After the tip https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/5526/how-to-setup-and-use-a-sql-server-stretch-database/ I made a video to show step by step how to enable stretch database. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOMantIoy2U&t=7s
Using SQL Operations Studio Agent
SQL Operations Studio Agent is visual way to see, edit and create SQL Server jobs and everybody was asking this feature when SQL Operations Studio appears. To install this the agent follow the link https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-operations-studio/sql-server-agent-extension?view=sql-server-2017. Installing the agent With the extension installed, right-click on the instance -> Manage to see the server jobs But, not everything … Continue reading Using SQL Operations Studio Agent
How to install SQL Server SQLPS Powershell module
SQLPS module to Powershell helps to do so many things on SQL Server without SSMS and the main objective is to automate tasks for your environment. This module isn't installed by default, so there are a couple of steps before use it. First, install the module and the simple cmdlet install-module SQLPS won't work. To … Continue reading How to install SQL Server SQLPS Powershell module
Troubleshooting Transactional Replication – part 1
The common way to replicate data and objects from one server to another is using transactional replication. As you know, SQL Server processes all actions within the database using Transact-SQL statements. Each completed statement is called a transaction. In transactional replication, each committed transaction is replicated to the subscriber as it occurs. "Sometimes" can occur a problem and the process don't work accordingly. The … Continue reading Troubleshooting Transactional Replication – part 1
How update works in transactional replication?
In a post about how update works I showed what happened when run an update with the same values. SQL Server is smart enough to see that and not changing anything and register minimum log. Another day I saw a comment to avoid updating records when none of the values are changing. Avoid updating records when … Continue reading How update works in transactional replication?
Database migration methods
When thinking about migration the most common issue is downtime. There are some methods that require downtime like backup/restore or less downtime using Log Shipping. You can choose several different methods to migrate your database. For example, methods that require downtime include: Backup the database, manually copy the backup file to the machine and then … Continue reading Database migration methods
SqlPackage a tool to import/export SQL Server and Azure SQL DB
SqlPackage is a command-line utility that you can use for exporting and importing operations in both on-premises SQL Server databases and in cloud databases. SqlPackage supports the following operations: Extract. Creates a database snapshot DACPAC file from a SQL Server database or from Azure SQL Database. Publish. Updates the schema in a live database to … Continue reading SqlPackage a tool to import/export SQL Server and Azure SQL DB
