Is my VM hyperthreaded?

October 18, 2020 Andy 0

RonJohn needs to know if his VMs are hyperthreaded. I point him to vCenter for a definitive answer, and to a SQL Server DMV for the next best thing.

Always On Synchronous Commit Mode With Large Delays

October 18, 2020 Andy 0

Question For SQL Server Enterprise’s Always On availability groups in Synchronous Commit mode, is there some amount of latency that can’t be exceeded? For example, can it work between very distant data centers, such as between the US and Europe? asked 2020-10-18 by uncaged Answer … [Read More]

sp_update_schedule says @schedule_id does not exist

October 6, 2020 Andy 0

Question I wrote a script that reads job schedules from msdb.dbo.sysschedules and runs sp_update_schedule to change the active_start_time for a given subset of jobs. In each case, sp_update_schedule fails with the message "The specified @schedule_id(‘xxx’) does not exist". (MessageID 14262, Severity 16) Is the schedule … [Read More]

Microsoft Azure hack for social justice

October 4, 2020 Andy 0

Microsoft is going to be running a virtual hackathon, running from October 12 through November 20. The theme of the hack will be to use Microsoft Azure to address some social justice issue. I’m thrilled to be joining the judging panel for this event, which … [Read More]