Different Ways to Monitor SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups

Nisarg Upadhyay 4,522 views
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In my previous articles, I have explained the step-by-step process of deploying an AlwaysOn Availability group on SQL Server 2017. In this article, I am going to explain how to monitor AlwaysOn availability groups.

First, let’s review the configuration of the availability group we had deployed previously. To do that, open SQL Server Management Studio Expand database engine from the object explorer Expand “AlwaysOn High Availability” Expand “Availability Groups.” You can see the availability group named SQLAAG. Under this availability group (SQLAAG), you can see the list of availability replicas, availability databases, and availability group listeners. Read More

Searching for Database Objects and Table Data in SQL Server

Ahmad Yaseen 722 views
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If you are a SQL Server database administrator or developer, you need to frequently search for specific database objects the names of which you can only partly remember. The manual approach to performing these search operations is time-consuming, especially when the database has a large number of objects.

Another scenario is one in which you want to search for specific data in all database tables. In this case, you need to run a SELECT statement multiple times based on the number of database tables or views you want to search in, or write a complex cursor to loop and search in all database tables, which requires advanced SQL Server development skills.

In this article, we will look at different ways of searching for a specific database object or data in SQL Server, going gradually from built-in methods and diving into a 3rd-party tool that makes it a piece of cake to get the requested database object or data. Read More

TeamCity Hosting Plugin

Artem Kravets 669 views
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This is the second part of the article related to the question of the TeamCity plugin implementation and hosting. If you haven’t seen the first article yet, feel free to check it out here. It uncovers the process of implementing a Jenkins plugin from scratch.

To upload your plugin to the official TeamCity plugin marketplace (JetBrains), you should perform the following steps:

  1. Fill the teamcity-plugin.xml file with the plugin information;
  2. Choose the license type under which you want to distribute your plugin;
  3. Upload the plugin to the company’s website;
  4. Prepare additional resources for publishing (plugin description, screenshots, etc.) 
  5. Create an account on JetBrains Plugin Repository;
  6. Publish the plugin with the help of jetbrains;

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Accelerated Database Recovery in SQL Server 2019

Kenneth Igiri 1,005 views
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An Overview of Traditional Recovery

As with all relational database systems, SQL Server guarantees the durability of data by implementing crash recovery. Durability in the acronym ACID which refers to the characteristics of transactions in relational databases means that we can be assured that if the database fails suddenly, our data is safe.

SQL Server implements this capability using the transaction log. Changes made by all Data Manipulation Operations in SQL Server are captured in the transaction log before being applied to data files (through the checkpoint process) in case it’s needed to roll back or roll forward.

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SQL Server High availability: Install SQL Server failover clustered instance Part 2

Nisarg Upadhyay 1,223 views
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In my previous article, I have explained the step-by-step process of installing SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance. In this article, I will explain how to add a secondary node to the existing failover clustered instance.

Install SQL Server Failover Cluster instance

Once SQL Server is installed on an SQL01.dc.Local node, connect to SQL02.dc.Local and run setup.exe – SQL Server installation wizard opens. In the wizard, select “Installation” from the panel on the left and click on “Add node to a SQL Server failover cluster”. See the following image:

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SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups: Installation and configuration, Part 2

Nisarg Upadhyay 805 views
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In my previous article, I have explained the process of installing and creating a failover cluster and how to enable the AlwaysOn availability group.

In this article, I am going to explain the step-by-step deployment process of SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability groups using wizards. The deployment configurations look the following way:

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SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups: Installation and configuration, Part 1

Nisarg Upadhyay 802 views
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In this article, I will explain the process of installing pre-requisites to deploy the SQL Server AlwaysOn availability group.

For the demonstration, I have prepared a demo set up at my work station. See the following components:

Virtual Machine Host Name Purpose
Domain Controller DC.Local The domain controller is installed on this machine
Primary Replica SQL01.DC.Local This machine acts as a Primary replica in the Availability group
Secondary Replica SQL02.DC.Local This machine acts as a Secondary replica in the Availability group. This replica is in a Synchronous commit mode
Secondary Replica with SQL03.DC.Local This machine acts as a secondary replica in the Availability group. This replica is in an Asynchronous commit mode

I will explain the following actions:

  1. Installing a failover clustering role
  2. Create a failover cluster
  3. Enable AlwaysOn availability group features in SQL Server

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Implementing a TeamCity Plugin

Artem Kravets 667 views
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Steps for implementing a TeamCity Plugin include:
• Preparing the development environment
• Generating a Maven project
• Implementing the plugin’s UI
• Organizing the business logic of the plugin.

A plugin in TeamCity is a zip file containing a Java class file, JSP files, resources, and plugin descriptor files.

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Developing Azure DevOps Extension

Vitalii Zaichenko 1,572 views
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Introduction

Azure DevOps Services provides a lot of space for importing your custom extension. Work items, pipeline tasks, dashboard widgets, and other options can serve this purpose.

This article will be about developing extensions for pipeline tasks – I will describe how to create the easiest sample extension that will help organize your own continuous integration.

But first, let’s describe the whole process of hosting the extension on Azure DevOps and how it works. Then we will discuss its detailed development route. Read More

Using Alerts and Operators in SQL Server

Kenneth Igiri 1,622 views
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Introduction

With all the advancements in SQL Server and data, it feels great that such native SQL tools as Alerts and Operators are still available. They are the key SQL Server Agent features that are related to anything in SQL Server automation. 

Their roles are clear:

  • Alerts, when configured, let database administrators know when a specified event has occurred. 
  • An operator is an object defined within SQL Server that maps anyone or a group that can receive notifications when these events occur.

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