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January 12, 2017 at 2:31 pm
While this article does a good job of showing the PS cmdlet for backup, I think it obscures the complexity of backup. This method works ok when you treat all...
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January 12, 2017 at 2:09 pm
If we could get something like the following we could also avoid most of the dynamic-sql out there:
select * from @DBName.dbo.T1;
update @DBName.dbo.T1;
select * from @DBName.sys.database_files;
etc.
They force us to use dynamic-sql...
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November 29, 2016 at 5:01 am
Yeah, I make a product that does this and also expands all the subgroups as well to give you not only a flat list, but also the full group chain...
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February 18, 2016 at 7:11 am
This method doesn't handle nested AD groups does it?
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February 18, 2016 at 6:24 am
Just wanted to let you guys know how this turned out.
I already had the issue fixed in the upcoming release. The issue is that when some table or index names...
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January 28, 2016 at 7:42 am
Thanks for the heads up Grant.
Yeah, I've seen this issue before and I think you're on an older version.
Ping me in email and we'll do the needful.
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January 26, 2016 at 7:38 am
That's correct, the Minion license isn't open source, but it's free.
And we've got users who have modified it to suite their purposes. They just can't turn around and re-release...
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January 25, 2016 at 9:55 am
Thanks for that.
Now, I'd really love to hear your thoughts on Python vs PS.
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January 25, 2016 at 9:21 am
Not really. We just don't want you taking our code and releasing your own product based off of it. As far as I know, pretty much everything else...
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January 25, 2016 at 8:03 am
Not to put too find a point on it, but Minion Backup gives you this out of the box.
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January 25, 2016 at 7:39 am
Cool. Let me know if you need any help getting started with Minion Backup. We have lots of videos, and other docs. And I'm always here to...
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January 21, 2016 at 5:09 am
Orlando,
That was a very nice, well thought-out objection... overruled (move quote). Anyway, I can tell you've at least thought about this before and at least you've made your decision...
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December 18, 2015 at 5:37 am
Don't misunderstand my enthusiasm for Minion with any disrespect for Ola's tool. A lot of people really like it. And I just get over excited about preaching Minion.
However,...
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December 17, 2015 at 10:17 am
Give me an example. Because in every single case I can think of, it's much easier to update a table value than it is to add a new job,...
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December 17, 2015 at 9:35 am
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