Microsoft SQL Server
Performance Data
Collection Strategies
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Welcome to the show
Let’s go
hunting
How stuff
works
The future
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Let’s go hunting
DBA450M • Reporting Against the MDW
What did you just learn?
DBA450M • Reporting Against the MDW
How does stuff work?
DBA450M • Reporting Against the MDW
What did you just learn?
DBA450M • Reporting Against the MDW
What does the future hold?
DBA450M • Reporting Against the MDW
Easily go back in time to
see trends.
Perform and extend
tasks based on instance
problem
Setup Metrics that you
care about.
Plan UI shows missing
index with expected
impact
Use parameter substitution UI to
name the index, remove the
Click on the
big
stuff
bigcomments,
to seea run the command and
Query optimizer
recommends
Missing
Index
Details
Click
on SQL
stuff again
query
todetails
see
missing
so
click
on Viewthe
Plan
command
loads
index index
problem is solved
Server
CPU
linkdetails
statement
for query plan
lineintoeditor
see Obvious
query causing the CPU
DBA queries
to decide
problem
Index
created
here
Expected range
before ending
workload
MDW grows around 250GB to 600
GB per day per instance collected
compared to Ops Manager DB which
has collects much less data
Host
MDW on
SCOM
Try SSMS
tools 1st
Enable
DC as
needed
• Run MDW Wizard against SCOM instance
• Configure DC for Query Stats and Server
Activity via API pointing to MDW on SCOM, but
don’t enable collection
• Try tools like Activity Monitor to solve problem
• Query DMVs if necessary
• If the problem lingers, enable the DC for instance
• Troubleshoot the problem
• Disable the DC when finished
Just in case you didn’t ask
AKA FAQ
 Can you run the reports using SSRS?
 Why doesn’t this work with SQL Server 2005?
 How do I uninstall the Data Collector?
 How many servers can a single MDW handle?
 How come I can’t start the Utility Information collection
set?
 How come you didn’t talk about the Utility Control Point?
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