You don’t qualify! Imagine hearing those words from someone telling you that you’re not enough. Insufficient. You didn’t meet the standard. I’ve heard a lot of that when I started looking for a job after graduating from college. An engineering degree wasn’t enough to get hired. It didn’t help that I failed seventeen […]
I recently got a question about how to reclaim database space in SharePoint. The specific database mentioned was WSS_Logging although this could have been any of the SharePoint databases or any other SQL Server database for that matter. The database was growing really fast so the farm was configured to only keep a week’s worth […]
I’ve been working on this personal project since early this year. If you’ve been following my blog posts, my articles on MSSQLTips.com or even my presentations at various events, you know that my area of expertise is on SQL Server high availability and disaster recovery. I’ve compiled years of experience and exposure with SQL Server […]
You were in your favourite bar one Saturday night when, suddenly, you hear your mobile phone ring. You pick up the phone and heard the sound of a screaming voice on the other end (no, it’s not your wife telling you to go home and take out the trash). The background noise is preventing you […]
In 2008, I was privileged to be a part of a project to write a chapter for a book that was for a good cause. SQL Server MVP Deep Dives became an avenue for a lot of the SQL Server MVPs to share their expertise for the benefit of not just the technical community but […]
What could be more frustrating than knowing that your database backups went missing? This is specifically true if you are dealing with transaction log backups which are dependent on log sequence numbers. You don’t want to lose a single transaction log backup in the chain. In previous versions of SQL Server, we just execute a […]
I’ve compiled a couple of my scripts – both TSQL and VBScript – to create a tip for MSSQLTips.com on automating backups and deletion of SQL Server 2005 Express databases to mimic that of creating a database maintenance plan. You can check out the article for more details. Feel free to post comments on the […]
I have a compilation of scripts which I use on a daily basis to help me make my work a bit easier. I always mention during my presentations that the laziest people are administrators who happen to have a programming background. Here’s one that I frequently use. A message on my instant messenger popped up […]
Transaction Log Shipping is a disaster recovery (sometimes called data recovery) option in SQL Server where you generate transaction log backups in the source database, copy them over to a remote SQL Server instance and restore them in read-only, standby mode. This feature is available in Enterprise Edition for SQL Server 2000 while SQL Server […]
>One of the most underestimated feature of SQL Server is the FULL RECOVERY model in the database options. Database recovery models determine how much data loss is acceptable in case of a failure and what types of backup and restore functions are allowed. This has been an option which you can trace back from the […]
