As a SQL Server DBA, Postgres Backups Surprised Me.
Over the last week, I’ve been working on putting together a Postgres version of the Stack Overflow database, […]
Backup and Recovery
Today’s a Good Day to Talk to Your Manager About ...
Last night, two major IT disasters struck: Microsoft Azure’s Central region went down for about 4 hours. The […]
Two Tweaks for Faster Backups with Ola Hallengren’s Scripts
Ola Hallengren’s free maintenance solution is widely used as a replacement for SQL Server maintenance plans. It’s a […]
“Oops, I Lost My Indexes in Azure SQL DB.”
I got an interesting request for consulting, and I’m going to paraphrase it: We were using Azure SQL […]
How to Configure Ola Hallengren’s Database Maintenance Scripts for Backups
Someone told you that you should be using Ola Hallengren’s Maintenance Scripts. You’ve downloaded his Maintenance Solution.sql, you […]
Breaking News: SQL 2019 CU16 Changes Backup Formats, Can Break ...
The newest Cumulative Update for SQL Server 2019 has this gem in the release notes: It’s not a […]