Category: Installation & Configuration
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DBA Scripts: Get Instance Configuration Snapshot
🔧Part of the DBA-Tools Project, copy/paste SQL Server scripts and health checks.In: Server & Configuration › Server Inventory Every sp_configure setting on an instance tells a small story: a value someone changed deliberately, a value nobody’s touched since install, or a value that’s been changed but is still waiting for a restart to actually take…
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DBA Scripts: Get MAXDOP Configuration
🔧Part of the DBA-Tools Project, copy/paste SQL Server scripts and health checks.In: Server & Configuration Max Degree of Parallelism is one of the first things worth checking on any server, and one of the most commonly wrong. The default of 0 lets a single query use every scheduler on the box, which sounds efficient until…
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DBA Scripts: Get Memory Configuration and Usage
🔧Part of the DBA-Tools Project, copy/paste SQL Server scripts and health checks.In: Server & Configuration Max Server Memory is the single most important memory setting on any SQL Server instance, and it’s astonishing how often it’s left unconfigured. Without a cap, SQL Server will happily consume nearly all available RAM for its buffer pool, leaving…
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How to Open PowerShell as Administrator on Windows
Running PowerShell as Administrator is required for many system-level tasks such as configuring Windows, installing software, or running administrative scripts. If a command fails unexpectedly, one of the first things to verify is whether the PowerShell session is actually elevated. Below are the most reliable ways to open PowerShell with elevated privileges on Windows. Quick…
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DBA Scripts: Get Version and Edition
🔧Part of the DBA-Tools Project, copy/paste SQL Server scripts and health checks.In: Server & Configuration › Server Inventory Version and edition are two of the most basic facts about a SQL Server instance, and two of the easiest to get wrong when you’re relying on memory or an out-of-date wiki page. Whether a feature is…
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