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Tweaking your Sharepoint databases ?
Have you ever wondered how to optimize your SharePoint databases ?But you are afraid that any changes will result in loss of support from Microsoft, right ?Well, here is the good news. Some changes are...
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Analysis Services Server Activity Monitor 2014 0.0.0.1 Alpha Released
This morning I am happy to announce the release of an alpha version of the SSAS Activity Viewer for SQL Server 2014 CTP2. The name has had a slight change and is now called Analysis Services Server...
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Using Microsoft’s New Database Backup Tool – Local Backups
At the opening keynote at PASS Summit 2013 it was mentioned that SQL was adding backup encryption along with the ability to backup databases to an Azure storage container. In my last post I wrote about...
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Challenge Accepted and Now Completed !!!
Vocês conhecem a expressão: “Mais feliz que pinto no lixo”? ou “Mais feliz que filho de barbeiro em quermesse”?hoje recebi o seguinte email do pessoal da Microsoft:SIM !!! Depois de passar por todo o...
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A few things every DBA should know about Page Life Expectancy(PLE) & NUMA
A few days ago I was talking with some friends about Page Life Expectancy and why I do not consider it to be a valuable counter anymore. I started the discussion because I read Paul Randal’s blog about...
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Doing It Right: Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting
You sit down at your desk. It’s 9:10AM and your coffee is still warm. There is a smell of bacon in the air.Suddenly your phone rings. The trading system is down. The time for quick thinking is...
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Moving Tables that use Partitioning and Compression Across File Groups
IntroLast week there was an article on SQL Server Central about moving large tables across filegroups. This was something that I have had to do a few times over the past few years, however the data...
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Passionate about SQLpassion
If you are new or experienced to the world of SQL Server you will be aware that one of SQL Server’s greatest strengths is the copious amounts of literature and videos available to you covering subjects...
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Finding impersonation info in SQL Server
Since SQL Server 2005 we’ve been able to grant one login the ability to impersonate another in order to have a different set of effective permissions. More than a few times I’ve found this paradigm...
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12 Days of Christmas 2013 Day 2
This is the second installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season.Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits:SQL Sat LV announcementRecently I was able to...
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Day 3 – Reviewing Peers
This is the third installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season.Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits:SQL Sat LV announcementBurning TimeRemember back in...
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Day 4 – Broken Broker
This is the fourth installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season.Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits:SQL Sat LV announcementBurning TimeReviewing...
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sp_executesql Rules, EXEC drools
I was writing some dynamic SQL today and I needed to output a parameter for the count in the dynamic SQL. I’ve always use EXECUTE but I did not know how to use the value returned from the executed SQL....
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How to Configure Form Base Authentication(FBA) in SharePoint Server 2010...
Hello Friends,It’s been months I haven’t written anything as I was busy with lot of stuff. There are many things to write but starting with topic for which I got many mails from lot of friends through...
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What do the “DB File Free Space (MB)” and the “DB File Free Space (%)” SCOM...
SCOM can be very helpful when monitoring your SQL Server Infrastructure. Sometimes when I get SCOM alerts, I don’t really now what they mean. Luckly for me there are many people that do know what they...
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Happy 2014 SQL Folks!!!
Seems like a year since my last post haw haw hawBut seriously it has been a while and it’s a new year so I guess it’s time I make good on a resolution (or make one in the first place) and blog...
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Back on the trail…. #sqlsatnash
I realize that I should probably be blogging about my New Year’s resolutions, but meh… I’ve been super busy surviving the holidays. So busy in fact that I’ve failed to mention that I’ll be presenting...
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FGID propery is incorrect
A algumas semanas o pessoal me ligou com um problema em uma base de um cliente.A base possuia 180GB, divididos em 6 arquivos todos no FG Primary,,, Dois destes arquivos estavam em unidades que...
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Extending automation of SQL recoveries using Ola Hallengren’s backup solution
“Automation is inherently good” This might be one of the only phrases you can get all DBA’s to agree on without that dreaded “it depends” that we DBA’s like to throw around so much.This months T-SQL...
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What would you do?
I’m going to lay out a scenario for you. It involves dealing with a SQL database that has been marked as suspect, and it happened on a server I’m responsible for a few days ago. After I describe the...
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