SSAS: Automate SSAS Backups With PowerShell

I was looking for a solution to automate SSAS backups using PowerShell. By "automate", I mean the following: Backup one or more SSAS databases in an SSAS instance to a network location Automatically cleanup backups that are older than [x] days Schedule the backups via SQL Server Agent with minimal overhead Backup multiple host instances/databases …

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SQL Server: Visualize Your Backups For Insights – By Month Day, Time etc.

Backups are a very important part of a DBA's job. Understanding when they have happened and when they have not happened is even more important. Quantifying things quickly can mean the difference between good and bad decisions when you are in a bind. Note: If you are looking to do something similar with Oracle, please …

SQL Server – Breakup A Monolithic Data File (Database) Into Multiple Small Files And Breakaway From Shrinking!

If the SQL Server databases being manged are a few GB in size each, then having a single .mdf file for data is fine. However, if the size is anywhere in the hundreds of GB or more, then a single .mdf file is certainly not the way to go. Related to this, please checkout my …

SQL Server – Generate and Use Size / Storage Dimension

This post shows how I created, generated data for and used "StorageDimension" with PowerBI to slice and dice by that dimension.

SQL Server – Generate and Use Time / Duration Dimension

This blog post shows how I created, generated data for and used a "Duration" dimension with SQL Server and PowerBI