To Script or Not To Script
When approaching an automation problem the first questions you must answer is whether you should even invest the time to...
2011-03-15
687 reads
Chad Miller
Restore and Relocate Database Files Using PowerShell
I was recently asked a question on restoring a database using PowerShell with the following requirements
Take a database backup file...
2011-03-14
7,886 reads
SQLPSX 2.3.2.1 Release
We’ve released a minor update to SQLPSX which includes includes several bug fixes/enhancements as well as one new module. Here’s...
2011-03-13
1,028 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #15 Automation and the SSIS Dumper
This post is my contribution to T-SQL Tuesday, hosted this month by Pat Wright (blog | twitter).
In my previous post...
2011-02-08
1,058 reads
Importing and Exporting SSIS Packages Using PowerShell
SQL Server PowerShell Extensions (SQLPSX) includes a set of function for working with SSIS which among other things allow you...
2011-02-07
3,226 reads
Importing and Exporting SSIS Packages Using PowerShell
SQL Server PowerShell Extensions (SQLPSX) includes a set of function for working with SSIS which among other things allow you...
2011-02-03
11,062 reads
Tampa IT Camp Saturday
The first annual Tampa IT Camp will be held on Saturday, March 19th 2011.
What’s an IT Camp?
In the...
2011-01-22
571 reads
SQL Saturday #62
I presented a one hour session at SQL Saturday #62 in Tampa on SQL Server PowerShell Extensions (SQLPSX): “In this...
2011-01-15
418 reads
Making an Operations Manager Module
Operations Manager 2007 R2 ships with Operations Manager Shell which is simply a provider with associated cmdlets for working with...
2011-01-04
853 reads
Windows Cluster Scripting with WMI and PowerShell
Windows 2008 R2 includes a failoverclusters PowerShell module, but you’ll probably find normal usage limiting for several reasons:
Only works on...
2010-12-31
3,635 reads
Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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