Bitnami Introduces Kubeapps for Click and Deploy Kubernetes Containers
At KubeCon, Bitnami demonstrated a tool for deploying pre-packaged Kubernetes containers with the click of a mouse.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Launch SSMS Error – Cannot Find One or More Components. Please Reinstall the Application
Recently, one of my virtual machines started behaving strangely. I had SSMS 17.1 installed on the machine and it was working fine. I don’t remember what I installed, but I started facing a SSMS error. As soon as I click on SQL Server Management S …
Wall Street Teams Up to Help Save Client Data in Cyber Attack
Nearly three dozen banks are leading a group called Sheltered Harbor that’s designed to protect consumers’ access to their data in the event a financial institution is hacked.
Intuit to Acquire Startup TSheets in Deal Valued at $340 Million
Buying Eagle, Idaho-based TSheets, which helps businesses and employees track and manage work hours, will bolster Intuit’s QuickBooks software platform.
Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Learning the New Rules
Sponsored by: KeepItSafe – Date: Thursday, 12/14/17 at 2:00 PM EST
VMware Pushes Cloud Foundation 2.3 as Path to Hybrid
VMware relies heavily on partner services to sell new Cloud Foundation as a hybrid cloud solution.
2012/2014 bug that can cause database or server to go offline
Over the years I’ve discussed log space reservation, which is when SQL Server automatically reserves some free space in the transaction log so that in-flight transactions can always be rolled back without the log having to grow. This is …
Index Maintenance Madness
When we look at a new server, we check out their database maintenance jobs, making sure their server is in a safe place before we dig into their pain points. We verify if their backups and DBCC CHECKDB jobs can meet their RPO/RTO goals. We also check o …
First Responder Kit Release: Treating Object References Like Object Instances, Man
Object reference not set to an instance of an object. You can download the updated FirstResponderKit.zip here. sp_Blitz Improvements #1281 We’ve lowered the priority of Query Store being disabled. It’s just not as important as the …
Introducing the updated HTML comparison report in SQL Compare 13.1
In SQL Compare 13.1, Redgate have updated the interactive HTML comparison report type, providing simpler cleaner reports that focus on the differences between the compared databases. This blog post looks at the details of what’s new.
Keeping tables online during loading with schema swapping using SSIS
In this article, we discuss how schema swapping method can be used to keep tables online during the load process.
SQL SERVER – Msg 3743: The Database is Enabled for Database Mirroring. Database Mirroring Must be Removed Before you Drop the Database
One of my clients contacted me for quick assistance. They had Database Mirroring configured for a database. Due to some unknown issue their database mirroring went for a toss. Their end goal was to drop the database so that they can configure database …
Gartner Says Hire Programmers to Your Infrastructure and Ops Team
As traditional enterprises increasingly behave like platform companies, their IT and ops teams should change accordingly.
Savill's FAQs: How to Patch a Container Image
Three times a week, John Savill tackles your most pressing IT questions. Today, he explains patching Container Images, the size of Nano Server in Version 1709, and Project Honolulu Communications with servers.
SQL Server Missing Indexes Feature and Trace Flag 2392
Background Since the SQL Server 2005 release, SQL Server has had the default ability to collect metrics about what the query optimizer thinks are “missing” row store indexes, i.e. indexes that the query optimizer thinks would reduce the cos …