SQL Server 2014 DMV Diagnostic Queries - Part 3
Learn how to easily query SQL Server for database-level information to help identify and solve performance problems. This course is applicable to anyone who is responsible for SQL Server databases, with all topics also applicable to SQL Server 2012 and earlier versions.
What you'll learn
It is very common for SQL Server databases to have performance problems, but it can be hard to know how to get the information necessary to figure out what the performance problems are. This course will describe and demonstrate more than 20 DMV queries you can use to easily examine SQL Server database performance information and identify problems. This course is perfect for anyone who is responsible for SQL Server databases, with all topics also applicable to SQL Server 2012 and earlier versions.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- File Sizes and Space 1m
- Demo: File Sizes and Space 1m
- I/O Stats by File 1m
- Demo: I/O Stats by File 2m
- Query Execution Counts 1m
- Demo: Query Execution Counts 1m
- Stored Procedure Execution Counts 2m
- Demo: Stored Procedure Execution Counts 2m
- Stored Procedure Average Elapsed Time 1m
- Demo: Stored Procedure Average Elapsed Time 2m
- Stored Procedure Average Elapsed Variable Time 1m
- Demo: Stored Procedure Average Elapsed Variable Time 1m
- Stored Procedure Total Worker Time 1m
- Demo: Stored Procedure Total Worker Time 1m
- Stored Procedure Total Logical Reads 1m
- Demo: Stored Procedure Total Logical Reads 2m
- Stored Procedure Total Physical Reads 1m
- Demo: Stored Procedure Total Physical Reads 1m
- Stored Procedure Total Logical Writes 1m
- Demo: Stored Procedure Total Logical Writes 1m
- Top I/O Statements 1m
- Demo: Top I/O Statements 1m
- Summary and What Is Next? 1m
- Introduction 1m
- Bad Nonclustered Indexes 1m
- Demo: Bad Nonclustered Indexes 1m
- Missing Indexes for Current Database 1m
- Demo: Missing Indexes for Current Database 3m
- Missing Index Warnings 1m
- Demo: Missing Index Warnings 1m
- Buffer Usage 1m
- Demo: Buffer Usage 1m
- Table Sizes 1m
- Demo: Table Sizes 1m
- Table Properties 1m
- Demo: Table Properties 1m
- Statistics Update 1m
- Demo: Statistics Update 1m
- Index Fragmentation 1m
- Demo: Index Fragmentation 2m
- Overall Index Usage - Reads 1m
- Demo: Overall Index Usage - Reads 1m
- Overall Index Usage - Writes 1m
- Demo: Overall Index Usage - Writes 2m
- Recent Full Backups 1m
- Demo: Recent Full Backups 1m
- Database Size History 1m
- Demo: Database Size History 1m
- Course Summary 1m
About the author
Glenn works as a Principal Consultant at SQLskills.com. He has been a SQL Server MVP since 2007, and he has a whole collection of Microsoft certifications, including MCITP, MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD, MCAD, and MCTS, which proves that he likes to take tests. His expertise includes DMVs, high availability, hardware selection, and performance tuning. He is also an Adjunct Faculty member at University College - University of Denver, where has been teaching since 2000. He has completed the Master Teacher P... more