You can't drop the certificates and symmetric keys.

You need to slow down and carefully understand what is happening. When you create encryption, you

1. Create DMK

2. Create certificates/asymm key protected...

And Grant like his?

Actually it wasn't that cold. This Fridays' podcast was shot then, in a T-shirt, outside. I was a little cold, but not unbearably.

You can use a maintenance plan with only a maintenance cleanup task to delete backups.

I think we agree, and you've stated it better than I did.

Logged as a bug

If you look at the properties for a table, you'll get a list of the fields.

If you look at the properties for a database, there is a "size" and a...

Use R1/R10, not 5.

Go with a major vendor, stick to what they recommend with the server to eliminate driver issues.

Is it the same code?

I'd double check that you have the same key, maybe restore it again. Someone could have regenerated something. Or you might need to restore it each...

I'm not sure I agree with Gus about next year, but I could be wrong. There's still a substantial premium for drives.

I bought a 1TB drive for US$147 yesterday. A...

That is the database master key. It needs to be loaded into the server to open that database's keys for access.

So you need to make a backup of this key,...

Searching for an answer, but I don't think so. This is a db container, like other db containers, so it typically needs to be local.

there are options to integrate with...

Which key are you talking about? You need to get your semantics straight.

there is a Service Master Key (SMK) for the instance. Each database has a Database Master Key (DMK),...

I'm confused, are you looking to use HyperV and VMs for clustering?

Or just trying to lay out the drives for clustering?

There's nothing magic about SQL clustering. It sits on...

I'd be wary of instances, you need to really manage memory between them.

If you go VMs, you then get into resource issues, potentially. You can't necessarily put 4 VMs on...