The sqlcmd is a very powerful tool to run SQL Server scripts, T-SQL commands. It is also very useful in disaster recovery situations like restoring the master database.
The sqlcmd can also be used in the Cloud, specifically with SQL Server Azure. In this new article, we will describe how to connect from a local machine to an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) with SQL Server Installed using sqlcmd.
Read more »In my last chapter, How to migrate your database to an Azure Virtual Machine I showed you the steps to connect to a SQL Server in an Azure VM by using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). In this new chapter, we will show you how to work with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to export a local table and its data to an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) with SQL Server installed.
Read more »In one of my articles about Microsoft Azure, I show how to create credentials and how to connect to an Azure Database using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). In this new article, we will talk about the Azure Virtual Machines and we will learn how to connect to them using our local SSMS. You will require unblocking ports, add endpoints and other tasks that I will explain later. We will also learn how to export a local database to an Azure Virtual Machine with SQL Server installed.
Read more »In my last article, I show how to create Database Mirroring for high availability. This time, I will work on Log Shipping.
The Log Shipping as the name says ships the Transactional Log from the Primary Servers to the Secondary Servers.
Read more »Sometimes our Database fails and we need to reestablish the Database services immediately. Is there a SQL Server solution for high availability?
With Database Mirroring, we can have a replica of the database ready to be used if the main database fails. In this article, we will give a step-by-step tutorial about Database Mirroring. There are other solutions for high availability like high AlwaysOn, Clusters and Log Shipping, but in this chapter, we will start with Mirroring.
Read more »In the last chapter, we explained how to create a Microsoft Azure Account and how to have a Microsoft Azure Portal.
This time, we will show how to backup our SQL Server Databases to a Microsoft Azure. We are assuming that you already have an Azure account.
Read more »The cloud is a buzzword in the IT world. Oracle, Amazon and Microsoft with Microsoft Azure are offering Cloud Services to the public. Most of the companies plan to have part of their environments in the cloud to reduce the maintenance and security effort.
Read more »Sometimes, it is necessary to move the database from one server to another. The problem is that usually the logins and the database users are mapped. If that is the case, when you backup a Database and restore a database in another server, the logins are lost. In this article, we will show different alternatives to solve this problem.
Read more »In this new article, we will talk about the system views/tables/functions and how to solve common questions using them.
The system views are views that contain internal information about a Database.
The master database for example contains information about the SQL Server itself, while the msdb database contain information about the SQL Server agent and each database has its own system views/tables.
In this article we will show how to get the list of tables, views, stored procedures, how to get a list of tables of all the databases, how to find a table in multiple datatabases, how to get the list of users, logins, mapped logins, how to detect a fragmentation in a table and more.
Read more »This article is for people who need to replicate the SQL Server Databases. SQL Server includes several types of replications to synchronize the databases across different SQL Servers.
Sometimes we need to replicate the data to have a Backup. Sometimes we need to synchronize Servers that are located in different cities or countries.
In this article, we will introduce you to the SQL Server Replication Theory and then we will show a step-by-step tutorial to replicate a Table using the Merge replication.
Read more »This Article is for people with experience using T-SQL and SQL Server Management Studio, but without experience in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
In this article, we will introduce you to the SSIS world and then we will show how to combine different SSIS task to create combined backup tasks. Read more »
MS SQL Server 2005 and later versions include the Database Snapshot feature to have snapshot of the database for reports, as a copy in different periods.
The Database Snapshot can be created multiple times and it can only be created using the T-SQL.
In this article, we will show how to create a Database Snapshot, how to see the snapshot created in the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), how to recover objects dropped or data removed using the snapshot. Read more »
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