Really it's an article that talks a bit about the history of containers and how they differ from VMs. Essentially  a container reuses much of the host kernal and base...

Is this SQL 2000 or 2008?

When you restore, you get the settings from the database backed up, but you can change your growth settings.

Was v_r_user in the join before? Or you added the column and the table?

I don't see the documentation anywhere, but I've asked MS for clarification.

It does say symmetric key, which in this day and age I'd hope would be AES, preferably...

I would guess there's a Data Domain process that uses the VDI interface to take a backup. However, the backup isn't going to a file, it's going to some identifier...

Are you rebuilding online?

I'm with Grant. I'd prefer you actually don't move the data.

If you had to, why another db? You could use a trigger to check for new numbers being...

For reference: STUFF

As Gail mentioned, the log backups are for DR and recovering your system from issues that affect your AG. You can move the log backups location without affect the AG

Yes, you can get SSMS 2016 (free, should work with 2008 R2.

Then: https://voiceofthedba.com/2015/12/16/tracking-logins-with-extended-events/

There's no good way to size the log and tempdb for a database. The amount required isn't based on the data size, but rather the workload. How much activity can...

Try connecting with the dedicated administration connection (DAC). This has reserved resources if the server is too busy to respond to normal user requests.

If that's all that's in the trigger, I wouldn't expect a failure, but I always worry about lots of AND/ORs and something slipping through I didn't expect.

Do you...