I got excited the other day. Very excited. “Big Idea” excited. That’s right, I had a Big Idea, and in that moment of Kramer-esque Zen I could clearly see what I was destined to build with Operations Manager. Alas, in order to build it, I would need to make customizations that I was not sure [...]
How Does This Happen?
Opened up SQL 2008 Management Studio. Double-click on a job, up pops the Job Properties screen. So far, so good. Go to the step properties, up pops another window, all still good. Next, hit CRTL-A and get beeped. WTF? I have to right-click in order to do a select all? No keyboard shortcut? I see [...]
More Twitter Love
So, I happened to see a tweet today that Joe Webb was about to present for the Charlotte SQL User group. The talk was schedule to start in ten minutes and although I was already doing three things I figured I could add in a fourth and listen to Joe talk. I dropped a quick email [...]
PASS High
I have officially recognized the fact that I am on my PASS high. It always happens after the conference and lasts for a few weeks at the very least. One time it lasted three months before burning off.
What is a PASS high? Quite simply, it is the extra energy you have to help in all [...]
Join the Battle!
Found this nugget from Grant Fritchey, who linked out to an article on Simple-Talk by Tony Davis. Join us as we fight in the Battle Against Lawless Database Design (BALD-D or baldy).
Not a day goes by where I do not stumble across some element of a database that makes me slap my hand to my head, [...]
Database Dump Monitoring
About a month ago I came across a wonderful idea. I thought about how I could use Operations Manager to monitor my databases to ensure they have had a backup done within a predefined amount of time. I know lots of DBAs out there that have similar checks in place, most of which involve reports [...]