another database to log shipping, recover it, and run dbcc checkdb. You can log ship to any number of databases, and having a 2nd standby to run checks is...

Note that this doesn't usually matter to Microsoft. The important thing is that you are licensed for what you use.

Lots here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Scripts/Index+Management/

I was thinking massive rebuild of indexes as well.

Are they the same brand of SAN? You might have SAN-SAN replication.

If not, the best way to do this is move a full backup, then log backups until the time...

I didn't either. Started reading on this subject and my head began hurting. Keep Advil nearby.

Welcome back, ., and thanks for the advice and congrats. 🙂

I'd recommend you study with SQL Server 2008 right now. SQL Server 2005 has been out for almost 4 years, nearly half it's life cycle. While there will likely be...

I agree on the DVR. I rarely watch anything live, including sports. I'll start recording, watch a little, can pause and go off with life. Come back later.

I enjoyed Star...

The firewall is a Vista thing. Check the control panel, Firewall. Be sure that it allows SQL Server or 1433, 1434 through.