Troubleshooting From the Field – Part 2SQL DIAG & SQL NEXUS

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Agenda

SQL DIAG For Data Collection

PerfStats For Data Collection

SQL NEXUS For Data Analysis

1. What it Collects?

1. Server Side Tracing

2. Performance Counters

3. Event logs, Error Logs, dumps etc

2. How it Collects?

1. Command line tool

2. As a service

3. As a scheduler

4. Options as an XML file

5. Specific or All Instance

SQL DIAG for Data Collection

SQLDIAG Demo

1. Adds Custom diagnostic to SQL DIAG

2. New Configuration files

3. Waits Stats

4. Locking and blocking

5. Tightly integrated with SQL NEXUS

PerfStats for Data Collection

PerfStats Demo

1. What it does?

1. Loads data from SQL DIAG into a Database.

2. Wait Stat Analysis and Reports

3. Locking Blocking Analysis and Reports

4. Uses SSRS for reports

5. Uses Read Trace to Analyze server side traces.

1. Comes with RML Utilities

2. Used for analyzing and comparing traces

SQL NEXUS For Data Analysis

SQL NEXUS Demo

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Summary

Use SQL DIAG to Collect DIAGnostic Data

Use SQL NEXUS to Analyze Data

Troubleshoot remote systems with ease.

Mar-2008

Links

SQL NEXUS – http://sqlnexus.codeplex.com

PerfStats - http://bit.ly/17ZJ1jP

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