In this article, we will talk about how to send the SQL Server Transactional Replication on Linux Environment.
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Creating your own SQL Server docker image
September 9, 2019In this article, we will review how to create custom SQL Server docker images and run the containers from the custom images, upload the custom images to the docker hub.
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SQL Server Merge Replication on Linux
August 15, 2019Replication is a process to manage multiple copies of the same data at a different node. Microsoft SQL Server supports Merge Replication, Transaction Replication, Peer to Peer Replication and Snapshot Replication.
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) – Managing SQL Server database files
June 18, 2019In this article, we will review on managing database files of SQL Server running on Azure Kubernetes service.
SQL Server in Kubernetes Cluster using KOPS
May 24, 2019In this article, we will review how to create a Kubernetes cluster in AWS using KOPS, provision Elastic Block Store (EBS) as persistent volume to store the database files and deploy SQL Server in the K8s cluster.
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SQL Server in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
May 22, 2019In this article, we will review how to create a Kubernetes cluster in Azure Kubernetes Service, provision the persistent volume to store the database files and deploy SQL server on Kubernetes cluster.
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Change default database file and backup paths in SQL Server on Linux
January 10, 2019In a previous article, we explored the process to change default SQL dump file location in SQL Server. In this article, we will view the process to change the default database files and backup locations in SQL Server on Linux.
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Uninstalling SQL Server on Ubuntu
December 31, 2018We learned to install SQL Server 2019 installation on Ubuntu without a Docker Container in one of my previous articles, but we might also get a request to uninstall SQL Server running on Ubuntu as well. Both the installation and the uninstallation of SQL Server is different in Linux than of Windows OS. In windows, we can remove or uninstall any program using the add or remove programs feature. In Ubuntu, We need to run the commands in order to uninstall the programs. However, before performing uninstallation, we need to take care of the below point.
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Monitoring Disk Space on Linux – Helpful Commands for SQL Server DBAs
December 25, 2018In this article, we will explore the different Linux commands related to the disk space.
- ‘ls’ command
- ‘df’ command
- ‘du’ command
Changing SQL Dump file locations in SQL Server on Linux
December 24, 2018In this article, we will talk about SQL Dump files and the process to change the dump directory in Linux SQL Server.
Renaming a SQL Server instance on Ubuntu Linux
December 20, 2018In my previous articles, we installed the SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.1 on Ubuntu Linux. You can follow the below articles to prepare the SQL instance on Linux.
Helpful Linux commands for SQL Server DBAs – iotop and iostat
December 13, 2018In the article, we will learn how to use the ‘iotop’ and ‘iostat’ commands with various configuration options.
Renaming Logical and Physical file names in SQL Server on Linux
December 12, 2018Each database in SQL Server contains at least two files i.e. Data file (*.mdf) and log file (*.ldf). These database files have a logical name and the physical file name. Below we can view the simple architecture of a database in SQL Server.
Helpful Linux commands for SQL Server DBAs – top
December 11, 2018SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2019 supports both the Linux operating system. As part of performance troubleshooting or monitoring resources in Windows system, we need to check certain things like disk space, CPU or Memory consumption, check running processes, uptime etc. We can get the information, on a windows based SQL server, from the task manager.
SQL Server 2019 installation on Ubuntu without a Docker Container
December 10, 2018Until now, we learned to install and configure SQL Server 2019 using the Docker container. In this article, we will directly install SQL Server on the Ubuntu Linux and explore more on this.
SQL Server 2019 on Linux with Ubuntu
November 29, 2018In my previous articles, we installed SQL Server 2019 on the windows environment (vs Linux / Ubuntu). We also explored some of the important enhancements in SQL Server 2019
SQL Server 2019 on Linux with a Docker container on Ubuntu
November 29, 2018In the first article of the series on SQL Server 2019 and Ubuntu, we prepared the virtual machine environment and installed Ubuntu 18.10 in it. In this part of the article, we will install the latest SQL Server 2019 Preview CTP 2.1.
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SQL Server 2019 on Linux with Ubuntu and Azure Data Studio
November 29, 2018In the previous articles of this series on using SQL Server 2019 on Ubuntu, we have explored the following
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How to setup cross-platform transactional SQL Server replication for database reporting on Linux
August 31, 2018In most cases, an organization can either use the existing out-of-the-box database replication features offered by their database software provider or invest in custom solutions to execute and manage database replication processes. The latter option sometimes allows greater flexibility to create data replicas across multiple types on multiple platforms.
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Backup Linux SQL Server databases using PowerShell and Windows task scheduler
May 22, 2018This article is an in-depth guide on how PowerShell can be used to maintain and manage SQL backup on Linux and Windows machines.
Here’s an outline of what this article is all about:
- Introduction
- Technical specifications
- How to load SQL Server modules on Windows machine
- Security – Credential Management
- The objectives of Backup and Restore
- Library Linkage
- How SQL Server 2017 backup feature is used on Linux
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How to configure SQL Server 2017 on Linux with mssql-conf and other available tools
December 13, 2017Configuration of any system plays a vital role in its working efficiently. However, configuring a system needs not necessarily be a daunting task. There are several tools that help with the process.
SQL Server on Linux provides a wide range of options for configuration, management and administration.
- mssql-conf
- Transact-SQL
- SQL Server Management Studio
- PowerShell
How to set up SQL Server Log Shipping on Linux
November 13, 2017Log shipping is a high-availability configuration that perhaps most of us are familiar with. It’s one of the oldest techniques wherein we ship transaction logs from a Primary database to a Secondary database. Log Shipping is still a vital feature used in case of applications that use warm standby for Disaster Recovery. We can see many articles which discuss the process of configuring Log shipping using T-SQL or SSMS.
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How to install SQL Server on Ubuntu
May 18, 2017Introduction
With an increasing number of new servers running on Linux, and even a third of Microsoft’s Azure virtual machines running Linux, they have made a choice to bring SQL Server to Linux in order to increase their market share and attract new customers.
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Migrate an SQL database from Windows to Linux using backup-and-restore and SMB Protocol
May 16, 2017In an attempt decouple systems, we may modularize them. In most cases, we would need to move databases from one server to another—sometimes, even move them from Windows to Linux.
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Installation of SQL Server vNext CTP on Linux Distribution CentOS 7
May 10, 2017It was a paradigm shift in December 2016, when Microsoft made their SQL Server database available for Linux; it was the first time in history that Microsoft ever designed SQL Server to run on a non-Windows operating system. SQL Server vNext was released for public preview so the user community could test and deploy SQL Server on a Linux operating system. Microsoft took a major step in diversifying the database technology into the non-windows platform for the first time.
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