Monthly Archives: November 2015

Nov 12

Good DBA! Tasks that all DBA’s should do to have a Stable SQL Server

By Lori Brown | Beginner , SQL Administration , SQL Server

— By Lori Brown  @SQLSupahStah What are the critical aspects of SQL Server that a DBA should check on a daily basis?  How about on a weekly or monthly basis? Daily Checklist Backups: Check your backups (Full, Differential, Transaction Logs) to validate that they were successfully created per your company’s policies. Nightly Processing: Review the nightly or […]

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Nov 04

SQL 2014 Backup Encryption

By SQLRx Admin | Beginner , SQL Administration , SQL Server , Tip of the Month

Available in SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition Backup encryption has been introduced in SQL 2014 to allow encrypting backups without being forced to encrypt the entire database. Several encryption algorithms are supported, including Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128, AES 192, AES 256, and Triple DES. You can also compress the encrypted backup. […]

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