Profiler With SQL Server 6.5 Traces?
Jun 12, 2000Can you run 6.5 traces through the SQL 7.0 profiler. If so, I am getting a login error. I do have the same db name, login, and perms.
Andy
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Using Profiler Traces To Troubleshoot
Aug 14, 2007Hey guys,
I need some help knowing what to look for in Profiler to troubleshoot an issue.
I've got an application that accesses a SQL Server database that has suddenly started timing out when users launch and attempt to log in, and I'm trying to find out where and why the application might be timing out (whether it's a server issue, a stored procedure or SQL query from the application that could be optimized, a table that could be truncated or archived, etc.). All I have to work with from troubleshooting the database side are a series of trace files from Profiler that were run for a total of about 5 minutes while the application was launched and then timed out. Of course, there are a whole lot of statements being issued, hundreds of tables being accessed, lots of stored procedures and even more ad-hoc queries coming straight from application source code.
So my question is, what do I need to look for in these trace files that might be a red flag to an issue? I'm no DBA, but I know that really long durations might be a tip-off. I'm only seeing these on the occasional Event:Audit Logout (which I read in another thread could potentially be very normal). Anything else that I might want to filter for?
I appreciate any help!
Mandy
Duration In Profiler Traces
Jul 20, 2007Hi
I have a procedure in a history database that does insert into 3 tables inside a transaction. users complaint that the proc sometimes takes too long during heavy usage. I did some traces to see what is taking up the time, I found that the rpc duration was averaging > 500 ms (should only take 50ms). I checked to see if one of that statements were taking too much time, but only see the commit transaction statement taking around 500 ms). I check the avg disk queue to be around 30. ( this is on a single local disk) .
So is this definitely a disk issue, or is there something else I need to check
thanks
P
Value Of Profiler Traces In A Test Environment
Sep 26, 2005I am debating whether to go to all the trouble of setting up on-demand Profiler traces on some test servers for the developers here. Really just tracing RPC:Completed and SQL:BatchCompleted, so the developers can at least try to catch a performance problem before going to production. The question I have, though, is just how useful is this sort of information to mid- to low-level (i.e. experience) developers. One of the bigger concerns is over Java applications, which like to hide their queries behind a lot of "sp_cursorfetch" calls.
My question to the forum is if you are a developer, have you ever dreamed of having this sort of information available? How useful is it?
I am going to try to post a poll along with this, but I am not sure it will work..
Transact SQL :: Convert Or Change All Existing Traces To Extended Events In Server 2012
May 27, 2015We are planning to convert or change all existing Traces to Extended Events in SQL server 2012. What is the procedure to convert custom traces. We have already created some below custom traces: like this we are planning to convert for all servers.
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 20, 23, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 20, 8, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 20, 12, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 20, 64, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 20, 1, @on
exec sp_trace_setevent @TraceID, 20, 21, @on
[code]...
Monitor I/o, Cpu Etc. Without Traces
Aug 21, 2006Any suggestions on how I can monitor the following without using traces? I am a dba/developer working as a developer on a contract, and I'm supposed to be tuning. However, I can't run traces. I've got my own procs that monitor locking, etc. But I would like to get at least i/o and cpu throughout the day. It would also be nice to get the query executed. Basically, the type of stuff you'd normally use traces for.
I know about @@cpu, @@io etc., but these are basically useless (no?) since they only record since the server was started. There is a stored proc but it only monitors these things since the last time it was run.
Does anyone know how I could utilize the above? I tried to write a script but I couldn't get it to work. :(
I realize that in general this is a ridiculous request, but I thought I would ask anyway.
Can't Delete Old Traces Urgent!
Jan 31, 2002This one has stumped me. Hopefully somebody can help.
A while ago, I setup a trace that posted the log to the desktop. I needed to stop the trace this morning, so I went into the profiler and deleted the traces. There was a private and shared trace. Now every time I start up something that has to do with sql server, the log pops up on the desktop. I'm not sure why the trace wasn't deleted or stopped. The trace includes what program accessed sql. Whether it is EM or Query analyzer or ISQL. It gets posted in the log. Any suggestions? I need to remove this because the log fills up the drive and causes the server to crash.
Thanks
ShowPlanXML Event In Sql Traces
Mar 20, 2008I want to use ShowPlanXML in my traces. Information witch is given by this event is quite interesting but I dunno how to bound it with other events. For example I have SqlBatchComplete event and want to get XML plan of it but I have no idea how to do it.
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhich Configuration File Can Disable Traces
Nov 29, 2011When I restart the server that hosts the database engine SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition SP4, the trace gets up mytrace-5.trc with a size of 100 MB and id is 2, leaving the hard disk space, then the SQL Server stops execution of the trace due to lack of space. I do not know how to erase the trace, because I do not know where is it.
The archive log looks like : SQL Trace ID 2 was started by login "sa"
Trace ID '2' was stopped because of an error. Cause: 0x80070070(There is not enough space on the disk.). Restart the trace after correcting the problem.
I only know how delete a trace, knowing id.
EXEC sp_trace_setstatus 2, 0
EXEC sp_trace_setstatus 2, 2
Which configuration file I can disable all SQL Server traces. If I run select * from sys.traces, I just get the default trace:
id = 1
status = 1
path= D:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLLOGlog_32736.trc
max_size = 20
stop_time = NULL
max_files = 5
is_rowset = 0
is_rollover = 1
is_shutdown = 0
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SQL Server Profiler
Oct 16, 2006Hi guys, I'd just like to know how to setup a new Trace in SQL Server Profiler that tells me every time the database is hit with a query. Thanks.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSQL Server Profiler
Mar 24, 2008Hi I have a problem in my SQL Server 2005. This morning I got a message of "Low Disk Space" in the drive "C" of a virtual machine, when I looked at the directory:
C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12DataMSSQL.4MSSQLData
I found 454 sql server profiler - trace data files in that folder, one of them like this one: audittrace20080207220657_13.trc takes 204,800KB, and totally takes 89GB in that folder. That's why I got "Low Disk Space"
I know that we need profiler to troubleshoot data, view the event...but
these kind of .trc files were keep created in the "Data" folder in every 2 hours everyday and soon it will takes all the hard drive in the server.
Is there anything I can set in SQL Server 2005 or other settings to delete the profile over 1 week or so automaticlly to free the space in the server?
Thanks.
Profiler Only Tracing One Server
Feb 4, 2002There is a bug in one of the service packs where Profiler (7.0) only traces one server (regardless of the server you tell it to trace). Can anyone tell me how to fix this or point me to a KB article? I thought this was fixed in SQL 7 SP 3, however I'm experiencing this problem with SP3 installed.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSQL Profiler Always Connects To The Same Server.
Apr 15, 2002Can anyone help me on this one:
We have several SQL servers in our network. When we try to connect to any of these servers with SQL profiler, the connection is always made with the same server, irrespective of the servername we use.
There is no default server name used in the setting of SQL profiler application.
Thanks.
Gest regards,
Ben Cornelisse
The Netherlands
SQL Server Profiler Problem
Jul 15, 2000I am trying to create a trace that informs me when a stored proc is created, modified or dropped in a particular database. The trace event I have selected is TSQL->SQL:StmtCompleted. The only filter I have in place is on database ID. The ID value is set to the database containing the stored proc's I want to monitor.
If I drop a proc, I get an entry in the Profiler. However, if I add or modify a proc, I get nothing. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?
BTW, adding another filter on object ID (1 for sysobjects or 8 for syscomments) doesn't help either.
Thanks.
SQL Server Profiler Permissions
Jan 7, 2008Is the security granularity in SQL Server 2005 good enough that I can allow certain users to have permissions to use Profiler ONLY on their database with out granting them sysadmin privilege? I know that it uses the master database which makes it complex. Thanks in advance.
View 3 Replies View RelatedSQL Server Profiler With A VPN Connection
Jan 10, 2008Hi all,
I am trying to access SQL Server Profiler while connected via a VPN. I am able to connect while I am physically on the network but when I connect via the VPN it gives me the following error:
Cannot connect to xxx.xxx.xxx
Additional Information:
Login timeout expired
An error has occured while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.
Named Piped Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL Server [53].
(pfutil90)
I am able to access the database and browse tables/run queries/etc. But only when I try to create a trace I get the error. Does SQL Profiler act funny when going through a VPN?
Thanks in advance.
Sql Server 2005 Profiler
Apr 17, 2008Dear friends,
I got script for creation trace file on server drive.
and it's work fine,when we migrate to sql server 2005 i take the same script for this trace and he create it successfully but the problem when i try to open this file for example today file:
SQL-Server1 SQL Trace20080417000000847.trc
I got the following message:
Sql server profiler :failed to open a file ,access denied.
old files created by sql server 2000 ,i can open it until now but the file created after migrate to sql 2005 ,i got that message above.
Sql Server 2005 Profiler
Jul 11, 2007Guys/Girls
Have a problem am currently running a sql trace on a database, have the normal options setup.
Stored Procedures
RPC:Completed
RPC:Starting
TSQL
SQL:BatchCompleted
SQL:BatchStarting
But am also using the text data field but am trying to only bring back items that have a certain string like. Does anybody know how to use wild cards in the text data colounm
Lee
About The SQL Server Profiler 2005
Sep 13, 2007Hi everyone,I am steven.
I have some questions about the SQL Server Profiler 2005.
1,haoI am using TransactionScope of .Net Frameworks 2.0 for DB query and update.I want to know the lock level(table,page,row,etc) and status of lock status(u,s,x,etc) by profiler tool when I run the query and update statement.How can I do?
2,I had got some traces when I run the DB query and update.But I cann't understand the meaning of the trace.such as Binary Data,ObjectID,Type,etc.How can I know the meaning of these?
Whould anyone can help me?
EncryptByPassPhrase And SQL Server Profiler
Aug 17, 2006Hello,
My client wants to encrypt data using sql server 2005 encryption mechanism. But one of the core requirements is that the DBA should not be able to decrypt my data on the SQL Server.
I have opted for the EncryptByPassPhrase option. But here is my problem:
I call the encryptByPassPhrase function within my stored procedures and I pass in the pass phrase as a parameter in Stored Proc call from the client intranet application.
The problem is that one can clearly see the passphrase in the Profiler when I call my stored procedures.
I did a bunch of research and found out that if I added a commented out "sp_password" command in my stored procedure, then the stored procedure call gets masked from the profiler. This seem to have been true with SQL Server 2000 but is not true for SQL Server 2005.
Does anyone know of a method to mark a stored procedure -- or a parameter to a stored procedure -- as masked so that either the call or the parameter value are masked ?
Thank You,
Tarin
SQL Server Admin 2014 :: Capturing Connection Coming From Outside In Server Using Profiler
May 14, 2015I need to do testing on capturing connection coming from outside using Profiler. Basically I need to do something from other SQL servers connecting to this SQL server and test if it is captured by profiler.
View 4 Replies View RelatedErrors In SQL Server 2005 Profiler
Oct 27, 2006I notice this running the SQL Server Profiler under the application name Report Server. Every time it runs, it reports an error (in the Error field of Profiler). Does anyone know what this is?declare @p1 nvarchar(64)set @p1=NULLexec GetDBVersion @DBVersion=@p1 outputselect @p1
View 1 Replies View RelatedSQL Server Profiler Freezes Application?
Apr 4, 2008Hi, I'm using SQL2005 v9.00.3042.00 (SP2) on Windows 2003. I have a situation, when I turn on and begin to trace a database using the "SQL server Profiler", that particular VB application that uses the databases freezes (hourglass) when user click on anywhere that require a data query (download list, etc.) until I either pause or stop the trace, what gives? Thanks in advance.
View 2 Replies View RelatedSQL Server Profiler: Deadlock Graph
Aug 10, 2007I'm investigating my production server because there appears a deadlock every day. So, in SQL Profiler, I use the the Deadlock graph to capture the trace in a file.
When I click on the textdata to see the graph an error appears:
- Failed to initialize deadlock control.
Cannot find process victim in process list.
I also get the following error from another deadlock:
- Failed to initialize deadlock control.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
I stopped my trace, so this can not be the problem.
Does anybody knows why I can't see the graph?
I also captured the trace in a table and then used the following query to see it in xml:
select convert(xml,textdata)
from TableName
This works fine.
SQL Server Profiler On SBS 2003 R2 Premium
Mar 29, 2007Ok, I have installed SQL 2005 in about 10 or so production environments and have SQL Server Profiler installed and working on 2003 servers, but I cannot get Profiler installed on a SBS 2003 R2 Premium server. Does anyone know how to get Profiler installed on a SBS 2003 R2 Premium server?
TIA,
Nick
Profiler For SQL Server Express 2005
Aug 7, 2006Dear All,
I need a tool to see what transactions and in what order are being issued
against the SQL Server Express 2005 DB.
Because of the SQL Server tools don't come with SQL Server Express 2005,
then i run SQL Server 2000's Profiler with SQL Server Express 2005. But It
prompt error "Failed to start a new trace".
FYI, i don't want to use the backend sql trace .in command prompt..
Pls advise me on how to run the sql profiler to trace the transaction being executed in SQL Express 2005?
Thank you.
SQL Server 2005 Profiler Error
May 14, 2007I SQL Server 2005 Profiler when ran the T- SQL template against some Stored Procedures, in the error column i get 2 - Abort. Can some one help me on this issue.
Thanks
Profiler In SQl Server 2005 Express Edition
Apr 6, 2008Is it possible to install SQL server profiler in Express Edition. I know it can be installed in SQL server 2005. Once I tried installing in Express edition and it did not work.
What is the main diofferenve between SQL Server 2005 and Express edition?
Thanks
SQL7 Profiler - Trace Properties - Server
Mar 30, 2001Hi
We have two servers each running SQL7. I cannot run a trace on one server from the other. Whatever server name I enter in the drop down box, the trace only records activity on the server that profiler is running on. Even if I put a non-existent server name in the box (!), the trace accepts the name but still only runs on the host server.
Any explanations please.
Keith
Profiler Trace With SSE 2005 (SQL Server Express)
Aug 15, 2007Someone Please Help!
How on earth can a Profile Trace be run where SSE 2005 is installed??? In the past, with MSDE, we always installed the 'tools' on a local workstation, so that we had EnterPrise Manager and its suite of tools...no problem. Yet, with Management Studio Express (err...Distress?), there's no way to do this! I've scoured the net, and I see threads where people have done it, yet, no one seems to be clear...including Microsoft...on how to obtain this MOST IMPORTANT of all tools for an SQL deployment.
Please Help! Someone...Anyone!...Thank You!...Michael
SQL 2012 :: Server Profiler - Failed To Start A New Trace
Aug 3, 2014I am attempting to create a new trace but I get the following error message: "failed to start a new trace".
I have been doing some digging and as I understand it, I had to find the directory Profiler uses for temporary files. So, I typed the following in the command window "SET TMP" and I received the following reply:
C:UsersRossAppDataLocalTemp
Now, according to the forum: [URL] ...
I am supposed to check that the system folder pointed to by the TMP environment variable exists and is not crammed with files.
Well, when I went to the directory C:UsersRossAppDataLocalTemp, it is indeed full of both files and directories. The size is 16.3 MB and has 133 files and 63 folders.
When I had a look at the Environment Variables window and chose TMP the value is "%USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalTemp" which according to my limited understanding is the equivalent to C:UsersRossAppDataLocalTemp.
So, what I am wondering is am I supposed to totally clear out this directory? I am not too keen on doing this because I don't want to stuff my PC up.
SQL Tools :: Cannot Save Server Profiler Trace File
Dec 9, 2011This is for SQL Server 2005 SP4 Build 5266. We have been having performance issues in production. There are tight deadlines to be met and it is important that they are solved promptly.
Yesterday we replicated the situation in the acceptance testing environment. The jobs take 8 hours to run and we started at 2:00 PM.
Just before the jobs ran I set up an SQL Server Profiler trace to catch processes with a duration of longer then 12 seconds. I set it to save the results to a database table.
Last night I checked the table at 5:00 PM and there were entries in the table. However, I could be mistaken.
At 9:00 PM I checked the table and it was empty.
This morning I arrived at work and checked SQL Server Profiler. The trace was running and within SQL Server Profiler, there are 100s of results. I stopped the trace. However, checking the table, it is empty.
I thought I would be able to save the trace results to a file. When I chose "Save As" from the file menu, all the options are greyed out (trace file, trace template, trace table, etc).
The results are there but there is no way of saving them and no way of exporting them. How could this have happened?
Is there a location, where SQL Server Profiler saves the results in a temporary space. I may be able to open them and retrieve them. How can I save the results? Why are all my options greyed out?
SQL Server 2012 :: Query Execution Not Showing Up In Profiler Trace
Aug 22, 2014Set up a trace with the events RPC:Completed, SQL:BatchCompleted, SQL:BatchStarting, and SQL:StmtCompleted.
When I issue the statement: SELECT * FROM XyzView there is nothing captured in Profiler. If I script out the view and then execute the select statement that defines the view, it does show up in Profiler.
I've tried adding a lot of the other events, i.e. SP:StmtCompleted and the various other StmtStarting events and the trace still does not capture anything.
Am I capturing the wrong events or is this known behavior? My goal is to see what the overhead is for using a view versus persisting the results of the view as a table and referencing that instead. The view in question is against static data, joins 9 tables, and is referenced a lot.
I can use the stats generated when I execute the select that defines the view but I still find this to be curious behavior so I assume I'm doing something wrong.