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.
We'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'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
Hi all,
I'm looking into the possibility of buying (as I doubt there's any good free options) a SQL Server Monitoring tool.
Has anyone got any particular recommendations - good or bad? I know a little about Spotlight, but not much else.
Thanks in advance.
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zinedunc
Hi,
We are evaluating proactive monitoring tools for our heterogeneous database environment, currently comprising of Sybase and MS SQL Server.
Our current options are Bradmark Surveillance, Quest Foglight/Spotlight, MOM (SQL Server only) & Embarcadero Performance Center.
Are there any recommended tools from your experience? Or any tools with with you have had bad experience?
Tia.
All, I seek your knowldege. I am looking for a monitoring tool thathas the abilility to page and email me should something go wrong withSQL server. I know of two such tools: 1.) BMC Patrol, and 2.) Quest'sFoglight. I was hoping that some of you have had some experience withother such tools. Let me know please.Louis
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Please tell me some third parts monitoring tools for MS SQL server 2000.
I have been using the built-in tools of SQL Server (email and netsend) to monitor and alert me about some basic issues (like severity errors and job failures) with our SQL servers. We are now approaching a level and number of servers where I think we need to get a more global and more stable solution to monitoring and alerting.
So what third party tools are you are using to monitor your SQL Servers?
Thanks
SJ
shawn.johnson@kenexa.com
I want to integrate my Production SQL boxes to Visual Source safe.
Can you please guide me on this also if there is any Alternative to
track the chnages in the stored Procs?
How is SQL SPOT LIGHT from Quest as a monitoring tools?.
Or
Can you please suggest me any other tools which are good for monitoring SQL Servers.
Thx
Venu
I'm fairly new to the DBA thing.
I've been doing quite a bit of research on monitoring MSSQL performance.
What tools are you guys using?
PerfMon, Dbartisan, Spotlight, or what?
I'd like to find some free or affordable way to watch our Servers to check health/performance/etc.
is there a tool or vb.net code for monitoring who is accessing my sql 2005 express databases? username, computer name, etc.?
View 5 Replies View RelatedHave audit requirements that require that all schema changes to certain database are tracked and monitored. Any tools that can monitor these changes and log them for audit review?
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problem is after working with VS05 Pro, SQL Server Management Studio CTP, somehow the aspnet persmission get changed, use alot of sqldatasource wizards and often there is a conflict/hang between the datasource wizard and the need to have the mdf in a dettached state within VS server explorer,
not sure but the procedure to fix this seems to be to reboot, detach and re-attach the mdf in the Sql server Studio tool, re-apply the aspnet file permission on the web app folders (wonder should i be doing this in IIS instead), make sure the mdf within server explorer is detached, the it works
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sometimes i can use View in Browser when in VS05 form view and i wont get the aspnet folder permission error and other times i do.
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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 RelatedDear All,
how can we know that wether we had server tools or client tools on my machine?
Arnav
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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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Could u pls tell as to how to find the size of a transaction or monitor it on a server using sql server 2005????
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 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.
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View 1 Replies View Relatedis there a tool / feature of sql server 2005 that allows me to see all objects in memory, locks, users logged in at present and anything else i might need to monitor for things like deadlocks or resource intensive sprocs??
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Final result:Â SQL Server installation failed. To continue, investigate the reason for the failure, correct the problem, uninstall SQL Server, and then rerun SQL Server Setup.
 Exit code (Decimal):          -2068052700
 Exit facility code:           1212
 Exit error code:              1316
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I am running SQL Server 2005 x64 Enterprise under Windows 2003 x64 Enterprise. My current backup strategy uses T-SQL jobs run by SQL Agent (writes out *.bak files) and then I have an Integration Services job that copies the *.bak files to our NAS device. I have performed a restore without issue. The jobs are all automated every four hours via SQL Agent. Is this a sound strategy or are there additional benefits to using 3rd party tools? If so, what are the advantages and which tool provides them?
What are the events to be monitored for a Active/Passive Cluster?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedOur shop is expanding use of SQL Server, both 2000 and 2005. We haveLitespeed on some boxes to handle the backup/recovery jobs. Can I askwhat are considered the best tools for monitoring SQL Server, in termsof things like performance monitoring, tuning and auditing if it ispossible to get all of this functionality in one?What do you use and like?Thanks in advance.Gerry
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u guyz can email me as well ..... do let me know if know 1 find any solution
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