DBA 101

Now that you’re a DBA where do you start? You have backups don’t you? Are you really sure? Tools for the DBA really help do your job, so we will talk about some tools to use. I’ll talk about how you can get help when you need it. I’ll point you to some really good scripts to use for monitoring or for using for your whole maintenance cycle on your SQL Servers.

David Smithey has 31 years of IT experience. He has 9 years of experience as an SQL Server DBA and before that he was a developer. He has worked/consulted for companies such as Acustar, Computer Sciences Corporation, the Pentagon, Boeing and NASA. He is currently employed by Curves International.