Once installed, keeping Restic up to date is effortless. The tool includes a self-update command that automatically downloads ...

Zerobyte is one of my favorite backup tools out there. It uses Restic for the actual backup engine and adds an intuitive web ...

This article explains how to repair the MDF file using the native repair methods and how to use a Reliable MDF file Repair ...

At the upcoming Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas developer conference, SQL expert Denny Cherry will share essential indexing ...

Abstract: Black-box web application vulnerability scanners attempt to automatically identify vulnerabilities in web applications without access to the source code. However, they do so by using a ...

One of the major challenges that SQL Server admins face nowadays is corruption in MDF file. When a database is corrupted, it goes into the suspect state or you may fail to access the tables, stored ...

The NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex dates back to the height of the Cold War. Initially meant for defense against long-range Soviet bombers, it now provides backup and training. The self-sufficient ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

I use Linux for both desktop and server. My preference for a server OS is one without a GUI, which means I have to turn to a lot of command-line tools. In some cases, I prefer to use the same ...