Configuring Alerts for Policy-Based Management
How can I receive notifications when the policies I have implemented have been violated so I don't have to manually look at each server?
2010-07-22
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Policy Based Management (PBM)
Configure Surface Area Configuration for SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Using Policy Based Management
I have installed a new instance of SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services and I am unable to find the Surface Area Configuration tool that I used to use in SQL Server 2005. How can I manage the Analysis Services features in SQL Server 2008?
2010-05-07
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How to Evaluate Policies on Multiple Instances
This article describes how to Evaluate Policies on Multiple Instances using EPM and PowerShell.
2010-03-29
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2010-03-26
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2010-03-17
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2010-01-18
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Using SQL Server 2008 PBM to Monitor Free Space
Keeping track of the space used and free in your database files is something that all experienced DBAs need to do. And something many new DBAs forget. New author Jayakumar Krishnan brings us an easy technique to do this in SQL Server 2008 with Policy Based Management.
2009-12-16
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Policy Based Management - On Change Prevent, Doesn't
SQL Server 2008 introduces " Policy Based Management " (PBM) as a way to better manage your servers. This was a feature that I really thought had, and still has a lot of potential for making the life of a DBA easier. The tagline for PBM is "manage...
2009-03-27
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2009-02-25
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2009-02-18
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers