Tag Archives: administration

Easily Repeating Work

Posted on March 28, 2022 by way0utwest

I love this idea from Ken Fisher: saving your work. I don’t act as a DBA anymore, but when I did, I did something similar. We often logged the scripts we used in a file,  as a part of a … Continue reading →

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Changing the Owner of a Database #SQLNewBlogger

Posted on March 14, 2022 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I had an authorization issue with my account, and I decided to delete it and re-add it. That’s the … Continue reading →

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Is the Time of the DBA Ending?

Posted on March 4, 2022 by way0utwest

I ran across a piece on the fall of the DBA (or part of a piece), and wondered if this is the time when the DBA is disappearing. I do know that plenty of organizations never formally adopted the DBA … Continue reading →

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Backup Architecture

Posted on February 21, 2022 by way0utwest

I saw a question posted recently on what data is included in a full SQL Server database backup. I hadn’t seen that question in some time, but the post was a good reminder that this is not an intuitive concept, … Continue reading →

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