I’ll be honest, I was *really* looking forward to using the Utility Control Point feature in SQL 2008 R2. I wanted to give the UCP a test drive, kick the tires, and get out on the open road. I even started asking around to see if we could get our hands on the shiny new … Read more
I was tagged by Paul Randal (blog | twitter) in a recent chainposting on what features I would like to see removed from SQL Server. Paul did not say if I was allowed to repeat any of the items he listed but I am going to do so anyway because I feel that strongly about … Read more
or…not… I wanted to cancel my account before I got hit up for “hidden charges” or something ridonkulous like that and could not find any way to cancel my subscription short of calling someone on the phone which could be my least favorite thing to do. From what I could tell, I should be allowed … Read more
I have seen more than one blog post written about how you can use sqlcmd /L to find the SQL Servers on your network. I have seen it mentioned so many times, in fact, that I started to believe it myself. I mean, why would I doubt such statements, especially when I have never used /L … Read more
Well, at least that is the impression I have from Operations Manager. Let me explain why. It all started around the time we were making some adjustments to one of our servers that was not performing as well as our end users would have liked. The short end of that story is that we ended … Read more
Enough already. How has it come to be acceptable that whenever issues arise with any computerized system it is okay to use the phrase “there was a problem with the database” and everyone just accepts that and moves on with their lives but not before kicking their DBA around? For the record, as a DBA … Read more
