Tag Archives: administration

Adding Performance Counters back for SQL Server

Posted on June 26, 2017 by way0utwest

I had a strange situation the other day, where a number of things went wrong with my instance. First, I lost permissions to detached databases. The SID was listed in the file permissions, but apparently unlinked to an account. Next, … Continue reading →

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The Need for DRE

Posted on June 17, 2017 by way0utwest

“Today’s database professionals must be engineers, not administrators” That’s a quote from an interview at O’Reilly on Database Reliability Engineering. I don’t want to quibble about whether those of us working in technology are engineers in name or not, but … Continue reading →

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Renaming MDF/LDF Files–SQLNewBlogger

Posted on June 15, 2017 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I would guess many people would run into this situation at some point. A developer or DBA creates a … Continue reading →

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Why Does My Log Grow–SQLNewBlogger

Posted on June 8, 2017 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is a great topic, and really, every DBA or admin should blog this and be sure they understand … Continue reading →

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