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-- SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
-- Glenn Berry
-- Last Modified: December 3, 2020
-- https://glennsqlperformance.com/
-- https://sqlserverperformance.wordpress.com/
-- YouTube: https://bit.ly/2PkoAM1
-- Twitter: GlennAlanBerry
-- Diagnostic Queries are available here
-- https://glennsqlperformance.com/resources/
-- Many of these queries will not work if you have databases in 80 compatibility mode
-- Please make sure you are using the correct version of these diagnostic queries for your version of SQL Server
--******************************************************************************
--* Copyright (C) 2020 Glenn Berry
--* All rights reserved.
--*
--*
--* You may alter this code for your own *non-commercial* purposes. You may
--* republish altered code as long as you include this copyright and give due credit.
--*
--*
--* THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
--* ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
--* TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
--* PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
--*
--******************************************************************************
-- Check the major product version to see if it is SQL Server 2008
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * WHERE CONVERT(varchar(128), SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion')) LIKE '10%')
BEGIN
DECLARE @ProductVersion varchar(128) = CONVERT(varchar(128), SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion'));
RAISERROR ('Script does not match the ProductVersion [%s] of this instance. Many of these queries may not work on this version.' , 18 , 16 , @ProductVersion);
END
ELSE
PRINT N'You have the correct major version of SQL Server for this diagnostic information script';
-- Instance level queries *******************************
-- SQL and OS Version information for current instance (Query 1) (Version Info)
SELECT @@SERVERNAME AS [Server Name], @@VERSION AS [SQL Server and OS Version Info];
------
-- SQL Server 2008 RTM Builds SQL Server 2008 SP1 Builds SQL Server 2008 SP2 Builds SQL Server 2008 SP3 Builds SQL Server 2008 SP4 Builds
-- Build Description Build Description Build Description Build Description Build Description
-- 10.0.1600 Gold RTM
-- 10.0.1763 RTM CU1
-- 10.0.1779 RTM CU2
-- 10.0.1787 RTM CU3 --> 10.0.2531 SP1 RTM
-- 10.0.1798 RTM CU4 --> 10.0.2710 SP1 CU1
-- 10.0.1806 RTM CU5 --> 10.0.2714 SP1 CU2
-- 10.0.1812 RTM CU6 --> 10.0.2723 SP1 CU3
-- 10.0.1818 RTM CU7 --> 10.0.2734 SP1 CU4
-- 10.0.1823 RTM CU8 --> 10.0.2746 SP1 CU5
-- 10.0.1828 RTM CU9 --> 10.0.2757 SP1 CU6
-- 10.0.1835 RTM CU10 --> 10.0.2766 SP1 CU7
-- RTM Branch Retired --> 10.0.2775 SP1 CU8 --> 10.0.4000 SP2 RTM
-- 10.0.2789 SP1 CU9
-- 10.0.2799 SP1 CU10
-- 10.0.2804 SP1 CU11 --> 10.0.4266 SP2 CU1
-- 10.0.2808 SP1 CU12 --> 10.0.4272 SP2 CU2
-- 10.0.2816 SP1 CU13 --> 10.0.4279 SP2 CU3
-- 10.0.2821 SP1 CU14 --> 10.0.4285 SP2 CU4 --> 10.0.5500 SP3 RTM
-- 10.0.2847 SP1 CU15 --> 10.0.4316 SP2 CU5
-- 10.0.2850 SP1 CU16 --> 10.0.4321 SP2 CU6 --> 10.0.5766 SP3 CU1 10/17/2011
-- SP1 Branch Retired --> 10.0.4323 SP2 CU7 --> 10.0.5768 SP3 CU2 11/21/2011
-- 10.0.4326 SP2 CU8 --> 10.0.5770 SP3 CU3 1/16/2012
-- 10.0.4330 SP2 CU9 --> 10.0.5775 SP3 CU4 3/19/2012
-- 10.0.4332 SP2 CU10 --> 10.0.5785 SP3 CU5 5/21/2012
-- 10.0.4333 SP2 CU11 --> 10.0.5788 SP3 CU6 7/16/2012
-- SP2 Branch Retired 10.0.5794 SP3 CU7 9/17/2012
-- 10.0.5828 SP3 CU8 11/19/2012
-- 10.0.5829 SP3 CU9 1/21/2013
-- 10.0.5835 SP3 CU10 3/19/2013
-- 10.0.5841 SP3 CU11 5/20/2013
-- 10.0.5844 SP3 CU12 7/15/2013
-- 10.0.5846 SP3 CU13 9/16/2013
-- 10.0.5848 SP3 CU14 11/18/2013
-- 10.0.5850 SP3 CU15 1/20/2014
-- 10.0.5852 SP3 CU16 3/17/2014
-- 10.0.5861 SP3 CU17 5/19/2014
-- 10.0.5867 SP3 CU17+ 10.0.6000 SP4 RTM 9/30/2014
-- 10.0.6526 SP4 + HF 2/9/2015
-- Security Update for SQL Server 2008 SP4 (KB4057114) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56418 10.0.6556 SP4 + HF 1/5/2018
--
-- SQL Server 2008 RTM is considered an "unsupported service pack" as of April 13, 2010
-- SQL Server 2008 SP1 is considered an "unsupported service pack" as of September 19, 2011
-- SQL Server 2008 SP2 is considered an "unsupported service pack" as of September 17, 2012
-- Any build older than 10.0.5500 is on an "unsupported service pack"
-- SQL Server 2008 fell out of Mainstream Support on July 8, 2014
-- The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 was released
-- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956909
--
-- The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 was released
-- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970365
--
-- The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 was released
-- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2402659
--
-- The SQL Server 2008 builds that were released after SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 was released
-- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2629969
-- Download SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
-- https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt238290.aspx
-- SQL Server 2008 Configuration Manager is SQLServerManager10.msc
-- When was SQL Server installed (Query 2) (SQL Server Install Date)
SELECT @@SERVERNAME AS [Server Name], create_date AS [SQL Server Install Date]
FROM sys.server_principals WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE name = N'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
OR name = N'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE' OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Tells you the date and time that SQL Server was installed
-- It is a good idea to know how old your instance is
-- Get selected server properties (Query 3) (Server Properties)
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('MachineName') AS [MachineName], SERVERPROPERTY('ServerName') AS [ServerName],
SERVERPROPERTY('InstanceName') AS [Instance], SERVERPROPERTY('IsClustered') AS [IsClustered],
SERVERPROPERTY('ComputerNamePhysicalNetBIOS') AS [ComputerNamePhysicalNetBIOS],
SERVERPROPERTY('Edition') AS [Edition], SERVERPROPERTY('ProductLevel') AS [ProductLevel],
SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion') AS [ProductVersion], SERVERPROPERTY('ProcessID') AS [ProcessID],
SERVERPROPERTY('Collation') AS [Collation], SERVERPROPERTY('IsFullTextInstalled') AS [IsFullTextInstalled],
SERVERPROPERTY('IsIntegratedSecurityOnly') AS [IsIntegratedSecurityOnly];
------
-- This gives you a lot of useful information about your instance of SQL Server,
-- such as the ProcessID for SQL Server and your collation
-- Get SQL Server Agent jobs and Category information (Query 4) (SQL Server Agent Jobs)
SELECT sj.name AS [Job Name], sj.[description] AS [Job Description], SUSER_SNAME(sj.owner_sid) AS [Job Owner],
sj.date_created AS [Date Created], sj.[enabled] AS [Job Enabled],
sj.notify_email_operator_id, sj.notify_level_email, sc.name AS [CategoryName],
s.[enabled] AS [Sched Enabled], js.next_run_date, js.next_run_time
FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs AS sj WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.syscategories AS sc WITH (NOLOCK)
ON sj.category_id = sc.category_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobschedules AS js WITH (NOLOCK)
ON sj.job_id = js.job_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN msdb.dbo.sysschedules AS s WITH (NOLOCK)
ON js.schedule_id = s.schedule_id
ORDER BY sj.name OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Gives you some basic information about your SQL Server Agent jobs, who owns them and how they are configured
-- Look for Agent jobs that are not owned by sa
-- Look for jobs that have a notify_email_operator_id set to 0 (meaning no operator)
-- Look for jobs that have a notify_level_email set to 0 (meaning no e-mail is ever sent)
--
-- MSDN sysjobs documentation
-- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189817.aspx
-- Get SQL Server Agent Alert Information (Query 5) (SQL Server Agent Alerts)
SELECT name, event_source, message_id, severity, [enabled], has_notification,
delay_between_responses, occurrence_count, last_occurrence_date, last_occurrence_time
FROM msdb.dbo.sysalerts WITH (NOLOCK)
ORDER BY name OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Gives you some basic information about your SQL Server Agent Alerts (which are different from SQL Server Agent jobs)
-- Read more about Agent Alerts here: https://bit.ly/2v5YR37
-- Returns a list of all global trace flags that are enabled (Query 6) (Global Trace Flags)
DBCC TRACESTATUS (-1);
------
-- If no global trace flags are enabled, no results will be returned.
-- It is very useful to know what global trace flags are currently enabled as part of the diagnostic process.
-- Common trace flags that should be enabled in most cases
-- TF 1117 - When growing a data file, grow all files at the same time so they remain the same size, reducing allocation contention points
-- https://bit.ly/2GY1kOl
--
-- TF 1118 - Helps alleviate allocation contention in tempdb, SQL Server allocates full extents to each database object,
-- thereby eliminating the contention on SGAM pages (more important with older versions of SQL Server)
-- Recommendations to reduce allocation contention in SQL Server tempdb database
-- https://bit.ly/2GY1kOl
-- TF 2371 - Lowers auto update statistics threshold for large tables
-- https://bit.ly/30KO4Hh
-- TF 3226 - Supresses logging of successful database backup messages to the SQL Server Error Log
-- https://bit.ly/38zDNAK
-- SQL Server NUMA Node information (Query 7) (SQL Server NUMA Info)
SELECT node_id, node_state_desc, memory_node_id, online_scheduler_count,
active_worker_count, avg_load_balance, resource_monitor_state
FROM sys.dm_os_nodes WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE node_state_desc <> N'ONLINE DAC' OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Gives you some useful information about the composition
-- and relative load on your NUMA nodes
-- Hardware information from SQL Server 2008 (Query 8) (Hardware Info)
-- (Cannot distinguish between HT and multi-core)
SELECT cpu_count AS [Logical CPU Count], hyperthread_ratio AS [Hyperthread Ratio],
cpu_count/hyperthread_ratio AS [Physical CPU Count],
physical_memory_in_bytes/1048576 AS [Physical Memory (MB)],
sqlserver_start_time,
DATEDIFF(hour, sqlserver_start_time, GETDATE()) AS [SQL Server Up Time (hrs)]
FROM sys.dm_os_sys_info WITH (NOLOCK) OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Gives you some good basic hardware information about your database server
-- Get System Manufacturer and model number from (Query 9) (System Manufacturer)
-- SQL Server Error log. This query might take a few seconds
-- if you have not recycled your error log recently
EXEC sys.xp_readerrorlog 0, 1, N'Manufacturer';
------
-- This can help you determine the capabilities
-- and capacities of your database server
-- Get processor description from Windows Registry (Query 10) (Processor Description)
EXEC sys.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0', N'ProcessorNameString';
------
-- Gives you the model number and rated clock speed of your processor(s)
-- Your processors may be running at less that the rated clock speed due
-- to the Windows Power Plan or hardware power management
-- You can use CPU-Z to get your actual CPU core speed and a lot of other useful information
-- http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
-- You can learn more about processor selection for SQL Server by following this link
-- https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/glenn/processor-selection-for-sql-server/
-- Get the current node name from your cluster nodes (Query 11) (Cluster Node Properties)
-- (if your database server is in a failover cluster)
SELECT NodeName
FROM sys.dm_os_cluster_nodes WITH (NOLOCK) OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Knowing which node owns the cluster resources is critical
-- Especially when you are installing Windows or SQL Server updates
-- You will see no results if your instance is not clustered
-- Get configuration values for instance (Query 12) (Configuration Values)
SELECT name, value, value_in_use, minimum, maximum, [description], is_dynamic, is_advanced
FROM sys.configurations WITH (NOLOCK)
ORDER BY name OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Focus on these settings:
-- backup compression default (should be 1 in most cases)
-- clr enabled (only enable if it is needed)
-- cost threshold for parallelism (depends on your workload)
-- lightweight pooling (should be zero)
-- max degree of parallelism (depends on your workload)
-- max server memory (MB) (set to an appropriate value, not the default)
-- optimize for ad hoc workloads (should be 1)
-- priority boost (should be zero)
-- remote admin connections (should be 1)
-- File names and paths for all user and system databases on instance (Query 13) (Database Filenames and Paths)
SELECT DB_NAME([database_id]) AS [Database Name],
[file_id], [name], physical_name, [type_desc], state_desc,
is_percent_growth, growth,
CONVERT(bigint, growth/128.0) AS [Growth in MB],
CONVERT(bigint, size/128.0) AS [Total Size in MB], max_size
FROM sys.master_files WITH (NOLOCK)
ORDER BY DB_NAME([database_id]), [file_id] OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Things to look at:
-- Are data files and log files on different drives?
-- Is everything on the C: drive?
-- Is TempDB on dedicated drives?
-- Is there only one TempDB data file?
-- Are all of the TempDB data files the same size?
-- Are there multiple data files for user databases?
-- Is percent growth enabled for any files (which is bad)?
-- Look for I/O requests taking longer than 15 seconds in the five most recent SQL Server Error Logs (Query 14) (IO Warnings)
CREATE TABLE #IOWarningResults(LogDate datetime, ProcessInfo sysname, LogText nvarchar(1000));
INSERT INTO #IOWarningResults
EXEC xp_readerrorlog 0, 1, N'taking longer than 15 seconds';
INSERT INTO #IOWarningResults
EXEC xp_readerrorlog 1, 1, N'taking longer than 15 seconds';
INSERT INTO #IOWarningResults
EXEC xp_readerrorlog 2, 1, N'taking longer than 15 seconds';
INSERT INTO #IOWarningResults
EXEC xp_readerrorlog 3, 1, N'taking longer than 15 seconds';
INSERT INTO #IOWarningResults
EXEC xp_readerrorlog 4, 1, N'taking longer than 15 seconds';
SELECT LogDate, ProcessInfo, LogText
FROM #IOWarningResults
ORDER BY LogDate DESC;
DROP TABLE #IOWarningResults;
------
-- Finding 15 second I/O warnings in the SQL Server Error Log is useful evidence of
-- poor I/O performance (which might have many different causes)
-- Look to see if you see any patterns in the results (same files, same drives, same time of day, etc.)
-- Diagnostics in SQL Server help detect stalled and stuck I/O operations
-- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/897284
-- Drive level latency information (Query 15) (Drive Level Latency)
-- Based on code from Jimmy May
SELECT tab.[Drive],
CASE
WHEN num_of_reads = 0 THEN 0
ELSE (io_stall_read_ms/num_of_reads)
END AS [Read Latency],
CASE
WHEN num_of_writes = 0 THEN 0
ELSE (io_stall_write_ms/num_of_writes)
END AS [Write Latency],
CASE
WHEN (num_of_reads = 0 AND num_of_writes = 0) THEN 0
ELSE (io_stall/(num_of_reads + num_of_writes))
END AS [Overall Latency],
CASE
WHEN num_of_reads = 0 THEN 0
ELSE (num_of_bytes_read/num_of_reads)
END AS [Avg Bytes/Read],
CASE
WHEN num_of_writes = 0 THEN 0
ELSE (num_of_bytes_written/num_of_writes)
END AS [Avg Bytes/Write],
CASE
WHEN (num_of_reads = 0 AND num_of_writes = 0) THEN 0
ELSE ((num_of_bytes_read + num_of_bytes_written)/(num_of_reads + num_of_writes))
END AS [Avg Bytes/Transfer]
FROM (SELECT LEFT(UPPER(mf.physical_name), 2) AS Drive, SUM(num_of_reads) AS num_of_reads,
SUM(io_stall_read_ms) AS io_stall_read_ms, SUM(num_of_writes) AS num_of_writes,
SUM(io_stall_write_ms) AS io_stall_write_ms, SUM(num_of_bytes_read) AS num_of_bytes_read,
SUM(num_of_bytes_written) AS num_of_bytes_written, SUM(io_stall) AS io_stall
FROM sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats(NULL, NULL) AS vfs
INNER JOIN sys.master_files AS mf WITH (NOLOCK)
ON vfs.database_id = mf.database_id AND vfs.file_id = mf.file_id
GROUP BY LEFT(UPPER(mf.physical_name), 2)) AS tab
ORDER BY [Overall Latency] OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Shows you the drive-level latency for reads and writes, in milliseconds
-- Latency above 20-25ms is usually a problem
-- Calculates average stalls per read, per write, and per total input/output for each database file (Query 16) (IO Stalls by File)
SELECT DB_NAME(fs.database_id) AS [Database Name], CAST(fs.io_stall_read_ms/(1.0 + fs.num_of_reads) AS NUMERIC(16,1)) AS [avg_read_stall_ms],
CAST(fs.io_stall_write_ms/(1.0 + fs.num_of_writes) AS NUMERIC(16,1)) AS [avg_write_stall_ms],
CAST((fs.io_stall_read_ms + fs.io_stall_write_ms)/(1.0 + fs.num_of_reads + fs.num_of_writes) AS NUMERIC(16,1)) AS [avg_io_stall_ms],
CONVERT(DECIMAL(18,2), mf.size/128.0) AS [File Size (MB)], mf.physical_name, mf.type_desc, fs.io_stall_read_ms, fs.num_of_reads,
fs.io_stall_write_ms, fs.num_of_writes, fs.io_stall_read_ms + fs.io_stall_write_ms AS [io_stalls], fs.num_of_reads + fs.num_of_writes AS [total_io]
FROM sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats(null,null) AS fs
INNER JOIN sys.master_files AS mf WITH (NOLOCK)
ON fs.database_id = mf.database_id
AND fs.[file_id] = mf.[file_id]
ORDER BY avg_io_stall_ms DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Helps determine which database files on the entire instance have the most I/O bottlenecks
-- This can help you decide whether certain LUNs are overloaded and whether you might
-- want to move some files to a different location or perhaps improve your I/O performance
-- Recovery model, log reuse wait description, log file size, log usage size (Query 17) (Database Properties)
-- and compatibility level for all databases on instance
SELECT db.[name] AS [Database Name], SUSER_SNAME(db.owner_sid) AS [Database Owner], db.recovery_model_desc AS [Recovery Model],
db.log_reuse_wait_desc AS [Log Reuse Wait Description],
ls.cntr_value AS [Log Size (KB)], lu.cntr_value AS [Log Used (KB)],
CAST(CAST(lu.cntr_value AS FLOAT) / CAST(ls.cntr_value AS FLOAT)AS DECIMAL(18,2)) * 100 AS [Log Used %],
db.[compatibility_level] AS [DB Compatibility Level],
db.page_verify_option_desc AS [Page Verify Option], db.is_auto_create_stats_on, db.is_auto_update_stats_on,
db.is_auto_update_stats_async_on, db.is_parameterization_forced,
db.snapshot_isolation_state_desc, db.is_read_committed_snapshot_on,
db.is_auto_close_on, db.is_auto_shrink_on, db.is_cdc_enabled, db.is_published
FROM sys.databases AS db WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.dm_os_performance_counters AS lu WITH (NOLOCK)
ON db.name = lu.instance_name
INNER JOIN sys.dm_os_performance_counters AS ls WITH (NOLOCK)
ON db.name = ls.instance_name
WHERE lu.counter_name LIKE N'Log File(s) Used Size (KB)%'
AND ls.counter_name LIKE N'Log File(s) Size (KB)%'
AND ls.cntr_value > 0 OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- sys.databases (Transact-SQL)
-- https://bit.ly/2G5wqaX
-- sys.dm_os_performance_counters (Transact-SQL)
-- https://bit.ly/3kEO2JR
-- sys.dm_database_encryption_keys (Transact-SQL)
-- https://bit.ly/3mE7kkx
-- Things to look at:
-- How many databases are on the instance?
-- What recovery models are they using?
-- What is the log reuse wait description?
-- How full are the transaction logs ?
-- What compatibility level are the databases on?
-- What is the Page Verify Option? (should be CHECKSUM)
-- Is Auto Update Statistics Asynchronously enabled?
-- Make sure auto_shrink and auto_close are not enabled!
-- Missing Indexes for all databases by Index Advantage (Query 18) (Missing Indexes All Databases)
SELECT CONVERT(decimal(18,2), user_seeks * avg_total_user_cost * (avg_user_impact * 0.01)) AS [index_advantage],
migs.last_user_seek, mid.[statement] AS [Database.Schema.Table],
mid.equality_columns, mid.inequality_columns, mid.included_columns,
migs.unique_compiles, migs.user_seeks, migs.avg_total_user_cost, migs.avg_user_impact
FROM sys.dm_db_missing_index_group_stats AS migs WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.dm_db_missing_index_groups AS mig WITH (NOLOCK)
ON migs.group_handle = mig.index_group_handle
INNER JOIN sys.dm_db_missing_index_details AS mid WITH (NOLOCK)
ON mig.index_handle = mid.index_handle
ORDER BY index_advantage DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Getting missing index information for all of the databases on the instance is very useful
-- Look at last user seek time, number of user seeks to help determine source and importance
-- Also look at avg_user_impact and avg_total_user_cost to help determine importance
-- SQL Server is overly eager to add included columns, so beware
-- Do not just blindly add indexes that show up from this query!!!
-- Get VLF Counts for all databases on the instance (Query 19) (VLF Counts)
-- (adapted from Michelle Ufford)
CREATE TABLE #VLFInfo (FileID int,
FileSize bigint, StartOffset bigint,
FSeqNo bigint, [Status] bigint,
Parity bigint, CreateLSN numeric(38));
CREATE TABLE #VLFCountResults(DatabaseName sysname, VLFCount int);
EXEC sp_MSforeachdb N'Use [?];
INSERT INTO #VLFInfo
EXEC sp_executesql N''DBCC LOGINFO([?])'';
INSERT INTO #VLFCountResults
SELECT DB_NAME(), COUNT(*)
FROM #VLFInfo;
TRUNCATE TABLE #VLFInfo;'
SELECT DatabaseName, VLFCount
FROM #VLFCountResults
ORDER BY VLFCount DESC;
DROP TABLE #VLFInfo;
DROP TABLE #VLFCountResults;
------
-- High VLF counts can affect write performance
-- and they can make full database restores and crash recovery take much longer
-- Try to keep your VLF counts under 200 in most cases
-- Get CPU utilization by database (Query 20) (CPU Usage by Database)
WITH DB_CPU_Stats
AS
(SELECT pa.DatabaseID, DB_Name(pa.DatabaseID) AS [Database Name], SUM(qs.total_worker_time/1000) AS [CPU_Time_Ms]
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
CROSS APPLY (SELECT CONVERT(int, value) AS [DatabaseID]
FROM sys.dm_exec_plan_attributes(qs.plan_handle)
WHERE attribute = N'dbid') AS pa
GROUP BY DatabaseID)
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY [CPU_Time_Ms] DESC) AS [CPU Rank],
[Database Name], [CPU_Time_Ms] AS [CPU Time (ms)],
CAST([CPU_Time_Ms] * 1.0 / SUM([CPU_Time_Ms]) OVER() * 100.0 AS DECIMAL(5, 2)) AS [CPU Percent]
FROM DB_CPU_Stats
WHERE DatabaseID <> 32767 -- ResourceDB
ORDER BY [CPU Rank] OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Helps determine which database is using the most CPU resources on the instance
-- Note: This only reflects CPU usage from the currently cached query plans
-- Get I/O utilization by database (Query 21) (IO Usage By Database)
WITH Aggregate_IO_Statistics
AS
(SELECT DB_NAME(database_id) AS [Database Name],
CAST(SUM(num_of_bytes_read + num_of_bytes_written)/1048576 AS DECIMAL(12, 2)) AS io_in_mb
FROM sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats(NULL, NULL) AS [DM_IO_STATS]
GROUP BY database_id)
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY io_in_mb DESC) AS [I/O Rank], [Database Name], io_in_mb AS [Total I/O (MB)],
CAST(io_in_mb/ SUM(io_in_mb) OVER() * 100.0 AS DECIMAL(5,2)) AS [I/O Percent]
FROM Aggregate_IO_Statistics
ORDER BY [I/O Rank] OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Helps determine which database is using the most I/O resources on the instance
-- Get total buffer usage by database for current instance (Query 22) (Total Buffer Usage by Database)
-- This make take some time to run on a busy instance
WITH AggregateBufferPoolUsage
AS
(SELECT DB_NAME(database_id) AS [Database Name],
CAST(COUNT(*) * 8/1024.0 AS DECIMAL (10,2)) AS [CachedSize]
FROM sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE database_id <> 32767 -- ResourceDB
GROUP BY DB_NAME(database_id))
SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY CachedSize DESC) AS [Buffer Pool Rank], [Database Name], CachedSize AS [Cached Size (MB)],
CAST(CachedSize / SUM(CachedSize) OVER() * 100.0 AS DECIMAL(5,2)) AS [Buffer Pool Percent]
FROM AggregateBufferPoolUsage
ORDER BY [Buffer Pool Rank] OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Tells you how much memory (in the buffer pool)
-- is being used by each database on the instance
-- Clear Wait Stats with this command
-- DBCC SQLPERF('sys.dm_os_wait_stats', CLEAR);
-- Isolate top waits for server instance since last restart or wait statistics clear (Query 23) (Top Waits)
WITH [Waits]
AS (SELECT wait_type, wait_time_ms/ 1000.0 AS [WaitS],
(wait_time_ms - signal_wait_time_ms) / 1000.0 AS [ResourceS],
signal_wait_time_ms / 1000.0 AS [SignalS],
waiting_tasks_count AS [WaitCount],
100.0 * wait_time_ms / SUM (wait_time_ms) OVER() AS [Percentage],
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY wait_time_ms DESC) AS [RowNum]
FROM sys.dm_os_wait_stats WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE [wait_type] NOT IN (
N'BROKER_EVENTHANDLER', N'BROKER_RECEIVE_WAITFOR', N'BROKER_TASK_STOP',
N'BROKER_TO_FLUSH', N'BROKER_TRANSMITTER', N'CHECKPOINT_QUEUE',
N'CHKPT', N'CLR_AUTO_EVENT', N'CLR_MANUAL_EVENT', N'CLR_SEMAPHORE',
N'DBMIRROR_DBM_EVENT', N'DBMIRROR_EVENTS_QUEUE', N'DBMIRROR_WORKER_QUEUE',
N'DBMIRRORING_CMD', N'DIRTY_PAGE_POLL', N'DISPATCHER_QUEUE_SEMAPHORE',
N'EXECSYNC', N'FSAGENT', N'FT_IFTS_SCHEDULER_IDLE_WAIT', N'FT_IFTSHC_MUTEX',
N'HADR_CLUSAPI_CALL', N'HADR_FILESTREAM_IOMGR_IOCOMPLETION', N'HADR_LOGCAPTURE_WAIT',
N'HADR_NOTIFICATION_DEQUEUE', N'HADR_TIMER_TASK', N'HADR_WORK_QUEUE',
N'KSOURCE_WAKEUP', N'LAZYWRITER_SLEEP', N'LOGMGR_QUEUE', N'ONDEMAND_TASK_QUEUE',
N'PWAIT_ALL_COMPONENTS_INITIALIZED', N'QDS_PERSIST_TASK_MAIN_LOOP_SLEEP',
N'QDS_CLEANUP_STALE_QUERIES_TASK_MAIN_LOOP_SLEEP', N'REQUEST_FOR_DEADLOCK_SEARCH',
N'RESOURCE_QUEUE', N'SERVER_IDLE_CHECK', N'SLEEP_BPOOL_FLUSH', N'SLEEP_DBSTARTUP',
N'SLEEP_DCOMSTARTUP', N'SLEEP_MASTERDBREADY', N'SLEEP_MASTERMDREADY',
N'SLEEP_MASTERUPGRADED', N'SLEEP_MSDBSTARTUP', N'SLEEP_SYSTEMTASK', N'SLEEP_TASK',
N'SLEEP_TEMPDBSTARTUP', N'SNI_HTTP_ACCEPT', N'SP_SERVER_DIAGNOSTICS_SLEEP',
N'SQLTRACE_BUFFER_FLUSH', N'SQLTRACE_INCREMENTAL_FLUSH_SLEEP', N'SQLTRACE_WAIT_ENTRIES',
N'WAIT_FOR_RESULTS', N'WAITFOR', N'WAITFOR_TASKSHUTDOWN', N'WAIT_XTP_HOST_WAIT',
N'WAIT_XTP_OFFLINE_CKPT_NEW_LOG', N'WAIT_XTP_CKPT_CLOSE', N'XE_DISPATCHER_JOIN',
N'XE_DISPATCHER_WAIT', N'XE_TIMER_EVENT')
AND waiting_tasks_count > 0)
SELECT
MAX (W1.wait_type) AS [WaitType],
CAST (MAX (W1.Percentage) AS DECIMAL (5,2)) AS [Wait Percentage],
CAST ((MAX (W1.WaitS) / MAX (W1.WaitCount)) AS DECIMAL (16,4)) AS [AvgWait_Sec],
CAST ((MAX (W1.ResourceS) / MAX (W1.WaitCount)) AS DECIMAL (16,4)) AS [AvgRes_Sec],
CAST ((MAX (W1.SignalS) / MAX (W1.WaitCount)) AS DECIMAL (16,4)) AS [AvgSig_Sec],
CAST (MAX (W1.WaitS) AS DECIMAL (16,2)) AS [Wait_Sec],
CAST (MAX (W1.ResourceS) AS DECIMAL (16,2)) AS [Resource_Sec],
CAST (MAX (W1.SignalS) AS DECIMAL (16,2)) AS [Signal_Sec],
MAX (W1.WaitCount) AS [Wait Count],
CAST (N'https://www.sqlskills.com/help/waits/' + W1.wait_type AS XML) AS [Help/Info URL]
FROM Waits AS W1
INNER JOIN Waits AS W2
ON W2.RowNum <= W1.RowNum
GROUP BY W1.RowNum, W1.wait_type
HAVING SUM (W2.Percentage) - MAX (W1.Percentage) < 99 -- percentage threshold
OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Cumulative wait stats are not as useful on an idle instance that is not under load or performance pressure
-- SQL Server Wait Types Library
-- https://bit.ly/2ePzYO2
-- The SQL Server Wait Type Repository
-- https://bit.ly/1afzfjC
-- Wait statistics, or please tell me where it hurts
-- https://bit.ly/2wsQHQE
-- SQL Server 2005 Performance Tuning using the Waits and Queues
-- https://bit.ly/1o2NFoF
-- sys.dm_os_wait_stats (Transact-SQL)
-- https://bit.ly/2Hjq9Ylx
-- Signal Waits for instance (Query 24) (Signal Waits)
SELECT CAST(100.0 * SUM(signal_wait_time_ms) / SUM (wait_time_ms) AS NUMERIC(20,2)) AS [% Signal (CPU) Waits],
CAST(100.0 * SUM(wait_time_ms - signal_wait_time_ms) / SUM (wait_time_ms) AS NUMERIC(20,2)) AS [% Resource Waits]
FROM sys.dm_os_wait_stats WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE wait_type NOT IN (
N'BROKER_EVENTHANDLER', N'BROKER_RECEIVE_WAITFOR', N'BROKER_TASK_STOP',
N'BROKER_TO_FLUSH', N'BROKER_TRANSMITTER', N'CHECKPOINT_QUEUE',
N'CHKPT', N'CLR_AUTO_EVENT', N'CLR_MANUAL_EVENT', N'CLR_SEMAPHORE',
N'DBMIRROR_DBM_EVENT', N'DBMIRROR_EVENTS_QUEUE', N'DBMIRROR_WORKER_QUEUE',
N'DBMIRRORING_CMD', N'DIRTY_PAGE_POLL', N'DISPATCHER_QUEUE_SEMAPHORE',
N'EXECSYNC', N'FSAGENT', N'FT_IFTS_SCHEDULER_IDLE_WAIT', N'FT_IFTSHC_MUTEX',
N'HADR_CLUSAPI_CALL', N'HADR_FILESTREAM_IOMGR_IOCOMPLETION', N'HADR_LOGCAPTURE_WAIT',
N'HADR_NOTIFICATION_DEQUEUE', N'HADR_TIMER_TASK', N'HADR_WORK_QUEUE',
N'KSOURCE_WAKEUP', N'LAZYWRITER_SLEEP', N'LOGMGR_QUEUE', N'ONDEMAND_TASK_QUEUE',
N'PWAIT_ALL_COMPONENTS_INITIALIZED', N'QDS_PERSIST_TASK_MAIN_LOOP_SLEEP',
N'QDS_CLEANUP_STALE_QUERIES_TASK_MAIN_LOOP_SLEEP', N'REQUEST_FOR_DEADLOCK_SEARCH',
N'RESOURCE_QUEUE', N'SERVER_IDLE_CHECK', N'SLEEP_BPOOL_FLUSH', N'SLEEP_DBSTARTUP',
N'SLEEP_DCOMSTARTUP', N'SLEEP_MASTERDBREADY', N'SLEEP_MASTERMDREADY',
N'SLEEP_MASTERUPGRADED', N'SLEEP_MSDBSTARTUP', N'SLEEP_SYSTEMTASK', N'SLEEP_TASK',
N'SLEEP_TEMPDBSTARTUP', N'SNI_HTTP_ACCEPT', N'SP_SERVER_DIAGNOSTICS_SLEEP',
N'SQLTRACE_BUFFER_FLUSH', N'SQLTRACE_INCREMENTAL_FLUSH_SLEEP', N'SQLTRACE_WAIT_ENTRIES',
N'WAIT_FOR_RESULTS', N'WAITFOR', N'WAITFOR_TASKSHUTDOWN', N'WAIT_XTP_HOST_WAIT',
N'WAIT_XTP_OFFLINE_CKPT_NEW_LOG', N'WAIT_XTP_CKPT_CLOSE', N'XE_DISPATCHER_JOIN',
N'XE_DISPATCHER_WAIT', N'XE_TIMER_EVENT') OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Signal Waits above 10-15% is usually a confirming sign of CPU pressure
-- Cumulative wait stats are not as useful on an idle instance that is not under load or performance pressure
-- Resource waits are non-CPU related waits
-- Get logins that are connected and how many sessions they have (Query 25) (Connection Counts)
SELECT login_name, [program_name], COUNT(session_id) AS [session_count]
FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions WITH (NOLOCK)
GROUP BY login_name, [program_name]
ORDER BY COUNT(session_id) DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- This can help characterize your workload and
-- determine whether you are seeing a normal level of activity
-- Get a count of SQL connections by IP address (Query 26) (Connection Counts by IP Address)
SELECT ec.client_net_address, es.[program_name], es.[host_name], es.login_name,
COUNT(ec.session_id) AS [connection count]
FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions AS es WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.dm_exec_connections AS ec WITH (NOLOCK)
ON es.session_id = ec.session_id
GROUP BY ec.client_net_address, es.[program_name], es.[host_name], es.login_name
ORDER BY ec.client_net_address, es.[program_name] OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- This helps you figure where your database load is coming from
-- and verifies connectivity from other machines
-- Get Average Task Counts (run multiple times) (Query 27) (Avg Task Counts)
SELECT AVG(current_tasks_count) AS [Avg Task Count],
AVG(runnable_tasks_count) AS [Avg Runnable Task Count],
AVG(pending_disk_io_count) AS [Avg Pending DiskIO Count]
FROM sys.dm_os_schedulers WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE scheduler_id < 255 OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Sustained values above 10 suggest further investigation in that area
-- High Avg Task Counts are often caused by blocking/deadlocking or other resource contention
-- Sustained values above 1 suggest further investigation in that area
-- High Avg Runnable Task Counts are a good sign of CPU pressure
-- High Avg Pending DiskIO Counts are a sign of disk pressure
-- How to Do Some Very Basic SQL Server Monitoring
-- https://bit.ly/30IRla0
-- Get CPU Utilization History for last 256 minutes (in one minute intervals) (Query 28) (CPU Utilization History)
-- This version works with SQL Server 2008
DECLARE @ts_now bigint = (SELECT cpu_ticks/(cpu_ticks/ms_ticks) FROM sys.dm_os_sys_info WITH (NOLOCK));
SELECT TOP(256) SQLProcessUtilization AS [SQL Server Process CPU Utilization],
SystemIdle AS [System Idle Process],
100 - SystemIdle - SQLProcessUtilization AS [Other Process CPU Utilization],
DATEADD(ms, -1 * (@ts_now - [timestamp]), GETDATE()) AS [Event Time]
FROM (
SELECT record.value('(./Record/@id)[1]', 'int') AS record_id,
record.value('(./Record/SchedulerMonitorEvent/SystemHealth/SystemIdle)[1]', 'int')
AS [SystemIdle],
record.value('(./Record/SchedulerMonitorEvent/SystemHealth/ProcessUtilization)[1]',
'int')
AS [SQLProcessUtilization], [timestamp]
FROM (
SELECT [timestamp], CONVERT(xml, record) AS [record]
FROM sys.dm_os_ring_buffers WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE ring_buffer_type = N'RING_BUFFER_SCHEDULER_MONITOR'
AND record LIKE N'%<SystemHealth>%') AS x
) AS y
ORDER BY record_id DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Look at the trend over the entire period.
-- Also look at high sustained Other Process CPU Utilization values
-- Get top total worker time queries for entire instance (Query 29) (Top Worker Time Queries)
SELECT TOP(50) DB_NAME(t.[dbid]) AS [Database Name], t.[text] AS [Query Text],
qs.total_worker_time AS [Total Worker Time], qs.min_worker_time AS [Min Worker Time],
qs.total_worker_time/qs.execution_count AS [Avg Worker Time],
qs.max_worker_time AS [Max Worker Time], qs.execution_count AS [Execution Count],
qs.total_elapsed_time/qs.execution_count AS [Avg Elapsed Time],
qs.total_logical_reads/qs.execution_count AS [Avg Logical Reads],
qs.total_physical_reads/qs.execution_count AS [Avg Physical Reads], qs.creation_time AS [Creation Time]
, qp.query_plan AS [Query Plan] -- comment out this column if copying results to Excel
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(plan_handle) AS t
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(plan_handle) AS qp
ORDER BY qs.total_worker_time DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Helps you find the most expensive queries from a CPU perspective across the entire instance
-- Good basic information about OS memory amounts and state (Query 30) (System Memory)
SELECT total_physical_memory_kb/1024 AS [Physical Memory (MB)],
available_physical_memory_kb/1024 AS [Available Memory (MB)],
total_page_file_kb/1024 AS [Page File Commit Limit (MB)],
total_page_file_kb/1024 - total_physical_memory_kb/1024 AS [Physical Page File Size (MB)],
available_page_file_kb/1024 AS [Available Page File (MB)],
system_cache_kb/1024 AS [System Cache (MB)],
system_memory_state_desc AS [System Memory State]
FROM sys.dm_os_sys_memory WITH (NOLOCK) OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- You want to see "Available physical memory is high"
-- This indicates that you are not under external memory pressure
-- SQL Server Process Address space info (Query 31) (Process Memory)
-- (shows whether locked pages is enabled, among other things)
SELECT physical_memory_in_use_kb/1024 AS [SQL Server Memory Usage (MB)],
large_page_allocations_kb, locked_page_allocations_kb, page_fault_count,
memory_utilization_percentage, available_commit_limit_kb,
process_physical_memory_low, process_virtual_memory_low
FROM sys.dm_os_process_memory WITH (NOLOCK) OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- You want to see 0 for process_physical_memory_low
-- You want to see 0 for process_virtual_memory_low
-- This indicates that you are not under internal memory pressure
-- Page Life Expectancy (PLE) value for each NUMA node in current instance (Query 32) (PLE by NUMA Node)
SELECT @@SERVERNAME AS [Server Name], RTRIM([object_name]) AS [Object Name], instance_name, cntr_value AS [Page Life Expectancy]
FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE [object_name] LIKE N'%Buffer Node%' -- Handles named instances
AND counter_name = N'Page life expectancy' OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- PLE is a good measurement of memory pressure.
-- Higher PLE is better. Watch the trend over time, not the absolute value.
-- This will only return one row for non-NUMA systems.
-- Page Life Expectancy isnt what you think
-- http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/page-life-expectancy-isnt-what-you-think/
-- Memory Grants Pending value for current instance (Query 33) (Memory Grants Pending)
SELECT @@SERVERNAME AS [Server Name], RTRIM([object_name]) AS [Object Name], cntr_value AS [Memory Grants Pending]
FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE [object_name] LIKE N'%Memory Manager%' -- Handles named instances
AND counter_name = N'Memory Grants Pending' OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Memory Grants Pending above zero for a sustained period is a very strong indicator of memory pressure
-- Memory Clerk Usage for instance (Query 34) (Memory Clerk Usage)
-- Look for high value for CACHESTORE_SQLCP (Ad-hoc query plans)
SELECT TOP(10) [type] AS [Memory Clerk Type], SUM(single_pages_kb)/1024 AS [SPA Memory Usage (MB)]
FROM sys.dm_os_memory_clerks WITH (NOLOCK)
GROUP BY [type]
ORDER BY SUM(single_pages_kb) DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- CACHESTORE_SQLCP SQL Plans
-- These are cached SQL statements or batches that aren't in stored procedures, functions and triggers
-- Watch out for high values for CACHESTORE_SQLCP
-- CACHESTORE_OBJCP Object Plans
-- These are compiled plans for stored procedures, functions and triggers
-- Find single-use, ad-hoc and prepared queries that are bloating the plan cache (Query 35) (Ad hoc Queries)
SELECT TOP(50) DB_NAME(t.[dbid]) AS [Database Name], t.[text] AS [Query Text],
cp.objtype AS [Object Type], cp.cacheobjtype AS [Cache Object Type],
cp.size_in_bytes/1024 AS [Plan Size in KB]
FROM sys.dm_exec_cached_plans AS cp WITH (NOLOCK)
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(plan_handle) AS t
WHERE cp.cacheobjtype = N'Compiled Plan'
AND cp.objtype IN (N'Adhoc', N'Prepared')
AND cp.usecounts = 1
ORDER BY cp.size_in_bytes DESC, DB_NAME(t.[dbid]) OPTION (RECOMPILE);
------
-- Gives you the text, type and size of single-use ad-hoc and prepared queries that waste space in the plan cache
-- Enabling 'optimize for ad hoc workloads' for the instance can help (SQL Server 2008 and above only)
-- Running DBCC FREESYSTEMCACHE ('SQL Plans') periodically may be required to better control this.
-- Enabling forced parameterization for the database can help, but test first!
-- Plan cache, adhoc workloads and clearing the single-use plan cache bloat
-- https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/plan-cache-adhoc-workloads-and-clearing-the-single-use-plan-cache-bloat/
-- Database specific queries *****************************************************************
-- **** Please switch to a user database that you are interested in! *****
USE YourDatabaseName; -- make sure to change to an actual database on your instance, not the master system database
GO
-- Individual File Sizes and space available for current database (Query 36) (File Sizes and Space)
SELECT f.name AS [File Name] , f.physical_name AS [Physical Name],
CAST((f.size/128.0) AS DECIMAL(15,2)) AS [Total Size in MB],
CAST(f.size/128.0 - CAST(FILEPROPERTY(f.name, 'SpaceUsed') AS int)/128.0 AS DECIMAL(15,2))
AS [Available Space In MB], [file_id], fg.name AS [Filegroup Name]
FROM sys.database_files AS f WITH (NOLOCK)
LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.data_spaces AS fg WITH (NOLOCK)
ON f.data_space_id = fg.data_space_id OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- Look at how large and how full the files are and where they are located
-- Make sure the transaction log is not full!!
-- I/O Statistics by file for the current database (Query 37) (IO Stats By File)
SELECT DB_NAME(DB_ID()) AS [Database Name], df.name AS [Logical Name], vfs.[file_id],
df.physical_name AS [Physical Name], vfs.num_of_reads, vfs.num_of_writes, vfs.io_stall_read_ms, vfs.io_stall_write_ms,
CAST(100. * vfs.io_stall_read_ms/(vfs.io_stall_read_ms + vfs.io_stall_write_ms) AS DECIMAL(10,1)) AS [IO Stall Reads Pct],
CAST(100. * vfs.io_stall_write_ms/(vfs.io_stall_write_ms + vfs.io_stall_read_ms) AS DECIMAL(10,1)) AS [IO Stall Writes Pct],
(vfs.num_of_reads + vfs.num_of_writes) AS [Writes + Reads],
CAST(vfs.num_of_bytes_read/1048576.0 AS DECIMAL(10, 2)) AS [MB Read],
CAST(vfs.num_of_bytes_written/1048576.0 AS DECIMAL(10, 2)) AS [MB Written],
CAST(100. * vfs.num_of_reads/(vfs.num_of_reads + vfs.num_of_writes) AS DECIMAL(10,1)) AS [# Reads Pct],
CAST(100. * vfs.num_of_writes/(vfs.num_of_reads + vfs.num_of_writes) AS DECIMAL(10,1)) AS [# Write Pct],
CAST(100. * vfs.num_of_bytes_read/(vfs.num_of_bytes_read + vfs.num_of_bytes_written) AS DECIMAL(10,1)) AS [Read Bytes Pct],
CAST(100. * vfs.num_of_bytes_written/(vfs.num_of_bytes_read + vfs.num_of_bytes_written) AS DECIMAL(10,1)) AS [Written Bytes Pct]
FROM sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats(DB_ID(), NULL) AS vfs
INNER JOIN sys.database_files AS df WITH (NOLOCK)
ON vfs.[file_id]= df.[file_id] OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- This helps you characterize your workload better from an I/O perspective for this database
-- It helps you determine whether you has an OLTP or DW/DSS type of workload
-- Top cached queries by Execution Count (SQL Server 2008) (Query 38) (Query Execution Counts)
SELECT TOP (100) qs.execution_count, qs.total_worker_time, qs.total_logical_reads, qs.total_elapsed_time,
SUBSTRING(qt.TEXT,qs.statement_start_offset/2 +1,
(CASE WHEN qs.statement_end_offset = -1
THEN LEN(CONVERT(NVARCHAR(MAX), qt.TEXT)) * 2
ELSE qs.statement_end_offset END - qs.statement_start_offset)/2) AS query_text
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(qs.sql_handle) AS qt
ORDER BY qs.execution_count DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- Look at non-stored procedure queries
-- Top Cached SPs By Execution Count (SQL 2008) (Query 39) (SP Execution Counts)
SELECT TOP(100) p.name AS [SP Name], qs.execution_count,
ISNULL(qs.execution_count/DATEDIFF(Minute, qs.cached_time, GETDATE()), 0) AS [Calls/Minute],
qs.total_worker_time/qs.execution_count AS [AvgWorkerTime], qs.total_worker_time AS [TotalWorkerTime],
qs.total_elapsed_time, qs.total_elapsed_time/qs.execution_count AS [avg_elapsed_time],
qs.cached_time
FROM sys.procedures AS p WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
ON p.[object_id] = qs.[object_id]
WHERE qs.database_id = DB_ID()
ORDER BY qs.execution_count DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- Tells you which cached stored procedures are called the most often
-- This helps you characterize and baseline your workload
-- Top Cached SPs By Avg Elapsed Time (SQL 2008) (Query 40) (SP Avg Elapsed Time)
SELECT TOP(25) p.name AS [SP Name], qs.total_elapsed_time/qs.execution_count AS [avg_elapsed_time],
qs.total_elapsed_time, qs.execution_count, ISNULL(qs.execution_count/DATEDIFF(Minute, qs.cached_time,
GETDATE()), 0) AS [Calls/Minute], qs.total_worker_time/qs.execution_count AS [AvgWorkerTime],
qs.total_worker_time AS [TotalWorkerTime], qs.cached_time
FROM sys.procedures AS p WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
ON p.[object_id] = qs.[object_id]
WHERE qs.database_id = DB_ID()
ORDER BY avg_elapsed_time DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- This helps you find long-running cached stored procedures that
-- may be easy to optimize with standard query tuning techniques
-- Top Cached SPs By Avg Elapsed Time with execution time variability (Query 41) (SP Avg Elapsed Variable Time)
SELECT TOP(25) p.name AS [SP Name], qs.execution_count, qs.min_elapsed_time,
qs.total_elapsed_time/qs.execution_count AS [avg_elapsed_time],
qs.max_elapsed_time, qs.last_elapsed_time, qs.cached_time
FROM sys.procedures AS p WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
ON p.[object_id] = qs.[object_id]
WHERE qs.database_id = DB_ID()
ORDER BY avg_elapsed_time DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- This gives you some interesting information about the variability in the
-- execution time of your cached stored procedures, which is useful for tuning
-- Top Cached SPs By Total Worker time (SQL 2008). Worker time relates to CPU cost (Query 42) (SP Worker Time)
SELECT TOP(25) p.name AS [SP Name], qs.total_worker_time AS [TotalWorkerTime],
qs.total_worker_time/qs.execution_count AS [AvgWorkerTime], qs.execution_count,
ISNULL(qs.execution_count/DATEDIFF(Minute, qs.cached_time, GETDATE()), 0) AS [Calls/Minute],
qs.total_elapsed_time, qs.total_elapsed_time/qs.execution_count
AS [avg_elapsed_time], qs.cached_time
FROM sys.procedures AS p WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
ON p.[object_id] = qs.[object_id]
WHERE qs.database_id = DB_ID()
ORDER BY qs.total_worker_time DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- This helps you find the most expensive cached stored procedures from a CPU perspective
-- You should look at this if you see signs of CPU pressure
-- Top Cached SPs By Total Logical Reads (SQL 2008). Logical reads relate to memory pressure (Query 43) (SP Logical Reads)
SELECT TOP(25) p.name AS [SP Name], qs.total_logical_reads AS [TotalLogicalReads],
qs.total_logical_reads/qs.execution_count AS [AvgLogicalReads],qs.execution_count,
ISNULL(qs.execution_count/DATEDIFF(Minute, qs.cached_time, GETDATE()), 0) AS [Calls/Minute],
qs.total_elapsed_time, qs.total_elapsed_time/qs.execution_count
AS [avg_elapsed_time], qs.cached_time
FROM sys.procedures AS p WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
ON p.[object_id] = qs.[object_id]
WHERE qs.database_id = DB_ID()
ORDER BY qs.total_logical_reads DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- This helps you find the most expensive cached stored procedures from a memory perspective
-- You should look at this if you see signs of memory pressure
-- Top Cached SPs By Total Physical Reads (SQL 2008). Physical reads relate to disk I/O pressure (Query 44) (SP Physical Reads)
SELECT TOP(25) p.name AS [SP Name],qs.total_physical_reads AS [TotalPhysicalReads],
qs.total_physical_reads/qs.execution_count AS [AvgPhysicalReads], qs.execution_count,
qs.total_logical_reads,qs.total_elapsed_time, qs.total_elapsed_time/qs.execution_count
AS [avg_elapsed_time], qs.cached_time
FROM sys.procedures AS p WITH (NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
ON p.[object_id] = qs.[object_id]
WHERE qs.database_id = DB_ID()
AND qs.total_physical_reads > 0
ORDER BY qs.total_physical_reads DESC, qs.total_logical_reads DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- This helps you find the most expensive cached stored procedures from a read I/O perspective
-- You should look at this if you see signs of I/O pressure or of memory pressure
-- Top Cached SPs By Total Logical Writes (SQL 2008) (Query 45) (SP Logical Writes)
-- Logical writes relate to both memory and disk I/O pressure
SELECT TOP(25) p.name AS [SP Name], qs.total_logical_writes AS [TotalLogicalWrites],
qs.total_logical_writes/qs.execution_count AS [AvgLogicalWrites], qs.execution_count,
ISNULL(qs.execution_count/DATEDIFF(Minute, qs.cached_time, GETDATE()), 0) AS [Calls/Minute],
qs.total_elapsed_time, qs.total_elapsed_time/qs.execution_count AS [avg_elapsed_time],
qs.cached_time
FROM sys.procedures AS p WITH (NOLOCK)