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 →
Here is a quick guide to getting started with the SQLUndercover Inspector. Pre-requisites: SQL 2012 or higher SQL Server Agent A database to store the the data collected by the agent jobs (this can be one you use for your other DBA needs it doesn't have to be a dedicated database) Optional: For instances with... Continue Reading →
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 course. Thanks for 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 →
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 it that way but essentially its purpose is to provide... 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 →
This months TSQL Tuesday subject is a shout out and high-five to those people who have inspired or made a contribution to my DBA life. So here goes: Before I started my career as a Database Administrator I worked in the motor trade for approx 12 years , I worked with some great people and gathered... Continue Reading →
