The Road To Hell - new article from the DBA Team
Joe Celko & Chris Date guest as the sinister Relational Police in this new DBA Team adventure. Can the DBA Team save another doomed database? Find out.
2014-08-07
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Monitoring
SQL Monitor Metric: Processes in a runnable state (scheduler query)
Use this script in SQL Monitor to determine the general load on the operating system you can get a count of the processes that are in a runnable state. This value will go up and down as various systems run on the operating system. It’s only a measure of load on the system and won’t indicate the cause of problems, but will show you pressure on the system.
2013-12-03
3,671 reads
Eight Steps to Effective SQL Server Monitoring
If you need to start monitoring your SQL Server instances and database, and there are many good reasons to do so, Tony Davis gives you the eight essential steps to diagnosing problems quickly.
2013-08-26
5,456 reads
The Ten Commandments of SQL Server Monitoring
It is easy to get database monitoring wrong. There are several common-sense rules that can make all the difference between a monitoring system that works for you and helps to avoid database problems, and one that just creates a distraction. Adam Machanic spells out the rules, based on his considerable experience with database monitoring.
2013-05-13
8,102 reads
Custom Metrics for Monitoring Database Mirroring
SQL Monitor comes with plenty of metrics, but there are always going to be things that you want to measure that can't be done 'out of the box'. Taking database mirroring as an example, Grant shows that custom metrics can be used to monitor and alert whatever aspect of SQL Server or database that you need.
2013-04-24
2,948 reads
dbWarden - A Free SQL Server Monitoring Package
dbWarden is a comprehensive monitoring and alerting solution for SQL Server 2005 or newer. It features an emailed Health Report and includes email and text notifications with customizable metrics for alerts such as Blocking, Long Running Queries and SQL Jobs, CPU %, Log file and TempDB growth.
2013-04-12
25,441 reads
Tracking Business Metrics
There can be more to managing a SQL Server instance than just examining the performance metrics. There are times when understanding how your system is performing for the application is important.
2013-04-11
1,435 reads
The Strategic Value of Monitoring SQL Servers
Why would you ever need to automatically monitor the SQL Servers in your care? What is the business value of doing so? What are the important features that a DBA should look for in a performance-monitoring tool? Rodney Landrum gives answers based on long experience.
2012-06-19
3,685 reads
How to Receive Alerts When You Centralize Your SQL Server Event Logs
Learn how you can get alerts when you centralize the Event log. This is part 2 of the previous article "How to centralize your SQL Server Event Logs."
2014-05-09 (first published: 2012-05-24)
7,413 reads
An Easy Way to Monitor SQL Server Replication
In SQL Server, replication is a widely adopted technology for the purpose of real-time data replication between SQL servers. It serves the purpose of keeping data consistent between multiple end points. So the last thing we want to hear from clients is that data is no longer in synch, and as DBA, we don't want to be the last person to realize replication is out of order or broken. Here are some steps you can take to monitor SQL Server replication.
2011-10-26
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