Recently I wrote a blog explaining a situation where taking log backup can break automatic seeding and synchronization would not work. Below is the blog reference. SQL SERVER – AlwaysOn Automatic Seeding – Database Stuck in Restoring State
SQL SERVER – PowerShell Script – Delete Old Backup Files in SQL Express
If you have worked with various SQL Server editions, then you would know that SQL Server Express edition does not have SQL Server Agent service. Due to this, we lose capabilities to automate a lot of things. Let us learn in this blog post how to delete old backup files in SQL Express.
How to Estimate Space Saved by Data Compression in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #167
Question: How to Estimate Space Saved by Data Compression in SQL Server?
SQL SERVER – FIX: Backup Detected Log Corruption in database MyDB. Context is Bad Middle Sector
During my consulting, I guide my clients to have a backup plan in place. One of my clients reported that whenever they try to take a Full Backup of a database, it fails precisely after 60% completion. Here is the error message while making database backup using SQL Server Management Studio. Let us fix error related to the bad middle sector in this blog.
SQL SERVER – Mirroring Error 1456 – The ALTER DATABASE Command Could not be Sent to the Remote Server Instance
As a part of my consulting, I still get few clients who prefer to use database mirroring over Always On Availability Group. In this blog we would cover about one possible cause of database mirroring Error 1456 – The ALTER DATABASE command could not be sent to the remote server instance.
Avoiding Database Downtime via Replication – SharePlex
The scariest word for any DBA is – Database Downtime. Every DBA who is going off duty for the day or going away on vacation for a month is always worried about Database Downtime. I totally sympathize with everyone who is constantly worried about their database’s downtime. In the real world, we all know when our database does down, it means that our business is stopped. There is no other analogy we can give.
Practical Real World Performance Tuning – Frequently Asked Questions
Earlier this month, I announced my very first online live training course Practical Real World Performance Tuning along with Brent Ozar. As soon as the course was announced we received your overwhelming response. I am truly thankful to you to fill up the available seats very quickly. While I am writing this blog posts, we have very few limited seats are available. One the seats are filled up, we will have to close the registration. If you miss this opportunity this year, do not worry, you can always register in the future when we return again in 2019 or 2020.
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