Moving System Databases in MSSQL2005
Recently I had to move all system databases for one server to another physical drive. This is pretty simple for all but the Master and SystemRecource databases. For all others you can just do the...
View ArticleWhat is the Primary Job of a DBA?
So this post is about DBA’s like me. I am a systems DBA and not a developer. In fact I know very little about the language of SQL and I need to learn a lot more about it and hopefully I can integrate...
View ArticleTest, Dev, and Production Databases in one Instance?
NO, NO, and once again I say NO. Somewhere in the world someone may have a good reason to do this. I can not think of it but hey, I do not know it all. I have seen places that have Instances with all...
View ArticleSQL Server Agent Not Starting
This week I ran into a strange issue where one of my servers agent accounts would not start up. The SQL Server and the SQL Agent both use the same domain account and the Server was running just fine....
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