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SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server Server Management

MONITOR SQL SERVER PERFORMANCE WITH SQL DIAGNOSTIC MANAGER FOR SQL SERVER
The monitoring of SQL Server environments is much more straightforward with quality monitoring applications. The proper monitoring applications
can let database administrators know when something may be going wrong. SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server is a monitor and advisor tool
for SQL Server. It provides database administrators and system administrators with the right metrics to manage and optimize applications during
development and production. It provides the tools to manage many SQL Server servers, to tune the database infrastructure, and to aid in finding and
fixing problems with database applications before they develop into more serious issues or costly outages.

MONITOR INSTANCES MONITOR VITAL METRICS

1. View Status 1. Monitor & Diagnose
View the status, performance, and essential configuration settings Monitor sessions to diagnose performance bottlenecks caused by
of all of the monitored instances and all of the active alerts in the blocking or locked sessions, trace sessions to find the root cause,
desktop, web, and mobile web console. and kill sessions to improve performance.
2. Monitor Groups 2. Analyze Queries
Monitor groups of instances and all groups, including monitors to Monitor query performance to log and analyze queries, set up criteria
view several important specifics, see an overview, and drill down to for the query capture, and filter the results to analyze the returned
detailed metrics. queries.
3. Overview 3. System Resources
Get an overview of a specific instance and its activities to diagnose Monitor system resources on the server hosting the instance and
inter-related issues, using quick links to display the associated details the resources SQL Server uses to improve application design and
and review recommended solutions. remove resource contention.
4. Monitor Databases
ALERT ON SQL SERVER METRICS Monitor databases, including backups, restores, table sizes and
structures, table row counts, index disk space, configurable options,
1. Configure Alerts and replication status.
Configure alerts to inform and warn about approaching issues with the
instances. 5. Manage Services
Manage services including SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Browser,
2. Alert Notifications Full-Text Search, Distributed Transaction Coordinator, and Replication.
Respond to alerts by sending notifications and automatically performing
actions when reaching an alert threshold. 6. View Logs
View, filter, and search current and archived logs related to SQL
3. Non-repetitive Alerts Server to diagnose problems where a history of events is necessary
Do not alert for repeated occurrences while addressing the problem. to form context.
Only alert again if the situation recurs after correcting the condition
triggering the alert.
4. Select Alerts
ANALYZE INSTANCES
Select from many alerts to monitor and warn about the instances and 1. Run Analysis
availability groups. Run a prescriptive analysis on instances to find and resolve performance
problems by scanning for potential problems.
5. Configure Alerts
Configure the alerts to receive alerts only on the metrics that fall outside 2. Target Performance Problems
of the typical performance of the environment. Target the most common areas of performance problems such as queries,
server configuration, security, database objects, and memory.
6. Alert Metric
The metric alerts cover backups, databases, database-as-a-service, logs, 3. View Recommendations
operations, queries, resources, services, sessions, and virtualization. View a useful set of recommendations for improving performance.

IDE R A .co m
With SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server, we find problematic queries much faster,
so that we can act before users complain about performance issues.
Bruno Perroni, Server Administrator, Daycoval
(medium enterprise, banking, Brazil, 100 to 499 SQL Server databases)

MANAGE ALERTS REPORT ON PERFORMANCE

1. Configure Alert Settings 1. Create Reports
Configure general alert settings as templates to apply to servers and groups Create reports to analyze current and historical performance and statistical
of servers in the environment. data, and deploy reports to Microsoft Reporting Server.
2. Set Thresholds 2. Monitor Reports
Set the thresholds for alerts, add comments to alert, and customize the Access pre-defined reports for monitoring (for server, virtualization, and
informational, warning, and critical levels for sending alert notifications. activity), analysis (for server, database, and resource), and planning (for disk,
database, and table).
3. Filter & Organize
Adjust the filters to organize alerts and to selectively view relevant alerts. 3. Custom Reports
Create, import, and export custom reports with specific page layouts and
filters to select the information to include in the reports.

USE BUILT-IN, REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION FEED MANAGE SQL DIAGNOSTIC MANAGER

1. Collaborate & Exchange Expertise 1. Application Security
Collaborate, share knowledge and expertise, and stay updated on the Use application security to appoint access to servers and databases that
most recent and critical issues using real-time feeds from the desktop individual users and groups of users have within SQL Diagnostic Manager.
console and the mobile web console.
2. Review Changes
2. Follow Alerts Use the changelog to review changes in the configuration of SQL Diagnostic
Follow application alerts, server activity, and comments by coworkers. Manager and to view critical actions (such as adding servers for monitoring).
Give status updates as the team manages and resolves any issues.
3. Share Alert Templates
3. Interactive Instances Use the centralized import and export wizard to share alert templates, alert
Interact with an instance by viewing the server profile, posting to the responses, custom reports, and custom counters.
server’s wall, and following the server.

INTEGRATE WITH OTHER SYSTEMS

1. Integrate with Microsoft
Integrate SQL Diagnostic Manager with Microsoft System Center
Operations Manager (SCOM) to extend SCOM’s capabilities to monitor
SQL Server.
2. Automate SQL Diagnostic Manager
Use Microsoft PowerShell to automate SQL Diagnostic Manager
functions such as making bulk configuration changes and executing
automatic alert actions.
3. Launch Analysis
Launch SQL Workload Analysis in the context of the monitored instance
to view a granular breakdown of the wait states and easily drill down to
isolate problems.

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