Not an Azure Key Vault after all: a Recovery Services vault that would not delete. The AzureRM script is retired, and soft delete waits 14 days.
SQL SERVER – SQL Server Management Studio Crash While Using Backup to URL or Connecting to Storage
During an urgent restore, SSMS crashed each time my client picked URL to restore from Azure Blob Storage. Here is how to fix the crash when connecting to storage.
SQL SERVER – Error: 45207 – SQL Server Managed Backup to Microsoft Azure Cannot Configure the Database Because a Container URL was Either not Provided or Invalid
After a cleanup on my Azure SQL VM, I hit Msg 45207: SQL Server Managed Backup to Microsoft Azure cannot configure the database. Here is how I fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Microsoft Azure – Unable to Find Higher Tier Series Virtual Machine to Upgrade
My client wanted to upsize an Azure VM running Always On from D-Series to a higher tier G-Series size, but it was missing from the list. Here is what I suggested.
SQL SERVER – FIX: Backup to URL Error: Operating System Error 50(The Request is Not Supported.)
My Backup to URL jobs started failing with Operating system error 50 (The request is not supported.). Here are the ERRORLOG messages and how I fixed it.
SQL SERVER – Backup to URL – Script to Generate Credential and Backup using Shared Access Signature (SAS)
Backup to URL can connect to Azure storage with a SAS token. I share a script that generates the credential and the backup command using a Shared Access Signature.
SQL SERVER – Msg 3292: A Failure Occurred While Attempting to Execute Backup or Restore With a URL Device Specified
My client’s backup to Azure failed with Msg 3292: a failure occurred while attempting to execute Backup or Restore with a URL device. Let me show you the fix.