When you have the need to find out real time what is causing high CPU issues within your Azure SQL Database, there is nothing better than using TSQL and SSMS. Azure portal will highlight the below, this is when I made CPU contention.
There is a new (ish) interface to looking and configuring backups for your Azure SQL Database. This can be found within the settings section of the SQL Server.
As you can see, by default we have 7 days retention to allow for PITR – Point In Time Recovery, anything longer you will need to setup long term retention.
Following on from a previous blog post (https://blobeater.blog/2021/01/15/sql-server-linux/) on installing SQL Linux, a common requirement will be the need to connect to it to issue queries, typically via SQLCMD). There isn’t too much to it but still an important step.
If you are building database solutions in Azure , using Azure SQL Database then you will know that you have a purchasing option decision to make. That being should you use a vCore model or DTU approach?
If you have come from a windows background you may be curious about the world of SQL Server Linux. Yes, the operating system and the implementation of it differs to the traditional Windows environment but once installed, it’s just good old SQL server and those lovely DBCC commands and backup statements work, all your DMVs are ready for you too.
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