Category: sqlserverpedia-syndication

Powershell to Robocopy files (say, to back up your computer to protect against CryptoWall trojan)

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date February 7, 2015
Categories In Admin, Powershell, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning, Tips
5 Comments on Powershell to Robocopy files (say, to back up your computer to protect against CryptoWall trojan)

We were having a good time on DBAs@Midnight, when Sean got a weird pop up message that said all his files were encrypted, and he has to pay a large amount of money via Bitcoin to get the encryption key. The show quickly ground to a halt as he, then he and Freddie, then all […]

Minion Reindex 1.1 Release (and re-release)

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date January 29, 2015
Categories In Minion by MidnightDBA, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC

We released Minion Reindex version 1.1 last week. The changes are fairly small: Made sure Minion Reindex handles all nonstandard naming (e.g., object names with spaces or special characters). Added support for Availability Group replicas. (Basic AG support has been added by only permitting Minion Reindex to run on an AG Primary DB.) Fixed formatting in […]

Video: A Better Way to Reindex

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date January 23, 2015
Categories In Admin, Intermediate, Minion by MidnightDBA, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, Tech and Learning
1 Comment on Video: A Better Way to Reindex

Sean presented A BETTER WAY TO REINDEX for the Performance Virtual Chapter. Here are links to the video, and to download the free Minion Reindex tool.