SQL Server on Linux Tips

Learn about what is new and how to deploy and manage SQL Server when running on Linux platforms.

SubCategory Tip Title Author
All Tips Upgrading SQL Server running on Ubuntu to latest update Manvendra Singh
Administration How to Stop, Start, Enable and Disable SQL Server Services on Linux Rajendra Gupta
Administration Linux Administration for SQL Server DBA’s: Checking CPU Usage Daniel Farina
Administration Linux Administration for SQL Server DBA’s: Checking Disk I/O Daniel Farina
Administration Linux Administration for SQL Server DBA’s: Checking Disk Space Daniel Farina
Administration Renaming a Red Hat Linux System Hostname for SQL Server Manvendra Singh
Backups Automate SQL Server Backup and Restore Tasks in Linux Graham Okely
Backups Backup SQL Server on Linux Databases using SQL Server Agent on Windows Pablo Echeverria
Backups How to change default backup directory in SQL Server on Linux Rajendra Gupta
Command Line Top 10 Linux Commands for SQL Server DBAs John Grover
Configuration Configure SQL Server on Linux Daniel Farina
Configuration How to Change Default Data and Log file directory for SQL Server running on Linux Manvendra Singh
Configuration How to Change Hostname of Various Linux Systems Manvendra Singh
Configuration How to change SQL Server Collation on Linux Rajendra Gupta
Configuration How to Change SQL Server Instance Name Running on a Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Configuration How to Change SQL Server Port Number for a Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Configuration How to change the Default Dump File location of SQL Server running on Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Configuration How to enable and disable SQL Server traceflags globally for Linux Instances Rajendra Gupta
Configuration How to Move SQL Server System Databases to a different directory on Linux Rajendra Gupta
Configuration SQL Server Configuration Manager for Linux Rajendra Gupta
Connections Using ssh to connect to Linux for the SQL Server DBA John Grover
Database Configurations How To Manage Database Files in SQL Server 2022 on Linux Nirali Shastri
Installation Fixing dependency issues during installation of SQL Server Tools on Red Hat Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Installation Fixing error Failed to mount cd: devices when installing SQL Server tools on SUSE Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Installation How to install SQL Server on RHEL for Oracle VirtualBox - Part 1 Rajendra Gupta
Installation Install a Specific SQL Server Version on Linux Step by Step Edwin Sarmiento
Installation Installation of SQL Server 2017 on Oracle VM VirtualBox for Red Hat - Part 2 Rajendra Gupta
Installation Installing SQL Server Tools to make a Database Connection from Redhat Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Installation Installing SQL Server vNext CTP1 on Red Hat Linux 7.2 Manvendra Singh
Installation Installing SQL Server vNext on SUSE Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Installation Installing SQL Server vNext on Ubuntu Manvendra Singh
Installation Run and Manage SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.0 RHEL Docker Container Carlos Robles
Installation Run SQL Server vNext (CTP1) as a Docker Container on a Mac Susantha Bathige
Installation SQL Server 2017 installation on Ubuntu using Docker Rajendra Gupta
Migration Migrate SQL Server Database from Windows to SQL Server on Linux in Cloud - Part 3 Pinakin Patel
Monitoring System Status Report for SQL Server Running on Linux Graham Okely
Network Linux Administration for SQL Server DBA’s: Checking Network I/O Daniel Farina
Overview 7 Things Every SQL Server DBA Should Know About Linux John Grover
Overview Getting Started with SQL Server on Linux John Miner
PowerShell Introduction to PowerShell Core on Linux for the SQL Server DBA - Part 3 Edwin Sarmiento
PowerShell Introduction to PowerShell Core on Linux for the SQL Server DBA Part 1 Edwin Sarmiento
PowerShell Learning PowerShell Core on Linux for the SQL Server DBA Part 2 Edwin Sarmiento
Restore Automate SQL Server multi-file database restores on Linux Graham Okely
Restore Restore a SQL Server database on a Linux based instance from a backup on a Windows instance Manvendra Singh
Restore Restore or Attach a Windows SQL Server Database Backup on a Linux Server Daniel Farina
Restore Use SSMS to Restore a SQL Server database on a Linux based instance from a backup on a Windows instance Manvendra Singh
Scheduling Scheduling SQL Server Tasks on Linux Daniel Farina
Scheduling Scheduling SQL Server Tasks on Linux Part 2: Advanced Cron Topics Daniel Farina
Scheduling Scheduling SQL Server Tasks on Linux Part 3: Sending E-Mail Alerts with Cron Daniel Farina
Scripting Introduction to Bash Scripting for SQL Server DBAs Daniel Farina
Scripting Introduction to Bash Scripting for SQL Server: Declaration of Variables and Constants Daniel Farina
Scripting Introduction to Bash Scripting: Conditional Statements Daniel Farina
Scripting Introduction to Bash Scripting: Display User Messages and Catch User Input Daniel Farina
Scripting Introduction to Bash Scripting: Functions Daniel Farina
Scripting Introduction to Bash Scripting: Iterative Statements Using Loops Daniel Farina
Scripting Introduction to Bash Scripting: Parameter Expansions Daniel Farina
Scripting Introduction to Bash Scripting: Pipes and Redirections Daniel Farina
Security Configure SQL Server on Linux to Use Windows Authentication Daniel Farina
Security How to change default port for SQL Server on Linux Rajendra Gupta
SQL Server Agent How to create SQL Server Agent Jobs on a Linux based instance using Management Studio Manvendra Singh
SQL Server Agent How to Enable and Configure SQL Server Agent for SQL Server 2019 on RHEL 8.1 Manvendra Singh
SQL Server Agent How to schedule a SQL Server Agent Job on a Linux based instance using T-SQL Manvendra Singh
SQL Server Agent Installing SQL Server Agent on Red Hat Linux based SQL Servers Manvendra Singh
SQL Server Agent Installing SQL Server Agent on SUSE Linux Manvendra Singh
SQL Server Agent Installing SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Server Manvendra Singh
Storage Linux Administration for SQL Server DBA’s: Changing the I/O Scheduler Daniel Farina
Template Quickly setup SQL Server on Linux using an Azure SQL Server VM template Mohammed Moinudheen
Tools Adding SQL Server Tools to the PATH Environment Variable on Linux Daniel Farina
Tools Install SQL Server Tools to Establish a Database Connection from an Ubuntu Server Manvendra Singh
Tools Installing SQL Server Tools on SUSE Linux Manvendra Singh
Tools Linux commands to assist with importing a CSV file into SQL Server Graham Okely
Trace Flags Enable and Disable SQL Server Trace Flags on a Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Uninstall How to Uninstall SQL Server 2017 running on Ubuntu Manvendra Singh
Uninstall How to Uninstall SQL Server vNext from a Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Uninstall Remove SQL Tools sqlcmd and bcp from Ubuntu Linux Server Manvendra Singh
Upgrade Update SQL Server Applications on Ubuntu Linux with Apt Daniel Farina
Upgrade Upgrading an Ubuntu Linux Distribution Daniel Farina
Upgrade Upgrading SQL Server vNext on Red Hat Linux to latest available update Manvendra Singh
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