• It's a very good idea to turn on TRACEFLAG 1222. It can be difficult to interpret, but at least you're assured of capturing the information as each deadlock occurs. Otherwise, in order to capture the information, you'll need to run a trace 24/7. This can be a bit of a pain to maintain.

    To set the traceflag on:

    DBCC TRACEON (1222,-1);

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