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  • Reply To: How to determine backup files needed for PIT recovery?

    Lynn Pettis wrote:

    I am slightly confused.  Are you doing restores to the same point in time each time you do a restore?  Also, what are you attempting to achieve with these...

  • Reply To: How to determine backup files needed for PIT recovery?

    Super Cat wrote:

    The script restores all logs after the FULL backup. How do you determine at which point in the last log file you need to restore to and what is...

  • Reply To: How to determine backup files needed for PIT recovery?

    Hi Super Cat,

    Thanks for the script, but this only does a complete restore and not a point-in-time one.  SSMS can create this for me easily.  It's when there's multiple restores...

  • Reply To: How to determine backup files needed for PIT recovery?

    Hi,

    As I mentioned, SSMS incorrectly claims the LSN chain is broken, so I'm needing to bypass it.

    Thanks,

    Rich

  • RE: The Single Pane of Glass

    If there's a decent dashboard for SS, Win, Unix/Linux, Oracle, and Networking, I'd like to see it.  Spotlight works well for us (smallish-to-medium business with a lean staff) for SS...

  • RE: Geeky Entertainment

    richj-826679 (2/28/2014)


    I gave up on the mini-series because they had changed the characters and a bunch of the story completely.

    http://www.zap2it.com/news/pictures/zap-under-the-dome-book-vs-series-a-guide-20130624,0,1420864,showall.photogallery

  • RE: Geeky Entertainment

    Was the series bad? I listened to the audio book and loved it.

    Ditto to the audio book. I gave up on the mini-series because they had changed the characters...

  • RE: Geeky Entertainment

    +1 for Foundation

    The Dark Tower series by Stephen King was supposedly in the works. Hopefully it would translate better than the mangling of Under the Dome.

    Kingkiller Chronicles by Rothfuss

    None...

  • RE: Early Software

    My 1st was also a VIC-20 -- which is nothing like the C=64 I eventually upgraded to, Eric! 😉 A BASIC manual and then a 6502 Assembler manual...

  • RE: Use Tools

    I heart automation -- correction: GOOD automation -- because I believe it's vital for the solo DBA's sanity. I loathe the 1MB "Everything's OK!" daily emails that list every...

  • RE: Accept Failure

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/22/2012)


    Sending good karma your way. May all your chips be flawless and your configuration completed with no ill effects.

    Karma received!

    Old 48GB RAM + New 48GB...

  • RE: Accept Failure

    Thanks, Steve, but you could have waited until after my DB server RAM upgrade and all of the reconfiguration accompanying it tonight...

    Rich

    "An expert is a man who has made all...

  • RE: Healthy Work Habits

    After a day of DBAing, once the wife and kids are in bed, I usually end up back in front of the monitor. After a few decades doing DP/MIS/IS/IT...

  • RE: The Employment Contract

    GilaMonster (12/9/2011)


    I've worked with someone in the past who insisted on everything in her job responsibilities be written down and spelled out exactly with no 'and other duties' listed. She...

  • RE: A Welcome Intruder

    IMHO (12/2/2011)


    The easiest way to penetrate a system is to have the password. As long there are phones out there with rootkits capturing urls and keystrokes, none of our...

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