Like PowerShell for SQL Server?

December 14, 2009 by 1 Comment

Check out my new Tool Time column in this month's SQL Server Magazine. It features some great new PowerShell scripts and information from Chad Miller (blog) who I had the pleasure to meet in person back in October of this year while speaking at the SQL Server of central Florida and at SQL Saturday #21. In addition, I'd like to point out a free utility called PowerGUI.  If you're like me, the last thing you have time for is learning a new code like PowerShell.  So I copped out and got the next best alternative to real code, the fancy and pretty drag-n-drop interface of PowerGUI.  (Full … [Read more...]

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New at SQLMag – Disk2Vhd

October 9, 2009 by 2 Comments

I just posted a new entry on my SQLMag Tool Time blog that you might enjoy. Thanks to my friend and fellow MVP John Paul Cook for bringing Disk2Vhd to my attention on his blog. The free tool is enables migration of a physical machine (PM) to a virtual machine (VM), while the PM is running.  You can download it from Microsoft here.  John also has lots of other great information about VM migration here.  Note that John's content relates to Hyper-V. So if you're looking for VMWare tools, keep looking. Of course, if you find similar free tools for VMWare, let us know by posting … [Read more...]

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New at SQLMag – TraceAnalyzer

October 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment

I just posted a new entry on my SQLMag Tool Time blog that you might like to check out. I'm a big fan of Bill Graziano's ClearTrace tool, but perhaps you'll like the new tool from DBSophic, called TraceAnalyzer, even better?  Compare the two and let me know here. Cheers, -Kevin Twitter @kekline … [Read more...]

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New Post on my SQLMag Blog – Free DMV Monitoring Tools

September 21, 2009 by Leave a Comment

I've posted a new entry on my SQL Server Magazine blog about two free DMV monitoring tools available on CodePlex. Read the article here: http://www.sqlmag.com/Articles/ArticleID/102837/102837.html?Ad=1 Take a look at the two tools and let me know which you like better and why.  Inquiring minds want to know! Cheers, -Kev … [Read more...]

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Updates to Ola Hallengren’s Database Maintenance Scripts

July 22, 2009 by Leave a Comment

I've noted some new features in Ola Hallengren's very fine database maintenance scripts on my Tool Time blog at SQL Server Magazine on-line.  Read all about it at http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/102521/sql_server_102521.html. Cheers, -Kev Twitter @ kekline … [Read more...]

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New Post on My SQL Server Magazine Blog

July 17, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Just put up a new post detailing a new block discovery and alerting script from Yaniv Etrogi.  Read my SQLMag blog describing free tools and scripts for SQL Server at: http://www.sqlmag.com/blog/index.cfm?action=blogindex&DepartmentID=965. Enjoy! -Kev Twitter @ kekline … [Read more...]

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