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• Plan for Diagnostics in Cloud Computing From the Git-Go

  “Git-Go” is something we say in the South that means “right at the start”. I’ve seen several applications for on-premise systems that don’t have much in the way of diagnostics - the developers rely on a debugger, the event logs on the server and client Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2011 7:11 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Development, Developer, Design, Testing, Best Practices, Error Codes, Link Lists, Troubleshooting, Monitoring, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Concepts

• PowerShell for the DBA: Search the Windows Event Logs for Errors

  This is a very simple script - but it's one I run each morning. It searches the Windows System Event Log for an error condition. You can replace "System" here with "Application" or "Security", or any of the other logs that are created on your Windows Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 04, 2010 7:43 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Scripts, PowerShell, Troubleshooting, Monitoring

• Never Bet Against the Impossible

  My uncle used to say “If a man tells you that his car squirts milk in his eye when you lift the hood, don’t bet against that. You’ll end up with milk in your eye.” My friend Allen White tells me this is taken from a play (and was said about playing cards), Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010 6:26 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Troubleshooting