In Part 1 of this series we began to look at how you can leverage PowerShell as a DBA and there was a brief discussion about automation. Today you will experiment with the DBATools command Copy-DbaLogin and learn about Out-Gridview and the -whatif switch. Let’s suppose you have one, or more logins you need to … Continue reading Introduction To PowerShell For The DBA Part 2
Automating Tasks With PowerShell What we’re really talking about in this series is automation, specifically by using PowerShell. Now, in simple terms, automation is about removing the human, manual element in doing tasks. Why should you care about that? Automation will provide the following benefits: Automation saves you time Automation provides consistency Automation results … Continue reading Introduction To PowerShell for the DBA Part 1
In part 1 of this series, I discussed pre-installation steps. There are many guides available online for the actual installation process so I’m not going to give a step by step installation guide here. Rather, I’m going to focus on what to think about after the install is complete. Recent versions of SQL Server will … Continue reading SQL Server Install Guide Part 2
Configuring the min and max server memory settings for SQL Server has a number of things to consider prior to making changes. Before we jump into those considerations, let’s learn what the min and max server memory options do. What does the min server memory option do? The min server memory option specifies the minimum … Continue reading Setting Min and Max Server Memory Setting