In the previous tip, we created cheat sheets for PowerShell commands and turned them into HTML reports that could be opened in a browser, and...
Creating PowerShell Command Cheat Sheets (Part 3)
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Creating PowerShell Command Cheat Sheets (Part 2)
In the previous tip, we created cheat sheets for PowerShell commands, and as a reminder, this line would create a sheet for network commands...
Essential Alerting for Oracle, DB2, and Sybase DBAs
Precise tests availability, space, deadlocks, backups, jobs, CPU, load and performance trending plus many more conditions on a scheduled basis with...
Alerting on Availability, Space, Deadlocks, Backups, CPU – Essential Alerting for DBAs
Precise tests availability, space, deadlocks, backups, jobs, CPU, load and performance trending plus many more conditions on a scheduled basis with...
Creating PowerShell Command Cheat Sheets (Part 1)
Here is a clever trick to create cheat sheets for your favorite PowerShell commands. Any PowerShell command ships via a module, so if you have a...
Quickly Open PowerShell via Windows 10 Start Menu
In Windows 10, PowerShell can be launched via WIN+X (or by right-clicking the start menu icon). If your Windows 10 offers to open the outdated...
Test AD User Exists
If you’d need to find out whether a given Active Directory user exists, and provided you have installed the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module...
Backing Up Databases in a High Availability Group
If you are a database administrator, then you are no stranger to the idea that data must be highly available. High availability simply...
WMI Quick Primer (Part 4)
Typically, WMI objects contain properties with valuable information. This line would retrieve all information about all running Notepad instances...
WMI Quick Primer (Part 3)
In the previous tip we explained why Get-CimInstance may have advantages over the older Get-WmiObject cmdlet. Now here is another example that...
TEMP is A Four Letter Word
It’s not uncommon to observe rampant over reliance of database application code on TEMP tables, most often as a SQL language programming...
Beyond Cloud: The Multi-Hybrid Data Ecosystem
Last week, Idera, Inc. sponsored Enterprise Data World 2018 in San Diego, CA. As usual, it was a fantastic event, organized by the great team...
WMI Quick Primer (Part 2)
There are two cmdlets you can use to retrieve WMI data: the older Get-WmiObject cmdlet, and the more modern Get-CimInstance cmdlet. When used...
Database Execution Plans Can Lie
Quote: Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say. ~William W. Watt. I started this...
The Evolution of Database Tuning Approaches
Imagine that you’re the lead DBA managing a high profile, mission critical production database whose application processes $20 million per...
Learn More about the Cloud with these Free Resources
You may already know that the cloud provides always-on architecture, automatic monitoring and management, enterprise-class security, fast access to...
Managing Mountains of Data with the Cloud
When is data less valuable? How do you manage data as it becomes less valuable? In the good old days the answer to these questions was easy; it was...
WMI Quick Primer (Part 1)
WMI is an awesome information source for admins. All you need is the name of a WMI class that represents something you find interesting. The easiest...
Diving into Data Architecture in San Diego
Idera, Inc. enjoyed participating as a sponsor for this year’s Enterprise Data World event, run by the great folks at DATAVERSITY in San Diego...
Listing Properties with Values (Part 3)
When you want to inspect individual objects and their properties, piping an object to Out-GridView is of limited use: the grid view window will...
Listing Properties with Values (Part 2)
In the previous tip we introduced a new function called Remove-EmptyProperty that removes properties that have no value. Let’s expand it a bit so...
Listing Properties with Values (Part 1)
Objects are filled with rich information, yet objects may contain empty properties. This is especially true for objects retrieved from Active...
Enabling Remoting
There are many ways how cmdlets can get remote information from another computer. Here are just a few: # try and connect to this computer # (adjust...
Database Needs in The Cloud – May #SQLChat
Movement to the cloud is in full swing! Regardless of the cloud provider, you will need a migration strategy and the knowledge to make choices...