About TempDB and the Version Store
We will take notes here regarding tempDB, the Verison Store and how tempDB is used. Some of the content here is derived from…
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Using PowerShell to Failover Availability Groups and WFC Cluster Nodes
This article will show you how to failover an AG to another node and then move the WFC role to the same secondary…
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About Availability Groups Database Seeding
This post will serve to describe all things regarding adding databases and trouble-shooting issues with Availability Groups Availability Group Direct Seeding: How to…
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About Collations in SQL Server
This post will be fore the purpose of documenting all my findings regarding Collations in SQL Server, including changing the collation on an…
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PostgreSQL vs. SQL Server Notes
This blog will be where I post my PostgreSQL administration learning and it’s comparison to SQL Server from a SQL Server DBA’s viewpoint.…
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Restoring a database using STOPATMARK
This post will demonstrate how to restore a database from a log file up to a certain LSN (typically the one right before…
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Availability Groups: Things to remember
Here are a few things to remember when working with Availability Groups: Backup and Restore NOTE: Using the Recovery Advisor GUI in SSMS…
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Properly Taking a Cluster Offline for Disk Maintenance
I recently needed to replace the older, slower attached disks on our clustered SQL instance offline so as to copy each drive to…
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Building an AlwaysOn Availability Group SQL Cluster
Here are the steps to build at SQL Server 2017 AlwaysOn Availability Group. We will be using Windows 2016 Standard 64-bit for the…
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Some database design guidelines and best practices
Below are some best practices known within the SQL Server database community use when designing tables. 1. All data columns should be properly…
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