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• How to Analyze the PERFMON (SYSMON) data?

  As you may aware the PERFMON (SYSMON) utility provides much information to analyze on the systems resource usage, I support and suggest to make use of this tool as much as you can with a default templates within our environment. You may be aware the data Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 4:26 AM from SSQA.net | (Comments Off) Filed under: SQL Server, performance, databases, tsql, analysis, tuning, sysmon, perfmon

• sys.dm_os_schedulers - useful to find on whether your SQL Server engine is weakening!

  The system DMV sys.dm_os_schedulers is an useful DMV to find such as running tasks & active workers threads etc. This is required to monitor the system state is heavily loaded or not, in particular this view will help you identify if there is any Read More... Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 11:04 PM from SSQA.net | (Comments Off) Filed under: SQL Server, performance, SSMS, memory, cpu, dmv, analysis, disks

• DMVs to provide state of TEMPDB during a performance tuning analysis

  TEMPDB - though the name sounds like temporary database, it most important for any user database! Coming to performance tuning exercise or analysis you would go through Task Manager initially to see how system's memory & processor are coping up. Though Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:55 PM from SSQA.net | (Comments Off) Filed under: SQL Server, performance, Hardware, analysis, rebuild, index, tempdb

• Dedicated Administrator Console (DAC) - saved an important day for a DBA

  Until recently I have just used Dedicated Administrator Console (DAC) to connect just to test whether the connection will be successful. You may be aware that only administrator will be able to access a running instance of SQL Server Database Engine to Read More... Posted Sunday, August 05, 2007 12:09 AM from SSQA.net | (Comments Off) Filed under: SQL Server, performance, blocking, management, dac, sac, dba, analysis, investigation