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SQL Explore 2012 - Tzahi Hakikat and Keren Bartal: Extended Events
- 1. Introducing SQL Server 2012 Extended Events Enhancements Keren Bartal Tzahi Hakikat 888 holdings
- 2. Agenda • About us • Introduction to Extended Events • Extended Events 2008 • Extended Events Practical Terminology • Extended Events 2012 Enhancements • Summary
- 3. Agenda • About us • Introduction to Extended Events • Extended Events 2008 • Extended Events Practical Terminology • Extended Events 2012 Enhancements • Summary
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- 7. Agenda • About us • Introduction to Extended Events • Extended Events 2008 • Extended Events Practical Terminology • Extended Events 2012 Enhancements • Summary
- 8. Extended Events • Generalevent-handling system for windows servers • Used for problem diagnosis and info gathering and auditing • The Extended Events infrastructure supports the correlation of data from SQL Server and OS
- 9. Extended Events • Support7 different types of targets • Event and consumer agnostic – Any event can be processed by any consumer – New events can be added, immediately useable • Rich predicate system for filtering • Less overhead than server-side trace queues – 10,000 events processed will consume 1% of single 2GHz processor
- 10. Agenda • About us • Introduction to Extended Events • Extended Events 2008 • Extended Events Practical Terminology • Extended Events 2012 Enhancements • Summary
- 11. Extended Events 2008 • Profiler- • • •
- 12. Extended Events 2008 drawbacks • XE required extensive understanding of system catalog views and DMVs • Event Sessions could only be managed through the use of DDL commands • Reading target data requires the use of XQuery
- 13. Extended Event Metadata • Catalog views for defined session info – server_event_sessions – server_event_session_target – server_event_session_fields – server_event_session_actions – server_event_session_events • DMVs for Event System Metadata – dm_xe_package – dm_xe_objects – dm_xe_object_columns – dm_xe_map_values • DMVs for currently active session info – dm_xe_sessions – dm_xe_session_targets – dm_xe_events – dm_xe_event_actions – dm_xe_object_columns
- 14. Demo Capture errors withXE 2008 • Find events and actions • Create a new event session • View the output
- 15. Agenda • About us • Introduction to Extended Events • Extended Events 2008 • Extended Events Practical Terminology • Extended Events 2012 Enhancements • Summary
- 16. Extended Events Objects Module Packages Events Targets Actions Types Predicates Maps
- 17. Packages • Packages aremetadata containers • Packages register at module load time • 9 available packages • package0 - XE system objects (default) • sqlserver - SQL Server related objects • sqlos - SQL Server Operating System (SQLOS) related objects • SQL audit uses private XE package
- 18. Events • An event is a well known point in code • Unique schema for each event • Supports optional fields • Events fire synchronously • 264 events in 2008 R2 • 618 events in 2012
- 19. Actions • programmatic responseor series of responses to an event • Can be added to any event • Adds data to the event payload • Actions are invoked synchronously • Trigger a memory dump
- 20. Demo Capture errors usingthe XE UI • Create an event session • Configure action • Watch live data
- 21. Targets • Target isan event consumer – Can be synchronous or asynchronous • Target types – event_file – event_counter – histogram – etw_classic_sync_target – pair_matching – ring_buffer – event_stream
- 22. Demo Monitor locks Present differenttypes of targets • Ring buffer • Event file • Event counter • Histogram • Pair Matching • Etw_classic_sync_target
- 23. Predicates • Predicates area set of logical rules that are used to evaluate events when they are processed. • Boolean expressions using flexible operators • Event data • Action data • Global State
- 24. Demo Activity Tracking Present differenttypes of Predicates • Event Predicates • Action Predicates • Global Predicates
- 25. Event Session • Thematerialization of combination of metadata elements of XE architecture • Multiple targets per session • Event can be in many sessions – Actions/Predicates are per event • Event Session can specify what to do if target can't keep up • Event Session defines data retention • Event session can add or remove events on runtime
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- 27. Event life cycle Pre-Collect Collection Predicate evaluation Customizable attribute check IsEnabled check Predicate evaluation Event data collected Publish Actions executed Synchronous targets served Event data buffered for asynchronous targets
- 28. Agenda • About us • Introduction to Extended Events • Extended Events 2008 • Extended Events Practical Terminology • Extended Events 2012 Enhancements • Summary
- 29. Extended Events 2012 Enhancements • User Interface – Advanced & Wizard UI for creating and managing – Display & Analysis • Expanded to other systems – Analysis Services, Replication, PDW • Managed code – Powershell object model for runtime and meta data – Reader API for XEL files and near real time stream
- 30. User Interface • EventSession list – Provides a list of Event Sessions • New Session Wizard – Provides a simplified experience for creating an Event Session • Extended Events display – Tabbed windows that display Extended Events trace data
- 31. Demo Capture queries andgroup by query hash • Grouping • Aggregation • Save XE to a table
- 32. Extended Events Management API • Management API provides the ability to create and modify event sessions • Provides a complete object model for XE usage by managed applications • Provides a XEReader API for reading event files and event streams coming from a running event session on a server
- 33. Agenda • About us • Introduction to Extended Events • Extended Events 2008 • Extended Events Practical Terminology • Extended Events 2012 Enhancements • Summary
- 34. Extended Event UseCases • Proactive monitoring – Application errors – Errors log – Event grouping • Troubleshooting – Page Split – blocking • Audit – Monitor the access of privileged and non privileged users
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- 36. Summary • SQL Server2012 offers simplified diagnostic tracing with Extended Events – Management Studio integration provides SQL Server Profiler functionality for Extended Events allowing Event Sessions to be created, modified, and scripted – Management API allows managed applications to be developed that leverage Extended Events
Editor's Notes
- #6 Event: sql_statement_completedActions:plan_handle, query_hash, session_id, sql_textTargets: histogram on query_hash, event fileIn target display – choose columns: cpu_time, duration, logical_reads, query_hashGroup by query_hashFrom XE menu – aggregate by cpu_time and durationSave to table
- #12 http://www.sqlserver.co.il/?p=1574
- #13 Demo – extended event 2008 . Create session that record log wait.Start session Read result Stop session -- system catalog?
- #15 Catching errors with profiler: errors and warnings -> user error message -> column filters -> severity >= 16Can’t see the actual query that caused the errorXE allows us to add additional fields like sql_text, using an uncomfortable UI to create the capture and then script to parse the xml data
- #17 Module – exe or dllPackage - a container for XE objects
- #18 package0 - XE system objects (default)sqlserver - SQL Server related objectssqlos - SQL Server Operating System (SQLOS) related objects
- #19 monitoring points of interest the code
- #20 Actions are:programmatic response or series of responses to an eventActions are invoked synchronously on the thread that fired the eventActions can:Capture a stack dump and inspect data.Store state information in a local context using variable storage.Aggregate event data.Append data to event data.Examples of actions:Stack dumperExecution plan detection (SQL Server only)Transact-SQL stack collection (SQL Server only)Run time statistics calculationGather user input on exception
- #21 Create event session Event: error_reportedActions: client_app_name, database_name, session_id, sql_text(no target)
- #23 Events: lock_acquired, lock_releasedActions: client_app_name, database_name, session_id, sql_textTargets:Ring buffer – store data in the memory, cyclic. Watch live data view target (xml)Parse ring buffer XMLEvent file –data is saved in a file, can be archived and reviewed at different timesView targetEvent counter – Counts the number of eventsHistogram – aggregate data on specific event data field or actionFilter on lock_acquiredBase buckets on field mode (type of lock)Pair Matching – pair two related events and output only events that are not matchedBegin with: lock_acquired, end with: lock_releasedActions: session_id, resource_0, resource_1, resource_2Etw_classic_sync_targetLocks types: 0=NULL - Compatible with all other lock modes (LCK_M_NL)1=Schema Stability lock (LCK_M_SCH_S)2=Schema Modification Lock (LCK_M_SCH_M)3=Shared Lock (LCK_M_S)4=Update Lock (LCK_M_U)5=Exclusive Lock (LCK_M_X)6=Intent Shared Lock (LCK_M_IS)7=Intent Update Lock (LCK_M_IU)8=Intent Exclusive Lock (LCK_M_IX)9=Shared with intent to Update (LCK_M_SIU)10=Shared with Intent Exclusive (LCK_M_SIX)11=Update with Intent Exclusive (LCK_M_UIX)12=Bulk Update Lock (LCK_M_BU)13=Key range Shared/Shared (LCK_M_RS_S)14=Key range Shared/Update (LCK_M_RS_U)15=Key Range Insert NULL (LCK_M_RI_NL)16=Key Range Insert Shared (LCK_M_RI_S)17=Key Range Insert Update (LCK_M_RI_U)18=Key Range Insert Exclusive (LCK_M_RI_X)19=Key Range Exclusive Shared (LCK_M_RX_S)20=Key Range Exclusive Update (LCK_M_RX_U)21=Key Range Exclusive Exclusive (LCK_M_RX_X)
- #24 This enables the Extended Events user to selectively capture event data based on specific criteria.New operator – modulus, gt mod, lt mod….
- #25 Fix template…?
- #26 The mapping between package objects and sessions is many to many, which means that that an object can appear in several sessions, and a session can contain several objects.
- #27 The materialization of combination of metadata elements of XE architecture
- #28 Not sure is needed
- #30 UI for creation and management
- #32 Event: sql_statement_completedActions:plan_handle, query_hash, session_id, sql_textTargets: histogram on query_hash, event fileIn target display – choose columns: cpu_time, duration, logical_reads, query_hashGroup by query_hashFrom XE menu – aggregate by cpu_time and durationSave to table
- #36 dbo.trace_xe_event_maphttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/extended_events/archive/2010/12/10/migrating-from-sql-trace-to-extended-events.aspxUSE MASTER; GO USE MASTER; GO SELECT DISTINCT tb.trace_event_id, te.name AS 'Event Class', em.package_name AS 'Package', em.xe_event_name AS 'XEvent Name', tb.trace_column_id, tc.name AS 'SQL Trace Column', am.xe_action_name as 'Extended Events action' FROM (sys.trace_eventsteLEFT OUTER JOIN sys.trace_xe_event_mapem ON te.trace_event_id = em.trace_event_id) LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.trace_event_bindingstb ON em.trace_event_id = tb.trace_event_idLEFT OUTER JOIN sys.trace_columnstc ON tb.trace_column_id = tc.trace_column_idLEFT OUTER JOIN sys.trace_xe_action_map am ON tc.trace_column_id = am.trace_column_id ORDER BY te.name, tc.name