Tag Archives: disaster recovery

The Gambler

Posted on March 14, 2013 by way0utwest

In April of this year, the SQL Intersection conference is coming to Las Vegas. I’m speaking, along with Grant Fritchey and many others. It’s a fun event, in a city with a huge variety of things to do in the evenings after a … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on The Gambler

Data Loss

Posted on March 4, 2013 by way0utwest

This piece was originally published in Database Weekly. Two words that no database administrator ever wants to put together are “data” and loss”. We go to great efforts to ensure that our SQL Server data is protected, backed up, available … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , | Comments Off on Data Loss

A Patch Disaster

Posted on January 10, 2013 by way0utwest

Can you imagine sending the wrong patch to the wrong machines? That’s what happened with an Australian bank. Am OS patch was sent to many more machines than it should have. The patch was designed for desktops, but managed to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , | Comments Off on A Patch Disaster

Deployment Failures

Posted on December 14, 2012 by way0utwest

Years ago the company I worked for would patch the majority of our servers one Friday night each month. The Microsoft patches for the month, and other software patches, would be bundled up into SMS (Systems Management Server) packages and … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , | Comments Off on Deployment Failures