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Robot vs Router – Vodafone ultra hub firmware update clashed with a robot vacuum cleaner, resulting in internet outage
No comments on Robot vs Router – Vodafone ultra hub firmware update clashed with a robot vacuum cleaner, resulting in internet outageThis post is about a strange issue I’ve had with my Vodafone WiFi 7 Ultra Hub. A firmware update pushed by Vodafone caused a clash with my smart robot vacuum cleaner, resulting in loss of internet access for over two days.
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Too many Extended Events sessions? Take control, see what’s running and stop unnecessary sessions
Have you got too many extended events sessions running on your production server? Not sure which ones are running and which ones are needed? Read this article and learn how to take control of your extended events sessions
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dutyDBA Case Files #1 – Unable to change the database owner on secondary replicas to sa
This case notes is from a real world incident, where a DBA account could not be dropped because it owns the databases on an Always On secondary replica. I investigate how it happened and show you how to resolve it, and prevent it from happening again.
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Audit SQL Server login activity with Extended Events: Who connected, when, from where, how often & verify connection pooling
This article provides you with a stored procedure that sets up an Extended Events session in SQL Server to track all the successful logins. It then summarises the data from the .XEL file into usable format, so you can see which logins are connecting from where, via which application, how often they connect, is connection…
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Reclaim wasted disk space! Have you got gigabytes of unwanted database files quietly eating storage on your SQL Server disks?
This article provides you with a script that identifies all the unwanted, unused files sitting on your SQL Server data and transaction log disks without your knowledge. It also provides you the necessary commands for deleting the junk files.
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Using Extended Events, how to track who is using a table/view/stored procedure etc. in my SQL Server database?
This article will show you how to identify which user, application or login is using a database object (table/view/stored procedure etc.) in your database. This technique uses the lock_acquired event via extended events. Very useful if you are looking to find out is anyone is using a database object, before dropping it.
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Script to generate the setspn commands required to create/register SPNs for Always On & standalone SQL Server service accounts
This article offers a script that generates all the necessary setspn commands required to create the SPNs for Always On and standalone SQL Server instance service accounts. Once you run these setspn commands, the SPNs get created and registered in the Active Directory (AD)
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In a distributed Always On AG setup, how to check the database synchronisation and health status across all nodes/replicas?
This post shows you how to check the synchronisation and health status of your databases and replicas across a distributed Always On setup. The built-in Always On dashboard does not show this information for distributed Always On setups.
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SQLScriptRunner: A free PowerShell tool for deploying/executing scripts across multiple SQL Servers
Need to run or deploy scripts across multiple SQL Servers in your estate? This page provides you with a free PowerShell script that can be used to deploy or execute SQL Server scripts across any number of SQL Servers in your estate.
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How to identify and fix all logins with invalid default databases? (Error 4064)
This article shows you how to identify all those logins on your SQL Server instances which have an invalid default dataabase that no longer exists. This article also shows you how to manage this situatoin, and provides you a stored procedure that resolves the issue.
