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• Backup those keys, citizen

  Periodically I back up the keys within my servers and databases, and when I do, I blog a reminder here. This should be part of your standard backup rotation – the keys should be backed up often enough to have at hand and again when they change. The first Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:14 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Administration, Best Practices, DBA, Disaster Recovery, Maintenance, Maintenance Plans, Security, SQL Server, Tips

• What to leave when you're leaving

  There's already a post on this topic - sort of. I read this entry, where the author did a good job on a few steps , but I found that a few other tips might be useful, so if you want to check that one out and then this post, you might be able to put together Read More... Posted Monday, March 15, 2010 8:09 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Administration, Best Practices, DBA, SQL Server

• Did that change really fix the problem?

  When we’re heads-down on a problem, it’s sometimes far too easy to relax the method we should follow for troubleshooting. We’re supposed to gather as much information as possible, freeze the system as much as possible, and then develop the plan for the Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2010 6:31 AM by BuckWoody | 3 Comments Filed under: Administration, Best Practices, SQL Server

• Have you backed up your keys lately?

  Did you know that you already have a Server Master Key (SMK) generated for your system? That’s right – while a Database Master Key (DMK) is generated when you encrypt a certificate or Asymmetric Key with code, the Server Master Key is generated automatically Read More... Posted Monday, March 01, 2010 7:06 AM by BuckWoody | 4 Comments Filed under: Administration, Best Practices, DBA, Disaster Recovery, Maintenance, Maintenance Plans, Security, SQL Server, Tips

• How Does Microsoft Do IT?

  Microsoft is a big company – and of course we have a lot of IT infrastructure that we have to manage. It might surprise you to learn that we have an IT group, just like at your company. We have a networking team, a server hardware team, software teams, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 03, 2010 7:17 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Administration, Best Practices, Computing, DBA, Design, Management, Microsoft, SQL Server