Monitoring (Database Engine)

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This section contains information about monitoring the Database Engine.

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Monitoring Instances of SQL Server in the SQL Server Utility: Describes monitoring functionality in the SQL Server Utility.
Event Notifications (Database Engine): Describes event notifications as a special kind of database object that can send information about server and database events to a service broker.
Log File Viewer (Object Explorer): Describes the ways to display logged information about SQL Server components.
Monitoring Resource Usage (System Monitor): Contains information about using Windows System Monitor to track resource usage in SQL Server.
Monitoring Events: Contains information about using SQL Server Profiler and SQL Trace to monitor SQL Server events.
Data Collection: Contains information about using the SQL Server data collector to obtain and save data that is gathered from several sources.
SQL Server Extended Events: Contains information about using SQL Server Extended Events, a general event-handling system for server systems.
SQL Server Profiler Reference: Contains information about using SQL Server Profiler to capture SQL Server events from an instance of the Database Engine. The events are saved in a trace file that can later be analyzed or used to replay a specific series of steps when trying to diagnose a problem.