If you ask any DBA in the world about their wildest dream, they will always say that want to manage a huge database platform which is scalable whenever it needs to and available always. If you are a DBA, you will agree with the statement. Every DBA who is going home after a day-long work only dreams that a) he does not have to wake up mid-night and b) the first task next day is not to worry about the capacity of the server. Let us learn about Scalability and Availability Challenges and Shareplex Solutions.
Practical Real World Performance Tuning – Class Preparation and Setup
This blog post is a follow-up a blog post in the series of the blog post I am writing for my most popular online class Practical Real World Performance Tuning with Brent Ozar. In this blog post, we will discuss how do I do class preparation and setup.
SQL SERVER – Event ID:7034 – MSSQLSERVER Service Terminated Unexpectedly. It has Done this 6 time(s)
Recently, I came across a strange issue. I noticed that the SQL Server service terminates and restarts automatically and doesn’t restart.
SQL SERVER – Backup to URL – Script to Generate the Create Credential and Backup Command using Access Keys
Backup to URL is one of the common methods used in SQL Server perform backup to Azure Blob Storage. In this blog, I am going to share a script to generate the create credential and backup command using access keys.
How to Generate Random Password in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #181
Question: How to Generate Random Password in SQL Server?
Answer: This is a fantastic question and here is the script to generate a random password in SQL Server
SQL SERVER Analysis Services – Unable to Start Service. Error: The Filename, Directory Name, or Volume Label Syntax is Incorrect
Sometimes I get a chance to work on something which I have not worked earlier but I give my 100% before I give up. This gives me chance to learn something new and every time I get a new topic to write a blog. In this blog, we would learn about fixing “The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect” error while starting SQL Server Analysis Services. Here is the exact message from system event log while trying to start the services using configuration manager.
SQL SERVER – Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool – ERROR: Account Verification Failed
I have been seeing many customers moving their SQL Server to Cloud. Few of them have chosen Microsoft Azure platform to host their production server and few others have selected other cloud platforms like AWS. When they host SQL in Azure, they can choose various backup methods. In this blog, we would learn about fixing an interesting error “Account Verification Failed” while using Microsoft SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool.
SQL SERVER – Unable to See SQL Server Configuration Manager. How to Open it?
I get many emails every day and I do respond to them as soon as I can. Sometimes they are about the business and sometimes they are from my blog readers who have followed my other blog and need help with something else. Most of the time, I do have a solution for them. In this blog, we would learn about how to open SQL Server Configuration Manager when there is no shortcut in start menu.
SQL SERVER – Database Mail Error: The SMTP Server Requires a Secure Connection or the Client Was Not Authenticated. The Server Response Was: 5.5.1 – Using Gmail
In my earlier blog, we saw one possible cause database mail error due to SSL settings. Today we will learn about another Database Mail Error.
New Trends and Challenges in Database Administration
In the previous blog posts, we discussed the evolution of the DBA along with the challenges, changes and their upcoming trends. Data is the most critical part of any application. The changing nature of the data always brings new challenges to DBAs. New age DBAs now have to do many different tasks than before. Along with running the system at the most optimal settings, DBAs now have to get their hands dirty with development, DevOps, NoSQL technology as well as help organizations to migrate to the cloud.