A DMV a Day – Day 7
I have three different DMVs for Day 7. The first one is sys.dm_db_missing_index_group_stats, which is described by BOL as:
Returns summary...
2010-04-07
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Glenn Berry
24 Hours of PASS: Celebrating SQL Server 2008 R2
Well, we finally got the ok to start talking about the second 24 Hours of PASS event, called 24 Hours...
2010-04-06
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A DMV a Day – Day 6
The DMV for Day 6 is sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats, which is described by BOL as:
Returns counts of different types of index operations...
2010-04-06
854 reads
Big Iron on Windows 2008 R2, Earning its Keep!
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2010-04-06
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A DMV a Day – Day 5
The DMV for Day 5 is sys.dm_db_mirroring_auto_page_repair, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row for every automatic page-repair attempt...
2010-04-05
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Microsoft Drops Support For Itanium after SQL Server 2008 R2
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2010-04-05
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A DMV a Day – Day 4
The DMV for Day 4 is sys.dm_os_sys_memory, which is described by BOL as:
Returns memory information from the operating system. SQL...
2010-04-04
1,348 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 3
The DMV for Day 3 is sys.dm_os_sys_info, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a miscellaneous set of useful information about...
2010-04-03
1,057 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 2
The DMV for Day 2 is sys.dm_exec_sessions, which is described by BOL as:
Returns one row per authenticated session on SQL...
2010-04-02
405 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 1
Just as an experiment, I am going to post a different DMV query every day for the next 30 days. ...
2010-04-01
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