by Marcin Gminski | Jul 27, 2021
As a DBA, developer, and more importantly the creator of SQLWATCH.IO, I need the ability to rapidly deploy and test different SQL Server configurations or test different upgrade variations from one version of SQLWATCH to another. This is quite laborious,... by Marcin Gminski | Jul 20, 2021
In my earlier post, I described different ways to read very large SQL Server Log (ERRORLOG) – 5GB – to be exact. However, this was a reaction to something that has already happened. In this post, I will show you how to prevent this from happening at... by Marcin Gminski | Jul 13, 2021
When dealing with large logs I often find it difficult to find the information we are looking for. To make it easier, we can use PowerShell to add colours the ERRORLOG based on string patterns Note this will only work when using the Select-String command.... by Marcin Gminski | Jul 6, 2021
What is ransomware Ransomware is a type of malicious software that locks access to user files until a ransom is paid. Quite common “locking mechanism” is by encrypting all files on a user computer, server or even the entire network. Encryption is a process... by Marcin Gminski | Jun 29, 2021
I often come across large ERRORLOG mainly because they are not being recycled frequent enough, or not at all. Sometimes, despite the frequent recycling, the ERRORLOG can grow to an unmanageable size. This has recently happened to me during a large transaction rollback... by Marcin Gminski | Jun 22, 2021
A lot of database administrators and developers like to use the SQL Server Management Studio to make changes to the database schema directly. As a production DBA, I can definitely say that there are situations where this is acceptable and even desired, however,...