by XTIVIA | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Keeping track of SQL Server Jobs is an important part of maintaining a database proactively. The below script pulls a quick list of all jobs, completion status, and date the job ran. Taking this a step further one could have the SQL Server email them a copy...
by XTIVIA | Oct 13, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
What can you do to attract and retain skilled and constantly evolving DB2 DBAs? In my 14 years working with DB2 at a number of companies, I have seen a number of different environments, and the ones that keep talented folk happy provide these things: Technical Breadth...
by Aish Khare | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Data Corruption is something that no one really wants. Yet every now and then, we see some customers run into this. Any such issues are almost always the result of disk or SAN level issues. You will see errors like this: SQL1655C The operation could not be completed...
by XTIVIA | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
Shortly after creating a database on your server you should be planning and scheduling your backup. Easy as it sounds it’s often approached incorrectly. Often the decision when to backup is based on when the server resource usage is low. Database Backup maintenance...
by XTIVIA | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Data Management, Databases
A lot of DB2 LUW DBAs spend significantly more time working with DB2 on Linux and UNIX than they do working with DB2 on Microsoft Windows. This can lead to frustration when administering DB2 on Windows. Using a PowerShell command line for DB2 instead of a DB2 Command...
by XTIVIA | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog, Data Management
Logging method There are two methods of logging that DB2 supports: Circular and Archive. Other RDBMSes have similar modes. Circular The default that DB2 uses if you don’t change anything is Circular logging. Circular logging is more often appropriate for...
