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The new rules of SQL Server
monitoring
Eelco Drost & William Durkin
Data Masterminds
“We mind your data while you mind your business”
Microsoft Data Platform specialists
GDPR & Operational IT
GDPR: Paragraphs, rules, scary fines
Operational IT: boring, expensive, often opaque
What do they have to do with each other?
Traditional monitoring of Operational IT
CPU
Memory
Disk
……
Custom metrics
Bridges the gap to GDPR in Operational IT
Custom Metrics
• run T-SQL queries against your SQL Servers to collect
specific data you care about
• Analysis and alerting possibilities
• find metrics online: http://sqlmonitormetrics.red-gate.com/category/custom-metric/
Default trace
Built-in Server / Database Audits
MSDB
Custom Metrics: Build your ownObjects Object:AlteredObjects Object:CreatedObjects Object:DeletedSecurity Audit Audit Add DB User EventSecurity Audit Audit Add Login to Server Role EventSecurity Audit Audit Add Member to DB Role EventSecurity Audit Audit Add Role EventSecurity Audit Audit Addlogin EventSecurity Audit Audit Backup/Restore EventSecurity Audit Audit Change Audit EventSecurity Audit Audit Change Database OwnerSecurity Audit Audit Database Scope GDR EventSecurity Audit Audit DBCC EventSecurity Audit Audit Login Change Property EventSecurity Audit Audit Login FailedSecurity Audit Audit Login GDR EventSecurity Audit Audit Schema Object GDR EventSecurity Audit Audit Schema Object Take Ownership EventSecurity Audit Audit Server Alter Trace EventSecurity Audit Audit Server Starts And Stops
LogTable
Custom Metrics: Think outside the (SQL) Box!
Custom Metrics: Think outside the (SQL) Box!
• Local firewall status
• Successful RDP logins
• Newly created AD user suddenly becomes active
• DBA-Tools / DBA-Checks
Time for a demo!
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