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Friday, March 30, 2012

Free Monitoring Tool For SQL Server


 
If you are looking for a tool to monitor performance information for SQL Server in real-time, there is a free tool available on Codeplex called SQL Live Monitor that has a GUI interface and does not require installation.  From the site, these are the features that it supports:
  • Realtime SQL and System performance data
  • Colour coded alerts
  • Capture data logging to CSV - sample interval configurable
  • PAL Perfmon counter logged to .blg or .csv for offline analysis using PAL - sample interval configurable
  • Detailed view of certain SQL Areas via DMVs
  • List Top 20 Queries by CPU, IO and Execution Count
  • View SQL Waits by category
  • View SQL Scheduler and CPU worker threads
  • Monitor Kernel Pools and System PTE's
  • Supports SQL 2000,SQL 2005, SQL 2008
  • Captures data from local and remote servers
  • Captures data from default and named instances (stand alone & clustered)
  • Supports both SQL and Windows Authetication
  • Supports x86 and x64
  • No installation required
  • Application small in size with minimal overhead when running
  • Run multiple instances on same PC
There is some light documentation for a Quick Start and how to monitor clusters, as well as export data to PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs), which I will cover in a separate post.


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