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.
PowerShell for fun (and profit?)
Let’s have a liltle fun with PowerShell. Along with, I suppose, a couple of useful things and links.
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 …
New book: Voices from the Data Platform (Kindle)
Before I even tell you about this book, go get the Kindle version for $10! for free, before the sale ends! (The sale has eneded.) Let Her Finish: Voices from the Data Platform The writing of this book was a collaborative effort taken up by 7 very talented IT professionals. – From the Amazon.com book description …
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We just upgraded the Minion Maintenance suite!
Welcome to the next version of Minion Maintenance! Now you have a single installer for all three modules, plus new features and fixes for the entire backup and maintenance suite!
Have you met Hiro?
Six things to know about Minion Enterprise: 1. You love T-SQL. 2. ME is an enterprise product. 3. No dropping objects on servers. 4. No event storming. 5. Log everything. 6. And it takes just five minutes.
Your Service Level Agreement is a Disaster
As a DBA, you’re in charge of getting systems up and running quickly in the event of an emergency. This is all right and proper, right up until you start defining SLAs. Let’s see what went wrong.
Databases need more than performance monitoring
You’re gonna need more info When you read a job spec for “database administratorâ€, it does not simply say: Performance Monitoring It says something like: Database Performance Tuning Database Security Promoting Process Improvement Problem Solving Presenting Technical Information Database Management Data Maintenance Operating Systems (List taken in part from Hiring.Monster.com.) So why are the most popular DBA tools, performance monitoring …