In a Virtual Tech Days session, I demonstrated how to use Management Studio and the existing features in SQL Server to manage your SQL Server instances. This will feature use of Extended Events, Custom Reports, Management Data Warehouse and much more.

1. INDIA │ 28-30 September2011 virtual techdays Managing SQL Server Made Easy - Features and Concepts Amit Banerjee │ Support Escalation Engineer, Microsoft http://troubleshootingsql.com│ http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverfaq Twitter: @banerjeeamit| @SQLserverFAQs

3. Policy Based Management

4. Demo

5. System Health Session

6. Demo

7. Management Data Warehouse

8. Demo

9. Dedicated Administrator Connection

10. Demo

12. INDIA │ 28-30 February2011 virtual techdays Policy Based Management: Demo

13. INDIA │ 28-30 September2011 virtual techdays System Health Session The session collects information that includes the following: Errors that have a severity greater than or equal to 20. Information about memory related errors. A record of any non-yielding scheduler problems Any deadlocks that are detected. Any waits greater than 15 seconds. Lock waits greater than 30 seconds. Information about sessions that have waited for a long time for preemptive waits. Platform

14. INDIA │ 28-30 September2011 virtual techdays System Health Session The system_health session is an Extended Events session that is included by default with SQL Server (2008 and above). Starts on SQL service startup. No noticeable performance effects due to this session. The session collects data that can be used to troubleshoot SQL Server performance issues in case you don’t have any data collection/monitoring tool collecting data. The script to create the session is available in the u_tables.sql script under: C:rogram Filesicrosoft SQL ServerSSQLx.<instanceid>SSQLnstall Platform

15. INDIA │ 28-30 February2011 virtual techdays System Health Session: Demo

16. INDIA │ 28-30 September2011 virtual techdays Management Data Warehouse Management Data Warehouse was introduced in SQL Server 2008 Provides an out-of-the-box-method to collect Performance Monitor data along with SQL Server DMV output from a SQL Server instance at periodic intervals Data collected is stored in a database which can be queried for trend analysis or base-lining or post-mortem analysis. Windows Azure Platform

17. INDIA │ 28-30 September2011 virtual techdays Management Data Warehouse Three default collection sets Server Activity Query Statistics Disk Usage Custom collection sets can be defined by the user Windows Azure Platform

18. INDIA │ 28-30 September2011 virtual techdays 10 Management Data Warehouse Architecture

19. INDIA │ 28-30 February2011 virtual techdays Management Data Warehouse: Demo

20. INDIA │ 28-30 September2011 virtual techdays Dedicated Administrator Connection SQL Server provides a special diagnostic connection for administrators when standard connections to the server are not possible. Only members of the SQL Server sysadmin role can connect using the DAC. Use ADMIN:<server name> to connect using Management Studio or sqlcmd –S<server name> -A –E to connect using sqlcmd. Windows Azure Platform

21. INDIA │ 28-30 February2011 virtual techdays Dedicated Administrator Connection: Demo Cannot connect to SQL

22. INDIA │ 28-30 September2011 virtual techdays Summary Policy based management Can be used to enforce business constraints and rules on server instances. Provides a one stop shop for monitoring compliances for all the policies that you have setup. System Health Session Helps provide valuable information in case you were not collecting diagnostic information when the issue was occurring Management Data Warehouse Provides you a repository for performing post mortem analysis for SQL performance issues Customizable as per your needs Dedicated Administrator Connection Provides means to access the SQL instance when you have run out of worker threads or the instance is facing a resource crunch Windows Azure Platform

23. INDIA │ 28-30 September2011 virtual techdays References Policy Based Management http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd938891(v=SQL.100).aspx System Health Session http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff877955(sql.110).aspx Custom Reports http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb153684.aspx System Health Session Dashboard http://troubleshootingsql.com/category/tools/monitoring-tools/system-health-session/ SQL Performance Studio http://blogs.technet.com/b/rob/archive/2008/06/20/sql-server-2008-performance-studio.aspx MDW Deep Dive http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd939169.aspx Dedicated Administrator Connection http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189595.aspx Windows Azure Platform

24. THANKS│28-30 September2011 virtual techdays Please do give your feedback, Complete evaluation at the end of this session. You could also write to us at : http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverfaqhttp://troubleshootingsql.com Twitter: @banerjeeamit| @SQLserverFAQs