Getting SQLServers Last Known Good DBCC Checkdb with PowerShell and dbatools
As good SQL Server DBA’s we want to ensure that our databases are regularly checked for consistency by running DBCC...
2017-04-05
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As good SQL Server DBA’s we want to ensure that our databases are regularly checked for consistency by running DBCC...
2017-04-05
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In a previous post I showed how easy it is to test your backups using Test-DbaLastBackup
Today I thought I would...
2017-04-05 (first published: 2017-03-22)
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If your server collation is different to your database collation then you may find that you get an error similar...
2017-04-03
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Whilst I was writing my Test-DbaLastBackup Posts I ran into a common error I get when importing datatables into a...
2017-04-01
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I read a great blog post about answering the question how big is the database using T-SQL on SQL Buffet...
2017-03-29
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All the good DBAs backup their databases.
A significant amount of SQL DBAs use Ola Hallengrens maintenance solution to do so.
This...
2017-03-29 (first published: 2017-03-18)
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I have written about Test-DbaLastBackup in posts here, here and here. They have been Windows only posts.
With SQL Server vNext...
2017-03-27
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In a previous post I wrote about how easy it was to restore a whole SQL Servers user databases from...
2017-03-20
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Just a quick post, as much as a reminder for me as anything, but also useful to those that attended...
2017-03-17 (first published: 2017-03-12)
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One of the most visited posts on my blog is nearly two and half years old now – Add User to...
2017-03-16 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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By Steve Jones
I missed blogging yesterday as I was on stage/backstage for quite a bit of...
By Brian Kelley
A common theme in the PASS Summits I've attended is community and that's definitely...
By Chris Yates
I am excited to cover the Microsoft Keynote on Day 2: Redgate Keynote: Simplifying...
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In my SQL Server 2022 database, I run this:
USE Sales; GO CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256 ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyServerCert; GOThis works, but I want to prepare for the future and potential issues. How do I back up my DEK? See possible answers