For years I have been led to believe that using the bulk-logged recovery model for SQL Server databases was a safe place to be in (that was entirely my fault, not MSDN’s nor TechNet’s.) I took it upon myself the definition of this recovery model – MINIMAL log space is used by bulk operations. My […]
PostDeploying a SQL Server 2012 Multi-Subnet Cluster
I’ve been wanting to write a series of articles on deploying a SQL Server 2012 on a multi-subnet cluster for quite some time now. This was driven by the fact that my series of articles on SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering had been in the Top 10 Tips for more than 2 years since being […]
PostInstalling SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server Core
I’ve been waiting for a few of my articles to be published before referencing to them. This particular topic has been the content of my previous presentations – SQLConnections 2012 and 24 Hours of PASS: Spring 2012 – and I’ve received requests for resources. Here they are. This article walks you through configuring Windows Server […]
PostVideo: TechDays TV Episode on SQL Server 2012 Always On Availability Groups
This is a recording of the Microsoft Canada TechDays TV episode I back in 20-Mar-2012. The video walks you thru converting your database mirroring and log shipping configurations to SQL Server 2012 Always On Availability groups, providing database availability and maximizing your investments by allowing read-only access to database replicas. You can download the resources […]
PostSQL Server 2012 High Availability Webcast Resources Now Available
There have been requests from attendees of last week’s webcast to make the resources available for download. If you’ve attended or viewed (thru MSSQLTips.com’s recording) my webcast on SQL Server 2012 High Availability with AlwaysOn, you can download the resources – Windows-based client application together with the Visual Studio 2010 project files, batch files to […]
PostFrom *-SqlHadrService to *-SqlAlwaysOn
If you’ve been playing with SQL Server “Denali” AlwaysOn, you probably have seen the new PowerShell cmdlets for managing the new AlwaysOn feature. However, as SQL Server 2012 RC0 has been made available for download, you need to watch out for these “breaking changes” for AlwaysOn (I call them breaking changes because if you are […]
PostBuilding a Scale-Out SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Farm Whitepaper Now Available
Back in 2009, I wrote a 4-part series article on installing SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2008 and, for the past two years, has been on the Top Ten Tips. I think one of the reason is because of the fact that we humans learn easily with the use of visuals (the […]
PostWatch Out for SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Webcast
My friends at MSSQLTips.com asked me to do a webcast on SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups. You’ve probably noticed that I have not been writing anything about SQL Server 2012 (formerly “Denali”) from both the articles that I’ve been writing and the previous blog posts as compared to when SQL Server 2008 was being […]
PostWhy Standards Are Important
I’m a big fan of standards specially when you know that they work. It’s like knowing that when when you’re measuring some length in the US, you know the unit would likely be in inches or feet because it is a standard unit of measurement. I was installing SQL Server “Denali” on my test environment […]
PostWhacked Out Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster Validation Wizard
I’ve setup a number of Windows Server 2008 (and higher) Failover Clusters in the past and this is the first time I’m seeing this. I’m running the Failover Cluster Validation wizard on two servers that will be used as nodes for a Windows Failover Cluster. When I run the wizard from ServerB, everything works fine. […]
