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Administration
Have a set of proven scripts on hand for the daily check of blocking, performance, and configuration in PostgreSQL, without having to rebuild them every time.
Installation
Install SQL Server 2025 on Windows Server 2019, 2022, or 2025 without prerequisite errors, misconfigured service accounts, or the wrong collation.
Installation
Install SQL Server 2025 as a two-node Failover Cluster Instance on an already-prepared WSFC (Windows Server 2019, 2022, or 2025), without Network Name errors, shared storage issues, or a role that fails to come Online.
Administration
Have a set of proven scripts on hand for the daily check of blocking, performance, and configuration in SQL Server, without having to rebuild them every time.
Administration
Have a set of proven scripts on hand for the daily check of blocking, performance, and configuration in Oracle, without having to rebuild them every time.
Administration
Have a set of proven scripts on hand for the daily check of blocking, performance, and configuration in DB2, without having to rebuild them every time.
Administration
Have a set of proven scripts on hand for the daily check of blocking, performance, and configuration in MySQL/MariaDB, without having to rebuild them every time.
Administration
Have a set of proven scripts on hand for the daily check of blocking, performance, and configuration in MongoDB, without having to rebuild them every time.
Administration
Have a set of proven scripts on hand for the daily check of contention, performance, and configuration in Cassandra, without having to rebuild them every time.
Migration
Migrate from PostgreSQL 14 to 16 without data loss or undetected behavior changes, with a clear rollback path.
High availability
Design and operate a PostgreSQL cluster with automatic failover and no single point of failure.
Replication
Recover a lagging PostgreSQL replica while minimizing the risk of data loss.
Migration
Migrate PostgreSQL across servers or versions with downtime measured in seconds.
Backup
Be able to restore PostgreSQL to the exact second before a human error or incident.
Migration
Avoid broken access or missing privileges after a PostgreSQL major version migration.
Blocking
Identify and resolve recurring blocking and deadlocks in SQL Server with evidence, not guesswork.
Performance
Determine whether SQL Server slowness is caused by CPU, memory, I/O or resource waits.
Performance
Fix misconfigured parallelism that degrades SQL Server performance.
Performance
Avoid memory pressure and paging that degrade SQL Server instance performance.
High availability
Operate and recover an Availability Group with no surprises during a real failover.
Recovery
Recover a SQL Server database in SUSPECT state while minimizing data loss.
Backup
Confirm SQL Server backups actually restore before you need them in an incident.
High availability
Recover a lagging Data Guard standby and confirm it can take over on failover.
Backup
Prevent a full FRA from halting the Oracle database.
Performance
Eliminate memory paging that degrades Oracle instance performance on Linux.
Performance
Pinpoint exactly which session or query is consuming the instance resources.
Backup
Have a verified Oracle backup and a truly tested RMAN recovery.
High availability
Confirm an Oracle RAC cluster with ASM can actually tolerate a node failure.
High availability
Confirm a DB2 HADR pair is in sync and ready for takeover.
Performance
Identify which SQL statements are degrading DB2 instance performance.
Backup
Have verified DB2 backups and a tested recovery procedure.
Performance
Fix a DB2 memory configuration that is limiting performance.
Upgrade
Upgrade a DataStax Enterprise cluster without interrupting service.
Security
Confirm access control on a Cassandra cluster is configured correctly.
Monitoring
Avoid data inconsistency in Cassandra from missing periodic repair.
High availability
Confidently operate a multi-node Cassandra cluster in production.
Backup
Objectively confirm whether current backups actually protect the operation.
Disaster Recovery
Move from a paper DR plan to a tested plan with real recovery times.
Migration
Reduce the risk of a database migration with a complete checklist.
Troubleshooting
Catch operational risks before a new platform goes to production.
