Tag Archives: DevOps

Republish: State v Migrations

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

Back in the UK, so a republish of State v Migrations

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DevOps Debugs the Demo

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

I had my 24 Hours of Pass session today, Database DevOps to Ensure Compliance, and my demo broke. At least, it broke for me. I kept going and talked over things, but I hate that. It would have been impressive … Continue reading →

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The Journey to DevOps

Posted on June 5, 2018 by

Netflix is one of those companies that I find amazing. I was an early subscriber to their mail DVD service, and thought it was amazing how they processed both orders and physical objects with technology. As they pivoted to streaming, I … Continue reading →

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No More Downtime

Posted on May 29, 2018 by

At one point in my career, I worked for a wealth management firm. We managed funds for various customers, a part of which was making trades in the financial markets. Various brokers and companies used our platform to run their … Continue reading →

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More SQL Server Updates

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

This was a busy week for updates. I finished adding new builds to the build lists for 2017, 2016, and 2014, the first time I’ve done all three platforms on the same day. To be fair, two updates were on the 19th and … Continue reading →

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Are You a Traffic Cop?

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

There’s a joke that a DBA’s favorite word is “no”. I think that was certainly true for the individual from whom I first learned about Oracle and SQL Server administration. He constantly pushed back on developers and management who requested … Continue reading →

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Moving Lookup Data with ReadyRoll

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

I’ve been using ReadyRoll for a small project and wanted to move some lookup data. There are some tables where I want to keep data in sync across environments, so if my build and release pipeline can do this, great. … Continue reading →

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No Magical DevOps

Posted on January 3, 2018 by

I saw this comment in a post a short while back. A reader said “I’m still trying to wrap my head around “devops” as it pertains to database deployment. … how do you deal with those potentially dangerous/destructive changes without … Continue reading →

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Live on Channel 9 with ReadyRoll

Posted on December 7, 2017 by

I was interviewed in Redmond a couple months ago and the video was just published. I show and demo some database migration work with ReadyRoll in this video: https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Database-DevOps-with-RedGate-ReadyRoll/player

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Automating SQL Clone Creation with PoSh

Posted on December 1, 2017 by

I think SQL Clone is one of the game changing products from Redgate. This product really fits into a DevOps mindset, allowing me to quickly and easily build (and rebuild) a dev database. While the agent web pages make this … Continue reading →

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