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What’s a Database Health Check?
As a critical component of your business, a healthy database is vital to staff efficiency and customer satisfaction. If you've neglected database maintenance and tuning, chances are you're running into a litany of performance issues. When your database begins to lag,...
Creating a Windows Backup Image (Win10)
The following instruction will walk you through how to create a Windows OS backup in the event you need system image restore. An image backup copies everything on your drive, including partitions and the boot sector. It's the only way to back up your Windows...
The Basics of Database Performance Tuning
Poor database performance bogs down operations, and as the lifeblood of a business, companies can't afford barriers to data access. One of the best ways to navigate past performance issues is by getting a regular database performance audit. Just like a car needs...
Verifying a Server is Offline
Overview From time to time, you'll encounter a situation where a server appears to be offline, and you need to verify the validity of the alert prior to contacting proper support channels. This document covers certain steps that can be taken for verifying an offline...
Informix v11.70 End of Support (EOS)
Informix 11.70 database versions will be out of support as of September 30, 2020. For Informix users, this means IBM/HCL is discontinuing security updates, patches, and other services (even if you have an existing maintenance contract). For the Informix DBA, this...
Using the Mysqlbinlog Utility
MySQL binary logging is used for replication and also for point-in-time recovery of a MySQL database instance. It records any changes to database contents and may be recorded in a "statement-based" or "row-based" format. The default location to find the binary logs is...
Resolving SQL0930N Memory Errors after an RHEL 7.8 Upgrade
A colleague and I were recently working on a Db2 server with a large amount of memory (512 Gb) and were supporting the system administrators in applying operating system maintenance to bring the system from RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.6 to RHEL 7.8. The operating...
Archiving Methodology in Office 365 Using a Shared Mailbox
This article covers an SOP scenario that can be adopted in an online exchange environment for archiving active mailboxes for future access. The benefit of this feature is the capability to control access to the archived mailbox and a money-saving tool (as shared...