Sometimes emails from SQL Server go missing, especially when you share an inbox with colleagues. On most occasions it doesn't always matter as the job that generated the email can simply be re ran to produce the email once again, but what about those emails that contain time specific information? we cannot simple just kick... Continue Reading →
The other day I got thinking about what would happen if all databases on a single instance grew out, every single one of them! but not just once, what if they all grew out three, four or fives times overnight - what would things look like? Well I know the likelihood may be slim but... Continue Reading →
Here's a strange one that I've recently come across. I had a customer report that their log shipping restore jobs were chock a block of errors. Now, the logs seem to have been restoring just fine but before every restore attempt, the job is reporting the error, Error: Failed to update database "DATABASE NAME" because... Continue Reading →
Post Updated: 18/12/2018 Here is a quick guide to getting started with the SQLUndercover Inspector. We made some changes to the installation process, please read them here in the revised installation guide. So you have ran through the installation of the Inspector and now you want to know what to do next, below we will... Continue Reading →
Updated: 28/11/2018: We've put together a sample report for you to play with. The SQLUndercover Inspector is now available on GitHub, a quick run down of what it does can be found here: Introducing: The SQLUndercover Inspector, a quick video introduction can be found here and upcoming video tutorials will be released on Undercover TV in due... Continue Reading →
sp_AGReconfigure 1.1 is now available HERE and on GitHub V1.1 includes a new Parameter and some minor bug fixes: @Readable NULL - DEFAULT: Ignore Readable secondary check (acts as though you are using V1) 0 - Produce a statement to switch readable secondary off if switched on 1 - Produce a statement to switch readable... Continue Reading →
Inspector V1.4 in progress. Inspector V1.3 changes. Inspector V1.2 changes. Introducing: The SQLUndercover Inspector! now available on GitHub but what exactly is it? Just another Monitoring tool? well not quite, the SQLUndercover Inspector is not really a Monitoring tool as such, parts of the Inspector can be used in this way if you choose to configure... Continue Reading →
08 Jan 2018 - V1.1 released - Details here Most of the time the goto is to use the GUI which is a nice graphical way of doing it which can make configuring the settings somewhat easier , but this comes with a cost - the cost being time! I have lost count of the... Continue Reading →
Now I'm all for making my life easier and one thing that makes life easier for me is having a single process that I can run to install\update all my favourite utility stored procedures quickly and on all my SQL Servers. I've done this a few different ways in the past but this time I... Continue Reading →
