One other question, you have the systemdbs, but do you have the versions of SQL for each?

From a few others:

If you connect to the restored instance with the DAC, and then go to the restored_master, you can try this:

select * from sys.sysdbreg

That gets...

I don't think you can easily. Lots of stuff in here  is a view, which means there are live queries here.

What I'd do, is restore this master as the master...

If I have a clustered index on orderdate, and a nonclustered index on orderdate, I might use both of them. If I'm joining the table on orderdate, and not retrieving...

First few weeks meetings were far less, now my calendar looks like a losing game of Tetris.

If doctors complain about paperwork you should see what UK teachers have to...

I hate that that's the answer, but I think the multiple dependencies here are often a problem with some of the things in SSMS

Good, looking forward to snow

If I were going to FL, it would be Pensacola/Destin/etc. area, but unlikely. Gotten too used to the dry weather.

Now I have a hard time thinking of leaving CO, except...

All the older views are deprecated, but they are not likely to be enhanced, nor removed. You should be using the modern view.

For saving space, https://voiceofthedba.com/2014/12/01/creating-placeholder-files/

Thanks, I think I've gotten used to typing postgresql too often.

container are my go to now, to avoid installing more software that might change behavior. I keep thinking I ought...

For the main job you've set up, did you check all databases or all user databases?

Your downfall here is going to be trying to do it all at once.

You cannot touch the vendor DB, but there is nothing stopping you from creating your own...

Some people like columns. I've run into some tables with high hundreds of columns, which astounds me.

I travel all over, and most big cities are bad in places, but also not bad in others. Parts of LA/SoCal make me crazy, but others aren't bad. Busy, but...