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SQL Server: How to delete the msdb backup history kindly

This week I noticed some slowness on queries related to backup history. The instance had a huge msdb database (more than 10GB size), the backup history had never been purged. I already wrote a post on this topic and(…)

SQL Server: Control the size of your Transaction Log file with Resumable Index Rebuild

Introduction In this blog post, I will demonstrate how the Resumable capability of Online index rebuild operation can help you to keep the transaction log file size under control. An index rebuild operation is done in a single transaction(…)

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(…)