Find missing indices using dynamic management views in SQL Server

For SQL Server performance tuning, besides rebuild index and update statistics, often we also need to identify missing indexes. This can be done from SQL Tuning Advisor, but I personally feel it’s quicker to directly query the dynamic management views. Here is a sample query I normally use to identify and generate index creation scripts […]

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Step by step instruction to setup an Oracle Active Standby Instance using RMAN

This instruction is created for Oracle on Windows, it also applies to Unix/Linux installations. The difference will be mainly the folder path locations. Master Instance: ProdServer:1521/DB1 Target Active Standby Instance: StandbyServer:1521/DB1STANDBY (new installation) Preparation: Run below query to check if ARCHIVING LOG, FORCE LOGGING is enabled on the Primary database, if not enable them. On […]

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