IBM Informix on POWER7 white paper

Posted: April 23, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Informix 12 | Leave a comment

IBM Informix on POWER7 White paper – https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en-us#!/wiki/W6461741bf7e8_47d7_89fc_a0a9233f3ca9/page/IBM%20Informix%20on%20POWER7  (from Fernando Nunes).

 

London SQL Supper 22nd April 2014 slides.

Posted: April 22, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 | Leave a comment

The slides for my talk at London SQL Supper 22nd April 2014 are at http://www.smooth1.co.uk/sqlserver2014/2014NewFeatures.zip

Informix FAQ

Posted: April 15, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Informix 12 | Leave a comment

Informix FAQ

The Informix FAQ is back! v1.25

Dissecting Score Reports: What Does It All Mean? Part 1

Posted: April 12, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Microsoft Certification, Microsoft SQL Server | Leave a comment

 

Dissecting Score Reports: What Does It All Mean? Part 1

http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2014/04/07/dissecting-score-reports-what-does-it-all-mean-part-1.aspx

Data Compression & TDE

Posted: April 12, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 | Leave a comment

 

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/sqlserver/en-US/0650314c-6fda-4858-b667-90b0a06e1865/data-compression-tde

DB2 Licensing HA

Posted: April 12, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: DB2 LUW | Leave a comment

DB2 Licensing HA

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-1311db2halicensing/index.html?utm_content=buffer5fb86&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

DB2 Blogs

Posted: April 3, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: DB2 LUW | Leave a comment

 

10.1/10.5 Index information – http://www.idug.org/p/bl/et/blogid=19&blogaid=250

5 Minute Crash Course on Performance Tuning LOB’s – https://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edbisoftware%2Ecom%2Fblog%2Fdb2nightshow%2Ephp%3Fid%3D498&urlhash=FL6W&_t=tracking_anet

select Episode 131, forward to the 1 H 2M 46S Mark. 

SQL Server 2014 installation on Windows 2012 R2 on VMWare 10.

Posted: April 1, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2014, Microsoft Windows Server | Leave a comment

 Windows 2012 R2.evaluation in VMWare 10.

– disable floppy drive to avoid License Terms error

SQL Server 2014 installation on Windows 2012 R2.evaluation

– Server Manager -> Local Server (on left) -> Manage (top right) -> Add Roles and Features -> Features screen -> .NET Framework 3.5 features.-> Specify alternate source path -> D:\Sources\Sxs.

or

dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /all /Source:d:\sources\sxs /LimitAccess

If you get that “vmware tools installation cannot be started manually while easy install is in progress” then change floppy drive back to a physical drive – http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017687