Server Performance and Activity Monitoring How-to Topics
SQL Server 2005
The goal of monitoring databases is to assess how a server is performing. Effective monitoring involves taking periodic snapshots of current performance to isolate processes that are causing problems, and gathering data continuously over time to track performance trends. Microsoft SQL Server and the Microsoft Windows operating system provide utilities that let you view the current condition of the database and to track performance as conditions change.
The following section contains topics that describe how to use SQL Server and Windows performance and activity monitoring tools. It contains the following topics:
To perform monitoring tasks with Windows tools
To create SQL Server database alerts with Windows tools
To perform monitoring tasks with SQL Server Management Studio
To perform monitoring tasks with SQL Trace by using Transact-SQL stored procedures
To create and modify traces by using SQL Server Profiler
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How to: Create a Trace (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Set Global Trace Options (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Specify Events and Data Columns for a Trace File (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Create a Transact-SQL Script for Running a Trace (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Save Trace Results to a File (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Set a Maximum File Size for a Trace File (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Save Trace Results to a Table (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Set a Maximum Table Size for a Trace Table (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Filter Events in a Trace (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: View Filter Information (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Modify a Filter (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Filter Events Based on the Event Start Time (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Filter Events Based on the Event End Time (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Filter Server Process IDs (SPIDs) in a Trace (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Organize Columns Displayed in a Trace (SQL Server Profiler)
To start, pause, and stop traces by using SQL Server Profiler
To open traces and configure how traces are displayed by using SQL Server Profiler
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How to: Open a Trace File (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Open a Trace Table (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Clear a Trace Window (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Close a Trace Window (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Set Trace Definition Defaults (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Set Trace Display Defaults (SQL Server Profiler)
To replay traces by using SQL Server Profiler
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How to: Replay a Trace File (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Replay a Trace Table (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Replay a Single Event at a Time (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Replay to a Breakpoint (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Replay to a Cursor (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Replay a Transact-SQL Script (SQL Server Profiler)
To create, modify, and use trace templates by using SQL Server Profiler
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How to: Create a Trace Template (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Modify a Trace Template (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Derive a Template from a Running Trace (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Derive a Template from a Trace File or Trace Table (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Export a Trace Template (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Import a Trace Template (SQL Server Profiler)
To use SQL Server Profiler traces to collect and monitor server performance
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How to: Find a Value or Data Column While Tracing (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Save Deadlock Graphs (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Save Showplan XML Events Separately (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Save Showplan XML Statistics Profile Events Separately (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Extract a Script from a Trace (SQL Server Profiler)
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How to: Correlate a Trace with Windows Performance Log Data (SQL Server Profiler)
