When dealing with System Center components you also have to deal with SQL. Some SC specialist are more advanced with SQL others not. Every SQL server needs at least some basic maintenance. For those who are not familiar with some of the maintenance tasks in SQL there is one good guide that will help you.
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Tips on planning SQL for System Center 2012
I think many of us have faced the challenge to make the design of SQL for their System Center components. Even though we have knowledge of SQL at some certain level we are not hardcore experts in it. Thanks to Paul Keely a Microsoft MVP we now have some guides on dealing with SQL for System Center. You can download his guide
“SQL Server guide for System Center 2012” which for SQL 2008 R2 but there is no reason to use the same tips for SQL 2012.
Hyper-V and SQL 2012 – better together
Microsoft gave the task to Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) to make Workload Performance Analysis of using Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V and SQL Server 2012. Findings of this report you can find in this article.
SQL Server 2012 SP1 is available
Microsoft released service pack 1 for SQL Server 2012. The service pack contains CU1 and CU2.
SQL Server and System Center Survey
Paul Keely a System Center MVP and one of the authors of Mastering System Center 2012 Operations Manager book is conducting a survey about how people are using System Center and SQL together. The results of the survey will help Paul in creating a whitepaper on the topic. So please give a 10 minutes of your time to fill the survey here and help the community.
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