The Windows Server Failover Clustering for the Smart SQL Server DBA course was created in an attempt to help SQL Server DBAs and server administrators responsible for SQL Server Failover Clustered Instances (FCI) become more confident in what they do. This idea dawned on me as I was talking to customers who are unnecessarily spending money on hardware that […]
PostAvoid These High Availability Mistakes That Can Cost a SQL Server DBAs Job
I’ll never forget a conversation I had with a customer several years ago. I was asked to join a conference call to discuss a new SharePoint 2013 farm deployment. My involvement was limited to designing and deploying a SQL Server 2012 Availability Group for all of their environments – a different vendor was engaged to […]
PostVideo: Designing a SQL Server Always On Availability Groups Topology
As you go thru different phases in your career as a SQL Server professional, you progress from being a technician (primary task is more focused on operations) to a designer/architect (primary task is focused on designing a solution and eventually assists in building it.) A technician will be more concerned about a single aspect of a […]
PostData Types and How They Affect HA/DR
I previously wrote about Data Types and How They Affect Database Performance which was a way to get database developers to think about the small things that affect overall performance. As a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) professional myself, I like to think of how data types affect database availability and recoverability. The fact […]
PostGiving away FREE Access to my SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Deep Dive Course – Round 2
Last year, as part of launching my very first online course, I gave away FREE access to my SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Deep Dive Course. I’m doing it again this year but with a totally different reason. Here’s why. I’ve been very active in the SQL Server community in one way or another. […]
PostGiving Away FREE Access to My SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Deep Dive Course
Yesterday, I tweeted about giving away FREE access to my online course on Udemy (and, yes, it’s a birthday gift from me). If you’ve been following my blog post, you may already know that I’ve launched my very first learning experiment last week via the online course. I haven’t really promoted the course yet (aside from […]
PostSQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Deep Dive Course Now Available
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 […]
PostGot A “Validating WSFC quorum vote configuration” warning when you create a SQL Server Always On Availability Group?
I bet a lot of IT professionals who are really serious about their work are like me. When they see an error or warning message like this, their first instinct is to find out what the problem is and fix it. That’s what I did when I saw this error while configuring a SQL Server […]
PostFundamentals of SQL Server 2012 Availability Groups (Webcast)
The premise of this webcast is based on my conversations with customers who wanted to implement SQL Server 2012 Availability Groups. There have been a lot of confusion about the terminologies, technologies and implementation ever since Availability Groups was introduced in SQL Server 2012. This webcast seeks to explain the underlying fundamentals behind Availability Groups. You […]
