Monthly Archives: March 2012

Three Sessions at Spring 2012 Connections Conference

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Glenn Berry

I will be a busy little beaver today, presenting three sessions at the Spring 2012 Connections Conference, the first one at 8AM! Hopefully enough people will be able to get up by then and join me. It should be a … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (April 2012)

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Since it is nearly April, I will go ahead and jump the gun again and post an updated version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries. This version works on SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2. There … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Database Mirroring Tips and Tricks, Part 3

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Glenn Berry

One of the challenges you face with SQL Server database mirroring is making sure that all of the databases that are dependent on each other will failover together, so they are running on the same side of the database mirroring … Continue reading →

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Microsoft DreamSpark Program

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Back in 2008, Microsoft rolled out the DreamSpark program as a means to get Microsoft software design and development tools in the hands of students at no charge. It was initially only for university or college students, but it has … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Database Mirroring Tips and Tricks, Part 2

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Glenn Berry

If you ever find yourself having to setup database mirroring between different, untrusted Windows Domains, one of the most common ways to do it involves creating certificates on each instance, creating logins and users for those certificates, and copying the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP3 Cumulative Update 4

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has also released SQL Server 2008 SP3 Cumulative Update 4. This is Build 10.00.5775.00, and it has ten fixes listed in the public fix list. Remember, this Cumulative Update is only for SQL Server 2008 SP3. It will not … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 9

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Right on schedule, Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 9. This is Build 10.00.4330.00, and it has seven fixes listed in the public fix list. Remember, this Cumulative Update is only for SQL Server 2008 SP2. It … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Database Mirroring Tips and Tricks, Part 1

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Even though SQL Server Database Mirroring is deprecated in SQL Server 2012, it is still a very useful HA/DR technique that should work perfectly well for at least two-three major versions of SQL Server after the newly released SQL Server … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Database Mirroring (Not Dead Yet)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Glenn Berry

SQL Server Database Mirroring is a high availability and disaster recovery feature that was added to the product with SQL Server 2005, and enabled without a trace flag in SQL Server 2005 SP1. It was enhanced in SQL Server 2008 … Continue reading →

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Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series Processors Released

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Yesterday, Intel finally released the much anticipated Xeon E5-2600 family of processors, also known as Sandy Bridge-EP. This is a Tock release for Intel (which means a new microarchitecture) that still uses the same 32nm manufacturing process as the previous … Continue reading →

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