Tag: Maintenance

  • DBA Scripts: Generate Database Integrity and Housekeeping Jobs

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    🔧Part of the DBA-Tools Project, copy/paste SQL Server scripts and health checks.In: Maintenance & Automation › Maintenance Job Framework A Readable Generator for Integrity Checks and msdb Housekeeping If you’re already running Ola Hallengren’s maintenance solution, this won’t replace it, but the approach here might still be useful: a small, readable T-SQL generator that builds…

    Written by

    Peter Whyte

  • DBA Scripts: Generate Backup Jobs

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    🔧Part of the DBA-Tools Project, copy/paste SQL Server scripts and health checks.In: Maintenance & Automation › Maintenance Job Framework A Readable Generator for Full Backups, Log Backups, and Cleanup If you’re already running Ola Hallengren’s maintenance solution, this won’t replace it, but the approach here might still be useful: a small, readable T-SQL generator that…

    Written by

    Peter Whyte

  • Shrinking a SQL Server Database Causes Fragmentation: Measured, Not Just Stated

    How to Shrink SQL Server Database Files in Chunks already says it plainly in its common pitfalls: shrinking causes index fragmentation, every time. That’s correct, and worth taking on faith from someone who’s had to clean up after it. It’s more useful with a real number attached. This post runs the actual before/after: a lab…

    Written by

    Peter Whyte

  • DBA Scripts: SQL Server Maintenance Job Framework

    🔧Part of the DBA-Tools Project, copy/paste SQL Server scripts and health checks.In: Maintenance & Automation If you’re already running Ola Hallengren’s maintenance solution, this framework won’t replace it, but the approach might still be useful: three small, readable T-SQL generator scripts that build the same category of scheduled job framework, full and log backups, backup…

    Written by

    Peter Whyte

  • DBA Scripts: Generate Index Maintenance Jobs

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    🔧Part of the DBA-Tools Project, copy/paste SQL Server scripts and health checks.In: Maintenance & Automation › Maintenance Job Framework A Readable Generator for Index Rebuilds and Statistics Updates If you’re already running Ola Hallengren’s maintenance solution, this won’t replace it, but the approach here might still be useful: a small, readable T-SQL generator that builds…

    Written by

    Peter Whyte

  • DBA Scripts: Get Maintenance Job Status

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    🔧Part of the DBA-Tools Project, copy/paste SQL Server scripts and health checks.In: Maintenance & Automation › Maintenance Job Framework A maintenance job that’s silently failing is one of the more dangerous states a SQL Server instance can be in, because everything looks normal from the outside. The database is online, queries run fine, and the…

    Written by

    Peter Whyte
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