Custom Conditions provide an option called Trigger Threshold. I sometimes see conditions created with this option when it isn't necessary, so I'm going to demonstrate how it works. Figure 1: Trigger Threshold Option for Custom Conditions The Trigger Threshold defines the amount of time a condition must be true before a…
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a little gem of the SQL Server stack, under-appreciated, but a gem nonetheless. Building a report is relatively simple, and lots of people do this. As part of the SQL Sentry suite of tools, we have a number of reports that are built-in. But what not many people realize is that we can…
Within the SQL Sentry tools, we have a number of built-in reports that can be run. Either via the reports menu or as Quick Reports from the performance dashboard. Recently I have spoken with a number of customers, and the feedback is that their management really like the reports. However, they were asking if there was a…
SQL Sentry Performance Advisor provides a substantial amount of information about your SQL Server environment. I'd like to focus today on our patented Disk Activity view. In many SQL Server environments, disk I/O is one of the biggest bottlenecks. Being able to see which drives and database files are most active can help…
When thinking about what to write about for my first official blog post, I knew I wanted it to be something that could help our users get more out of our products. A great feature that I find gets overlooked quite frequently by SQL Sentry users is Runtime Statistics. The Runtime Statistics graph allows you to see…
This month's T-SQL Tuesday, the 80th event, is being hosted by Chris Yates (blog | @YatesSQL). Today happens to be his birthday, so he approached the topic with ideas about gifts. He had several suggestions for our posts, and one that stood out to me aimed at features we wished weren't missing from SQL Server: Perhaps…
This DBCC CLONEDATABASE post is my first contribution to the T-SQL Tuesday series and that is mostly due to it being Chris Yates' birthday. He gives a lot to the community and this post is my gift to him. Happy Birthday, Chris! Additionally, it's my mom's birthday, therefore I must say Happy Birthday, Mom! DBCC…
If you've ever created, or even looked at a Custom Condition, you may have noticed an option labeled, "Maximum Instance Count." Since we're in the SQL Server world, you possibly assumed (as I once did), that this is related to instances of the Database Engine, and you'd be incorrect in your assumption (as I was). Maximum…
This month, T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by fellow Canadian and all-around good guy Michael Swart. The topic? SQL Server 2016. I've blogged quite a bit about the new version already, but one of Michael's bullets of inspiration did exactly what he meant it to: It’s 2016, why is this still (not) a thing? For nearly a decade…
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by friend and Zen Master Chris Yates (b/t). Since this T-SQL Tuesday falls on Chris' birthday, he's made it a present to all of us. Basically write about something you want to learn/teach/have/whatever in SQL Server. Since I've spent most of this year studying, I'm going to write about…
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