Monthly Archives: February 2012

Future Virtual Machines

Posted on February 23, 2012 by way0utwest

I recently virtualized my Windows Home Server. I have had multiple boot drive failures, and I was getting tired of reinstalling the product. So I installed VirtualBox, then created a series of virtual disk drives and set my home server back … Continue reading →

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Checking Your Service Account with T-SQL

Posted on February 22, 2012 by way0utwest

Somehow this slipped by me, but there were some new DMVs added in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. I suspect my test machines were mostly SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2012, and I hadn’t been paying attention to the … Continue reading →

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Accept Failure

Posted on February 22, 2012 by way0utwest

We don’t expect ourselves to be perfect, do we? Is there ever any project you tackle that you might not complete? Is there a doubt that it might not work as expected, or that it may need substantial rework? I … Continue reading →

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Where’s My Backup? SQL Server Backup Issues

Posted on February 21, 2012 by way0utwest

You can cause yourself problems if you don’t know where your backups are stored, and how they are being made. It also helps to understand the defaults of how your backups are created in files. Here’s a short story to … Continue reading →

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