SQL Server

Considerations about SQL Server database files placement, Netapp storage and SnapManager

When you install SQL Server, you have to consider how to place the database files. At this point you will probably meet the well-known best practices and guidelines provided by Microsoft but are you really aware of the storage vendor(…)

Security via policies

Few weeks ago, I presented the session on security via Policies for “Les journées SQL Server 2014”, organized by the French SQL Server User Group (GUSS) in Paris. I promised to post our policies script(…)

SQL Server: Online index rebuild & minimally logged operations

A couple of days ago, I encountered an interesting case with a customer concerning a rebuild index operation on a datawarehouse environment. Let me introduce the situation: a “usual DBA day” with an almost usual error message found in your(…)

Memory management, OOM issues with SQL Server 2014 In-memory OLTP

Last week I gave a workshop about SQL Server 2014 and the new features. The first day we worked on new In-memory OLTP and different topics such as the new internal storage, the new transaction processing behavior or the(…)

SQL Server 2014: FCIs, availability groups, and TCP port conflict issues

After giving my session about SQL Server AlwaysOn and availability groups at the last French event “Les journées SQL Server 2014”, I had several questions concerning the port conflict issues, particularly the differences that exist(…)

Don’t forget to configure Power Management settings on Hyper-V

Recently I had the opportunity to audit a SQL Server database hosted on a Hyper-V 2012 cluster. I noticed that the guest operating system had the Power Plan configured to High performance. This is great thing but when I talked to(…)

Managed Backup with SQL Server 2014

In a previous blog post called Backup a SQL Server database from On-Premise to Azure, I presented the different tools to backup your on-premise databases on Azure Storage. SQL Server Managed Backup to Windows Azure was one of(…)

dbi services wishes you a Merry Christmas with this SQL Server script

The end of the year approachs and soon it will be time to celebrate Christmas with your family and friends. At dbi services, we wish you a merry christmas via SQL Server with the following script, to execute in your(…)

How to store SQL Server data files in Azure Storage

A new functionality, introduced with SQL Server 2014, enables to store data files from a SQL Server database in Windows Azure Storage. In this posting, I will show how it works.   Accessing Azure Storage The(…)

SQL Server tips: how to list orphaned logins

I read a lot of about orphaned database users in SQL Server, but I have almost never read about orphaned logins. Many of my customers migrate or remove databases in SQL Server. They forget – not every time but(…)