Clone permissions between SQL instances with Minion Enterprise
Minion Enterprise provides you the ability to script and clone permissions in a variety of ways. Today we want to script out all permission for DB1 on the dev server, “Dev1”.
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When was my last backup / CheckDB / index maintenance?
Keep a good eye on your backup and maintenance; they’re kind of important to the health and well-being of your job wait I mean SQL Server instances. So how do we go about this? Well, there’s the easiest way – you knew I’d be mentioning Minion Enterprise, right? – and then there’s the hard way. The easiest way If you have Minion …
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How to use Minion Enterprise for the first time, part 3
This is the first article in a multi-part series to guide you through your first weeks in Minion Enterprise.
How to use Minion Enterprise for the first time, part 2
This is the first article in a multi-part series to guide you through your first weeks in Minion Enterprise.
How to use Minion Enterprise for the first time
This is the first article in a multi-part series to guide you through your first weeks in Minion Enterprise.
In Beta: Health Check for Minion Enterprise!
At the PASS Summit we were thrilled to announce a new feature: Health Check for Minion Enterprise! Minion Enterprise already gathers a ton of information about your servers and SQL Server instances into a central repository, which is perfect for alerting, reporting and configuration. Now, we’re adding standard audits and internal health checks, so you …
Protect yourself from Ransomware with Minion Enterprise
Ransomware is becoming a huge problem in the corporate world as more and more companies fall prey to this heinous act of terrorism. One of the biggest disasters that could befall you as a company – or even specifically as a DBA – is to come in one day and discover your shop has been …
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Databases need more than performance monitoring
There is more to databases than performance monitoring. So why are the most popular DBA tools, performance monitoring tools? They don’t even begin to cover the vast majority of DBA responsibilities. What we need is environment monitoring.
Five minutes to freedom: Installing Minion Enterprise
Get your repo server, your Minion Enterprise download, and your license key (trial or permanent). Install and config take just five minutes, and your entire enterprise is in order.
Proper Backup Alerting
Today I’d like to talk about two topics that get overlooked quite often, the “backups” to the backup, so to speak. First up: proper backup alerting. And second, missing backup recovery.