NOTE: This was my experiment with database corruption. If your database is corrupted, you should contact professionals who do this as their primary job. Always make sure that you do experiments on the copy of your database on your development server, rather than on production server. Let us learn about Recover Database Corruption.
SQL SERVER – Migration of SQL Server 2012 Database Mirroring to AlwaysOn Availability Group
Migration of SQL Server 2012 Database Mirroring to AlwaysOn Availability group can get a bit tricky if you’re not quite familiar with the workings of SQL Server 2012. This article gives you a better idea about the migration process of database mirroring to AlwaysON Availability group.
9 Things You Should be Doing with Your Backups – Backup Tips – SQL Server Backup Tips
SQL Server backups are essential for any business that store their data in SQL Server. The following is a list of best practices you should be following if you are the person in charge with maintaining your organization’s databases. Let us see some of the SQL Server Backup Tips.
SQL SERVER – Virtualized SQL Server Performance and Storage System – Notes from the Field #013
[Note from Pinal]: This is a new episode of Notes from the Field series. A common comment I often hear from the developers is – “I have virtual environment and I have followed all the tricks and tips which I should apply to SQL Server but still I do not see a performance improvement to my server. I believe virtualization is not a good thing.” The matter of the fact is that we do not know how to tune virtualized server. Regular SQL Server where we have dedicated server and virtualized SQL Server have few different tricks associated with them. Let us learn about Virtualized SQL Server Performance and Storage System.
SQL SERVER – Monitoring Server at a Glance – A Open Conversation with DBAs
A few days ago I was visiting a large Database Shop and I happened to meet quite a few DBAs there. After my session was over we all went to the company’s cafe for a quick coffee. While having a coffee in the relaxed environment, I shared details about my recent vacation with my family. After sharing a quick story of my vacation, I asked the DBAs around me about their own vacations. To my surprise many of the DBA’s have not taken a holiday for quite a some time. Upon asking why they have not taken holiday the answer was simple (and as expected) – due to the job. Let us read about Monitoring Server.
MySQL – Change the Limit of Row Retrieved in MySQL Workbench
MySQL Workbench is default IDE for MySQL. It can be installed on Windows, Linux or Mac OSX. Here is the one question which new users of MySQL Workbench often ask –
“When I execute my SQL Query from my application, it retrieves correct numbers of the row, but when I execute the same query in MySQL Workbench it retrieves only 1000 records. What is the reason behind it?”
SQL SERVER – Start Services or Stop Services with PowerShell – Question to Readers?
Recently I received a very interesting question- I have no idea about its answer so I will request your help to answer this question.
Question:
“I am using a Powershell script to shutdown SQL Services. Here is the command I use.