24 Hours of PASS

Well, here we are, 24 Hours of PASS is about to get started. I am going to do my very best to attend each and every session for the next 24 hours. I will keep a running diary of events with this blog post, so check back frequently for updates. I will also be on … Read more

What Time Is It?

Joe the DBA sent me the usually morning email, detailing the failed custom collections in Operations Manager. I had asked for Joe to do this routinely so that we could monitor our monitoring system, as any good DBA with OCD would do. With our recent push for server consolidation I have been spending more time … Read more

24 Hours of SQLRockstar

Have you heard about the upcoming FREE training event sponsored by PASS? Have you been wondering how you could register? Have you been thinking “maybe I will wait and see what sessions they have lined up before I decide to register?” Have you also been sitting there and wondering “how can I get more of … Read more

Reattach Will Reset Database Chaining

We came across this little nugget the other day. There is a vendor application that likes to create databases on the same drive and override the default file locations we have defined. Yeah, I know, hard to believe yet another vendor product can go out of their way to take a perfectly good server and … Read more