CHK your DSK, ironing out those abnormalities
Ironically not more than a week or so after I emphasised the importance for DBAs to check file system integrity in my recent post Cluster aint misbehavin’, another incident raises it’s ugly head. The...
View ArticleThe fantastically forgetful IP stack
So the first thing you are probably wondering is… “does this post have anything to do with SQL Server”. Well if you have ever listened to my views on specialization and generalization you may be aware...
View ArticleProblem setting up my Azure account
Ok so I know you guys aren’t the most compatible of friends but we are talking about setting up a Cloud DB here. The thing I expected would be that you would be browser and OS agnostic -at least for …...
View ArticleMr. Fumble Fingers
If you are not perfect (and I am guessing you are not!) you will have been in that situation where you have clicked your mouse button (substitute with your own horror story) and then almost immediately...
View ArticleDynamic Ports are dangerous
We had a fairly interesting incident recently where there had been some significant network issues which even once they had been resolved had left various connectivity problems to several of our SQL...
View ArticleT-SQL Tuesday #19 – Your mistake… my problem
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought to you by Allen Kinsel (blog|twitter) who contributes a great amount of his time to the SQL Community and so we can only say a huge thank you for your efforts and...
View ArticleLets keep it short – problem creating availability group listeners
Someone once said to me that he thought I should work as a GUI tester since I always seemed to find problems in the UI after I highlighted a problem to him that I’d found in Linux Gnome that he …...
View ArticleUsing the SQL Server Installation Wizard on Server Core!
Ever heard the phrase “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should?”. Yep me too -many times, and what I am about to say comes with that caveat in mind although as I shall explain, I see absolutely...
View ArticleBaby baby baby, where did our love/ data go?
Possibly one of the very first things we learn as fledgling DBA’s is that transactions are used to provide “all or nothing” operations. If you ever go for a SQL Server job interview, you are almost...
View ArticleProblems creating Windows Cluster through Powershell
Creating a Windows Cluster is surprisingly easy, but every now and again you run into small problems which irritate and are not really helped by the error messages – a problem which is exacerbated by...
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