Our shop is expanding use of SQL Server, both 2000 and 2005. We have
Litespeed on some boxes to handle the backup/recovery jobs. Can I ask
what are considered the best tools for monitoring SQL Server, in terms
of things like performance monitoring, tuning and auditing if it is
possible to get all of this functionality in one?
What do you use and like?
Thanks in advance.
Gerry
Need Recommendation on Tool for SQL Server Development
I have inherited a SQL Server 7 database (actually a SQL Server 6.5 database running on SQL 7 in compatibility mode) with 1000s of objects with triggers and stored procedures with zero documentation; i need to make major changes to this database; are there any tools available that will allow me to quickly search through the database objects and code (like stored procedures, etc) for keywords and other useful criteria? Do you recommend any SQL Server specific tools that will help me learn this database in the shortest amount of time?
Thank you!
--llyal
We are in plan to build a Monitoring tool using PowerShell and Performance Monitor which could monitor 10 to 20 servers. Do you have any reference of any existing tool using Performance Monitor to monitor the SQL Server and available for free? I didn't want to put some effort, if something is available already.
View 2 Replies View Relatedhi guyz i want to integrate Sql Server 2000 with Microsoft Monitoring tool , and wht I exactly want is , I need a report of each users and their internet history. i have an application on asp.net 1.1 in which i need to import data from some source it may be microsoft proxy server or any monitoring tool. 1 of my mate suggested me to use the tool which lies at : Control Panel -> Ad Remove programs -> Ad Remove windows components -> managment and monitoring tool -> Monitoring he was not sure either this tool can be integrate with sql server or not. but i need some data in to my tables, can any1 help me in this regard kindly ask me if there is any confusion
u guyz can email me as well ..... do let me know if know 1 find any solution
thnx
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SQL Stripes is an application that helps you, the SQL Server DBA, having complete control over your various SQL servers.
From the high-level of monitoring essential components - to the low-level of analyzing your various databases, tables etc…
This is *not* another Query-Analyzer like tool, nor does it intend to be. The idea is that each one of your servers gets a 'Stripe' which contains valuable real-time data on the selected server.
SQL Stripes is an intuitive and easy to use application, which is intended to make your DBA life a bit easier.
SQL Stripes is completely free. Please send your feedback/questions/suggestions
Thanks and enjoy!
Hi all,
I am new to the db world so please let me know if I don't make any since.
I was wondering if there is an open source SQL database monitoring tool out there that I can run on my desktop that would give me a log of what is going on on the database (or the server).
Thanks.
Hi guys!
I have built a website using asp.net 2005 that uses sql server 2005 database,
my question is,
which tool can I use to monitor the connections to the database,
because I feel that some of them are left open for a very long time.
Thanks in advance!
I am in the process of evaluating some SQL Performance Monitoring /DBAtool to purchase (For SQL Server 2000). I have the following list ofsoftware that I came across and have to finalize which one to recomendfor purchase by my company.Quest Central® for SQL ServerPerformance Center by Embarcadero (dbartisan)Performance analysis by BMC Software solutionsSQL Server Management by netIQI would greatly appreciate if anyone can give me a comparison/ anysuggestions on the above mentioned applications...!Has anyone used/currently using any of these applications? Pleaseadvise...Thank you in advance...!
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I removed the publication from the database but it is still showing in the monitoring tool. Does anyone know how to remove it from there?
Thanks
Hi everyone,
I am looking for sql monitoring tool. I have found tools from Idera and Quest but the price is a bit expensive.
The tool I am lloking for is able to show historical information such as CPU/memory/disk usage.
Any good suggestion? Thank you in advance.
I have a database that is around 2 to 4 GB.If I were to estimate some numbers like 4x growth oreven 10x, the database size could reach 40GB.The new server will be running SQL Server 2005.I am not sure which configuration option to take.I've gathered some information from different places:Configuration #1:OS - Raid1 2x36GBLogs - Raid1 2x36GBData - Raid 5 4x73GBConfiguration #2:OS - Raid1 2x36GBLogs - Raid5 (not sure how many drives)Data - Raid5 (not sure how many drives)Now if I am using a separate RAID array disksfor the database's transaction log, should I also put theTempDB in this RAID also?Here's the configuration I am thinking of right now.Please give me your comments:OS - Raid1 2x36GBLogs & TempDB - Raid5 3x36GB = 2x36GB usable spaceData - Raid5 3x73GB = 2x73GB usable spaceIf you have other configurations you recommend please letme know.Thank you
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I have been working as Sybase DBA for 5+ years, and I would very much like to add MS SQL Server to my resume. Given the common roots of the two RDBMS, it seems that the learning curve would not be as sharp as if I were going to learn Oracle or DB2. Can anyone out there know of any books that are geared toward learning MS SQL Server from a Sybase DBAs perspective?
Thank you,
- Chris Merz
Hello,
I do all my monitoring locally for disk space, locks, blocking, I've 10 production servers, We need to centralised the monitoring server so from one server all the monitors can be done. Does anyone has any ideas how memory, cpus consumption, disk space, all alerts, locks, blocking, log space and job completition monitoring can be handled.
Any idea or guidance is appreciated
Thanks
Roma
Folks!
Is it possible to monitor several SQL servers in one window and notify operator about error messages.
May be some new software can make it possible?
Thank you.
I believe we are reaching some limitations with SQL Server and I have been monitoring certain items in the Performance Monitor such as: pages/sec; Bytes received/sec; Bytes sent/sec; % disk read time; % disk write time; % processor time; Log growths; percent log used; and transactions/sec. I notice quite a few spikes in Bytes sent/sec and when the % disk read time spikes for more than a few seconds, users notice a delay.
My thoughts are that 1: We need more memory on our SQL Server box (we currently have 768 meg, need a faster SQL Server box and need to distribute the load of some databases to another SQL Server; and 2: We also have a bottleneck when users are connecting via Citrix to SQL Server via our Terminal2 server (which has been tracked down to simply a slow Terminal2 box with a slow nic card - This has been confirmed that our Terminal2 is definately taking a toll and will time-out when large queries are executed.)
We also have been monitoring each of the server boxes. Are there any other recommendations for SQL Server Performance monitor that anyone could see which would be good to monitor (there are several things which can be selected to monitor?)
We've also noticed that bound MSAccess forms seem to play a significant role in the long spikes for Bytes sent/sec. I'm assuming this might be normal for bound forms and the slow SQL Server box with limited memory. Unbound MSAccess forms do not seem to present any problem and show as quick spikes for the Performance monitor.
Another problem is that I also can't seem to tie back the Performance monitor spikes with specific transactions in the SQL Profiler. Is there any way to pinpoint a spike in the Performance monitor with a specific transaction other than trying to catch the spike and quickly switching to SQL Profiler?
We are planning on upgrading our SQL Server box and also adding in another SQL Server box to help distribute the load with certain databases. We are also getting a faster box for our Terminal2 (citrix) server as these slow-downs/time-outs do not happen internally or when we use Remote Desktop Connection to connect externally (only when we connect externally via Terminal2).
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.
Iam new to Sql server 2000 administration , would need inputs on counters to monitor so that I can do regular health check up of the system.
Environment:
Sql server 2000 SP3
windows 2003 sp1
2GB RAM
2GHZ processor
Total size of 23 databases = 7.38GB
Counters currently montioring using the task manager on sqlserv.exe :
1. Mem Usage I assuume amount of RAM is consuming
2. VM size is virtual memory in play
3. Page Pool - Not sure what this is ? assuming paging mechnaism in windows
4. NP pool - Not sure on this
5. I/O reads - reads like select to db
6. I/0 writes - insert and update to DB
7. Page File usage - Not sure on this too, please explain
Any other counters or freeware tools to use please suggest and also please explain the above counters 3,4,7 in detail please or point me to links if possible.
Thx in Advance
Sat
I am currently evaluating Quest (Foglight & Spotlight) vs. BMC (Patrol& DBXray) and I am soliciting feedback from the community on these twoproducts or any others that I should check out. Any success stories,shortcomings or anything else that you may be able to contribute to myProof of Concept? Your insight would be greatly appreciated.RS
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Regards
Rohit
My manager has asked me to find a way to monitor the 'up' time of SQL Server. If possible, he would like to be able to do this automatically. Is there a way to monitor when SQL Server is started and when it is stopped? I know that I could look in the error logs, but I would like to do this automatically.
Thanks in advance.
I want to know if there are any tools that will allow
a DBA to monitor changes that occur on SQL databases
(deletion, addittion or modifications) on any objects,
and Sql security.
I have looked at Profiler in SQL and it is very limited
and plus it is huge memory hog and causes degradation on
your servers.
I am trying to monitor a SQL Server in a domain we have a trust in. When I add the computer to monitor I get the choice of monitoring NT objects (Processor, memory, etc) ,but none of the SQL Objects show up. Any ideas. We are using a domain admin account to try this.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWe've got about fifty MSSQL Servers (7.0 and 2000) in our shop.
Can anybody recommend a good tool to monitor all kind of activities and conditions on those servers?
Hi,I am new to SQL Server Administraion, and straight away thereoccured a case in which some users modified the database and I have totrack 'em out something this :-A table was modified on 17 - 03 -2006 and now I want to see whatqueries occured on that day how can I do that! I have seen thetransaction log but it ain't helpful. Do help me out!
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I'm looking for tool that will help me to monitor and analyze SQL server performance including SQL activities and server activities(cpu, memory usage) as well.
I appriciate any feedback,
Thank you,
Yelena
What are the events to be monitored for a Active/Passive Cluster?
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Hello,
I will have to create a table that consists of only of two fields. one: them employeeID and two: the SupervisorID,
my question is what should I define as my primary key. Should it be an aditional field, or could it be the EmployeeID field.
The employeeID is an unique filed. The end user for this application will be updating rearly some of this records, and may be adding or deleting some new records exporadically.
Thanks for suggestions.
Hi:
Here's the scenario I'm working with:
A SQL 2005 server with around 1K~ databases, capacity at about 1TB~. We would like to be able to have a warm standby with transactions replicated to it. In the event of a failure on the principle, we would want the warm standby to come online automatically and begin serving db requests.
I've looked at the SQL 2005 database mirroring option; however, this has a restriction of around 10 databases per SQL server instance which, unfortunately, I exceed. One method I've been looking at is transaction replication in the classic publisher / subscriber model; however, how would I handle automated fail-over to the subscriber if the publisher were to fail?
Does anyone in the community have any thoughts or recommendations?
Thanks.
-matt
We currently use Zabbix to monitor our SQL Servers, generally we use Perf_Counters to gather performance information (CPU Usage, Memory, Blocked process etc.), Zabbix also lets us monitor services as to whether they are up or down. I have searched google looking for any information regarding the monitoring of AlwaysOn/Mirroring within Zabbix and to date ave found nothing. What I am looking to alert on is an indication that Mirroring has stopped/ been interrupted with say something like "Not Synchronized"... Zabbix and monitoring SQL Server 2012 and specifically monitoring AlwaysOn...
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