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The document discusses various tools that can be used for SQL Server performance tuning including SQL Server Management Studio, the Performance Dashboard, Database Tuning Advisor, Performance Analyst, wait stats, dynamic management views, and more. It provides details on setting baselines and using the 80/20 rule to identify potential problems.

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4 Query Tuning Introduction m04 Tools To Performance Tuning Slides

The document discusses various tools that can be used for SQL Server performance tuning including SQL Server Management Studio, the Performance Dashboard, Database Tuning Advisor, Performance Analyst, wait stats, dynamic management views, and more. It provides details on setting baselines and using the 80/20 rule to identify potential problems.

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Tools to Performance tuning

Pinal Dave
http://blog.sqlauthority.com

Vinod Kumar M
http://blogs.extremeexperts.com
Getting Started

 Tools to explore
 SSMS
 Performance Dashboard

 DTA

 PAL

 Wait Stats

 DMV and more


SQL Server Management Studio

 Out of box features of SSMS


 Standard Reports
 Activity Monitor
SSMS – Performance Tuning Dashboard

 Available for SQL Server 2012 version

 http://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=29063

 Powerful set of tools


SSMS – Error Logs

 Used for Troubleshooting


 Very useful information are sent
 Will have VLF values if high
 Will have Memory and CPU values during restart
SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer

 Available for previous versions and for


SQL Server 2012

 http://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/download/details.aspx?id=29302
Database Tuning Advisor

 Purely based on Profiler Workload collected


 Use this like a guidelines for tuning
 Evaluate the recommendations
 Don’t run them directly on production
environments
PerfMon

 Available on all the server and client


machines
 Create a template to use
 Import them and then use in your
environments
PAL Tool

 Extension to the usage of PerfMon


 Create the threshold
 Analyze and use this like guidance tool
 Available from CodePlex
 http://pal.codeplex.com/
SQL Space Map

 Utility for identifying SQL Space utilization


on database
 Gives a visual map and handy tool

 http://sqlspacemap.codeplex.com/
SQL Server Profiler

 Profiler a handy tool to use


 Tracks the statements fired into SQL Server
 Can be used as workload for DTA
 Can be used to capture and rerun a load on
different environments
Extended Events

 One of the hidden Gems of SQL Server


 Will be the future direction as Profiler
phases out
 Collects events and has various options to
log and monitor SQL Server

 Refer SQL Server BOL for more details


Wait Stats

 Avoid troubleshooting the “wrong”


bottleneck
 Quick look at potential bottleneck
 Easiest method to retrieve from database
 Excellent “Pre-diagnosis”
 Before going deep into DMV, Execution
Plans, Performance Counters

* 80% - 20% rule


Wait Stats Use Case Scenario

 Troubleshoot a performance
 Issues report by end-user
 Application with lots of problems
 Difficult to reach root cause
 Benchmarking Scenario
 Performance Benchmarking
 Identifying Trends
 Prevention of the future problems

* 80% - 20% rule


Wait Stats Action Plan

 Establish Baseline of Wait Types


 Identify Potential ‘Bad’ Wait Types
 Resolve Offending Issue
 Re-Establish Baseline of Wait Types
 Continue this Process till Baseline Achieved
 There are few Harmless Wait Types
 There will be always few TOP Wait Types

* 80% - 20% rule


Where is the Problem?

Identify
Establish Identify Resolve
Potential
Baseline of ‘Real’ Root Offending
‘Bad’ Wait
Wait Types Cause Issue
Types
Dynamic Management Views (DMVs)

 Return Server State Information


 Monitor the Health of a Server
 Diagnose Problems
 Tune Performance
 Resets when server or servic

* 80% - 20% rule


Summary

 Tools to explore
 SSMS
 Performance Dashboard

 DTA

 PAL

 Wait Stats

 DMV and mroe


Remember: SQL Server Optimizer usually opts for most efficient execution plan.

Remember: 80%-20% Rule. There are always special cases.

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