PASS Prayers – Year 11!
October 20, 2019
Quick note: From time to time I blog about the Bible here. I try to keep those posts on my personal blog – Open Mike (it’s been too long since I’ve posted over there!!)– but sometimes it makes sense for a quick cross-post over here. I always tag those posts with the Bible category and you … Read more
TDE, Instant File Initialization, and Treating the Patient
October 14, 2019
So maybe you read the post title, and you already have an idea where this post is going… In the heat of the moment, I didn’t. Long story short – we had a client who was having some ugly excessive autogrowths causing a nasty cycle. Their autogrowth wouldn’t complete within the timeout period for the … Read more
SQL Saturday 877
September 14, 2019
Hey there! Thanks for attending my SQL Saturday Session today! A few links we discussed. If we get into any big conversations, I’ll bring links into here by end of day Monday Download our SQL Server Upgrade Checklist (and open in word and edit it to make it your upgrade checklist!) Check out our SQL Server … Read more
SQL Saturday 845 – Session Details
May 18, 2019
Hello! Thanks for attending! The slides for my SQL Saturday Session on High Availability and Disaster Recovery are below. After the session I’ll update this with links and notes from the talk by end of day Tuesday. Thanks for attending! SQL Server High Availability and DR – Too Many Choices! from Mike Walsh
SQL Server Upgrade Checklist
March 7, 2019
Last week, I wrapped up the delivery of a 4-part webinar series giving tips about SQL Server upgrades. I talked about how critical a SQL Server Upgrade Checklist is to the success of your SQL Server upgrade projects and promised a checklist. Here it is! This is a free download, no e-mail address required. Check … Read more
After Your SQL Server Upgrade – Upgrading SQL Server Webinar Episode 4
March 7, 2019
This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 4 “After You Upgrade SQL Server” You can watch the previous 3 weeks on youtube. This is the last video from the webinar portion of the … Read more
During Your SQL Server Upgrade – Upgrading SQL Server Webinar Episode 3
February 28, 2019
This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 3 “During Your Upgrade SQL Server” You can watch week one here on the blog or directly on youtube. You can also check out week … Read more
Before you Upgrade Your SQL Server – SQL Server Upgrade Webinar Episode 2
February 20, 2019
This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 2 “Before you Upgrade SQL Server” You can watch week one here on the blog or directly on youtube. Please consider subscribing to the channel … Read more
“Basic” Availability Groups – Some Rumors Persist
February 19, 2019
I was having a twitter interaction the other day. Since High Availability and Disaster Recovery topics are on my mind as I just wrapped up delivering an online class on SQL Server HA/DR last week and am preparing for my next free webinar series talking about HA/DR, that twitter thread piqued my interest. The short … Read more
DBAs Beware: “Hacker destroys VFEmail service, wipes backups”
February 18, 2019
My headline is borrowed from a headline on Malwarebytes blog post. In fact, many headlines like it are across the internet right now. This post is going to sound fairly similar to an earlier post I published, “Ex-Admin Deletes All Customer Data and Wipes Servers“. It’s from June of 2017, about a hosting provider who … Read more