I’ve seen this mistake more than once, from DBAs with a middling to fair amount of experience. So it bears repeating. RECOVERY_PENDING is very different from RECOVERING. Definitions RECOVERING means that things are happening, and all may be well. “Database is being recovered. The recovering process is a transient state; the database will automatically become online if […]
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SQL Sins and Powershell scripts, from another lovely #SQLSatOKC
Hi-ho there, Jen the DBA here. We spent a lovely weekend in balmy (99F and 30% humidity) Moore, Oklahoma for SQL Saturday #309. On Friday, Sean and I gave our “Become an Enterprise DBA” precon, and had dinner with the natives. Thanks again, OKC UG, for the dinner and beer! Friday night we had our […]
#DBAsAtMidnight season 6 starts August 8!
Have you been feeling lonely on Friday nights? We know we have been. Join us for the start of DBAs@Midnight Season 6 on August 8, 11pm Central time! It’s the only live weekly webshow by DBAs, for DBAs. It’s the only show first banned, then unbanned, in Canada! It’s the only webshow comprised of at […]