• Azure - Linux - Microsoft - SQLServer

    Linux Scripting, Part III

    In the previous blog posts, we learned how to set up the first part of a standard shell script- how to interactively set variables, including how to pass them as part of the script execution. In this next step, we’ll use those to build out Azure resources. If you’re working on-premises, you can use this type of scripting with SQL Server 2019 Linux but will need to use CLI commands and SQLCMD. I will cover this in later posts, but honestly, the cloud makes deployment quicker for any business to get what they need deployed and with the amount of…

  • Cloud - Enterprise Manager

    Why Automate Target Patching with Enterprise Manager 12c

    Every job comes with tasks that no one likes to perform and database administration is no exception.  Patching is one of those necessary tasks that must be performed and when we are expected to do more with less everyday, the demands of patching another host, another agent, another application is often a task that no one looks forward to.  It’s not that it goes wrong, but that it’s just tedious and many DBAs know there are a lot of other tasks that could be better use of their time.   Patching is still an essential and important task that must…