Monitoring (Database Engine)

This section contains information about monitoring the Database Engine.

In This Section

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.