What changing the recovery mode of your vCenter database really means
Apparently one of the things that VMware’s support department will often recommend that people do is to change the recovery mode of the vCenter database within SQL Server from FULL to SIMPLE recovery because it will magically make a lot of disk problems go away. While this is true, your disk space issues on the […]
Been to PASS and now you are feeling a little depressed?
Going to the PASS summit is an amazing experience as you’ve probably noticed from all the wrap up posts that you’ve seen. However the downside to PASS is the sad reality that after the summit has ended you have to get back to normal work and your normal life. But that isn’t actually true. You […]
Quick and dirty way to run a batch over and over
Everyone has their favorite way or running a block of code over and over again. If you have to run an entire batch over and over again there is nothing as quick and easy as using the “GO n” syntax. When you put a number after the GO batch separator SQL Server Management Studio (as […]
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a Confio umbrella
Since I didn’t make it to the SQL PASS keynotes this morning, I figured that I’d tell you about another little event that happened late last night. Last night there was a SQL PASS first. There was a wedding here at the PASS summit. Tamera Clark (blog | @tameraclark) and Terry Tyler (blog | @airbornegeek) […]