Best Practices for Database Security
As a database administrator (DBA), maintaining the security of your organization’s data is one of your most important responsibilities. In today’s digital age, data breaches and other security...
View ArticleTop 10 Things to Investigate for Azure SQL Performance or if Azure SQL is...
As businesses move towards cloud-based services, Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database has become a popular choice for many organizations. It provides scalability, security, and high availability while...
View ArticleWhat Is Microsoft Sentinel and How Can It Benefit Your Organization?
When it comes to protecting your IT assets and providing intelligent security analytics at the cloud scale for your enterprise, Microsoft Sentinel is an excellent choice for you to use in your cloud...
View ArticleUsing Workload Manager (WLM) to End Long-Running Queries
We, as DBAs, have all encountered a situation where a bad query just kept running and sucked up the database resources while holding onto logs. It’s always a “simple select” that seems to run over 12...
View ArticleHolland Backup Manager [ERROR] Insufficient Disk Space
If you’re reading this blog, you know that Holland Backup Manager is an easy and efficient way to configure backups. Most of the issues I have experienced are user errors, specifically how I configured...
View ArticleWhy Keep Your Database Software Up-to-Date?
Databases are the backbone of any organization, and keeping them running smoothly, securely, and efficiently is essential. Therefore, applying updates to the software running your databases is very...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Common Issues with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
This article is the fourth in a series of blogs discussing Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop), a cloud-based desktop and app virtualization service by Microsoft to optimize remote...
View ArticleSelf-Managed vs Cloud-Managed MongoDB: Pros and Cons
MongoDB is a popular NoSQL database management system known for its flexibility, scalability, and ease of use. Developers widely use it to build web applications, mobile applications, and other...
View ArticleUser History Bash Script
In my previous blog, “Getting MySQL User Info: Limitations and Possibilities,” I described how I found a solution to obtaining a history of login information for a specific user logging into the...
View ArticleAzure SQL Database, Managed Instances, and Virtual Machines
Microsoft Azure offers various database management options for organizations based on their specific requirements. There are three primary SQL database offerings: Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed...
View Article10 MongoDB Mistakes Companies Should Avoid
MongoDB is one of the most popular NoSQL databases for modern web applications. It is designed to be scalable, flexible, and easy to use. However, like any technology, it is not immune to misuse or...
View Article10 Tips for Securing MySQL Database
MySQL is one of the most widely used relational database management systems in the world. With its popularity comes the need to ensure the security of the data it manages. Below are some tips for...
View ArticleWhy You Need XTIVIA’s Virtual-DBA SharePoint Services to Manage Your...
SharePoint is a powerful platform for managing and sharing data, documents, and information within organizations. However, managing SharePoint systems can be complex and time-consuming, especially if...
View ArticleOne-way SSL Configuration Steps
With the increasing need for security in data transfer, MySQL provides an option for enabling SSL/TLS encryption to secure communication between the client and the server. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)...
View ArticleInformix or Db2: Which Database is Right for Your Business?
Choosing the right database for a business can be a critical decision that impacts the organization’s overall success. In this blog post, we will explore the differences between Informix and Db2...
View ArticleOvercoming the Top 15 Challenges of Oracle Database Migration to the Cloud
As more and more businesses move their operations to the cloud, one of the most common challenges faced is migrating existing on-premise Oracle databases to the cloud. While this move can bring...
View ArticleIntroducing db2pdtop.pl
When monitoring CPU utilization on a Db2 server, each Db2 instance generally has a single db2sysc process (per database partition) consuming CPU on the server. The db2sysc process is made up of many...
View ArticleNORETRIEVE Option for Db2 ROLLFORWARD in Data Loss Event
The NORETRIEVE parameter of a Db2 ROLLFORWARD command is a powerful tool that can be used to recover data from a database during a disaster or other data loss event. When the NORETRIEVE parameter is...
View ArticleWhen to Use Natively Compiled Stored Procedures in SQL Server
What Are Natively Compiled Stored Procedures? These procedures are a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2014 that allows for faster and more efficient execution of queries and business logic that...
View ArticleIndexing for Group By and Order By in SQL Server
What is Indexing? Indexing is a technique to optimize the selection and sorting of data in a database. An index is a data structure that stores a subset of columns from a table or a view, along with...
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