Stairway to Server-side Tracing - Level 7: How to Automate SQL Traces using SQL Jobs
How to use SQL Jobs, scripts and SSIS to manage traces and trace data collection.
2019-03-26 (first published: 2012-01-18)
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Dan Guzman
- Website: https://www.dbdelta.com
Stairway to Server-side Tracing - Level 8: How to Automate Traces with SSIS
Level 8 of this stairway series looks at the automation of your tracing using Integration Services.
2019-03-26 (first published: 2012-09-03)
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Stairway to Server-side Tracing - Level 9: How to Automate SQL Traces using the Data Collector
In this level you will see how to employ the Data Collector feature of SQL Server to automate management of SQL Traces among multiple servers.
2019-03-26 (first published: 2012-10-24)
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