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Several dozen readers responded to my call for feedback about the primary causes of planned and unplanned SQL Server outages in their environments. I tallied the results, and the following list presents the reasons in order of how many readers...
In a fix for all editions of SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3), Microsoft has added SQL Server diagnostics to detect some unreported I/0 problems. According to the Microsoft article "FIX: Additional SQL Server Diagnostics Added to Detect...
A warning to shops that still, despite numerous warnings, have a blank SQL Server system administrator (sa) password: Microsoft says that a worm code-named Voyager Alpha Force, which takes advantage of blank sa passwords, is making its way around...
When the Microsoft Certified DBA (MCDBA) program began a few years ago, I cut the program some slack. It provided a reasonable method of evaluating basic SQL Server competence and gave IT professionals a way to show that they knew at least a...