Tag Archives: Azure

Azure SQL Databases – Point in time recovery capability

Posted on July 8, 2020 by vijred

long-term backup retention for Standard databases – Default value has been changed from 5 weeks to 1 week starting July 2019. This is for the databases created after July-2019. What does it mean: If you create a new database after … Continue reading →

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What is azure sql database elastic pool split instance problem

Posted on May 25, 2019 by vijred

Azure sql database elastic pool split instance problem is a very rare phenomena which could impact resource usage metrics of elastic pool. In this post I will cover how resource metrics are impacted, sample monitor, example of an impact. How … Continue reading →

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Add-on storage (Max storage choices) for Azure SQL Elastic Pools/ Databases – Great cost saving opportunity

Posted on March 30, 2019 by vijred

If you have been using Azure SQL Elastic pools or databases (Platform As A Service – PASS), I strongly recommend to check your workload and validate Max storage choices! What change: Traditionally Each Azure Database and elastic pool had fixed … Continue reading →

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How to Point in time Restore Azure SQL Database after deleting the database

Posted on May 23, 2018 by vijred

Azure SQL Database has feature to restore the database to point in time when the database is live. When we have to move the database to different Server we end up deleting the database from old server, we can not … Continue reading →

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How to mount Azure File Service on local machine

Posted on March 2, 2018 by vijred

You can mound Azure File service account folder on local machine as a drive (Mount point). How to do it: Open Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com) Open File Service account (Storage account -> Account -> Files ) Click on Connect button You … Continue reading →

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Powershell Workflow for Runbooks, Inline Script

Posted on February 1, 2018 by vijred

Powershell workflow is the best way to program parallel processing using Powershell and/or in Azure run books. Though the syntax is similar, there are few differences you need to be aware of. Start with below link when you create your … Continue reading →

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Frequently used Azure powershell commands

Posted on July 27, 2017 by vijred

Few of my frequently used powershell commands on Azure Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/search/search-manage-powershell

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Azure Scripting errors after upgrading Powershell to V4 – Select-AzureRmProfile / Save-AzureRmProfile

Posted on June 8, 2017 by vijred

After upgrading Powershell to V4, few of my scripts started failing. Few updated commandlets are missing backward compatibility, Select-AzureRmProfile/ Save-AzureRmProfile are couple of the broken commandlets. You can replace them with Import-AzureRmContext, and Save-AzureRmContext. Code block I use for reference: … Continue reading →

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Azure – All DBs that are not in Elastic pools

Posted on April 6, 2017 by vijred
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All Databases without geo-replica on Azure Server

Posted on March 30, 2017 by vijred

Query to find all Azure database without geo-replica configured.

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