Course Topics

Administering SQL Server 2012 Jump Start

01 | Install and Configure SQL Server 04 | Manage Data
02 | Maintain Instances and Databases 05 | Implement Security
03 | Performance Optimization and
Troubleshooting
06 | High Availability Options
03 | Performance Optimization and
Troubleshooting
George Squillace | Senior Technical Trainer New Horizons Great Lakes
Richard Currey | Senior Technical Trainer New Horizons United
Module 3 Overview
Locking, Blocking, and Deadlocks
Profiler
Auditing
Catalog Views and DMOs
Data Collector and the Management Data Warehouse

Topic: Locking, Blocking, and Deadlocks
What Are Locking, Blocking, and Deadlocks?
How Are Locking Problems Discovered and Solved?

What Are Locking, Blocking, and Deadlocks?
Resource locking is a data integrity mechanism that restricts access to various objects while under modification and
not yet committed
Locking is natural and expected
Examples of lockable resources are:
Key values
Rows
Pages
Tables
Files
Databases
Blocking occurs when one connection is waiting for other connections to release locked resources
Some blocking is expected
Excessive blocking is undesirable
A deadlock occurs when two connections have locked resources that are seeking each others locked resources
before their respective transactions complete; this results in the termination of one of the connections
How Are Locking Problems Discovered and Solved?
Deadlock problems discovered by:
Client error messages
Activity monitor
DMOs
Profiler
Trace flags
Extended Events
Deadlock problems are solved by (OK, minimized by):
Order of objects accessed within queries / sprocs
Keeping transactions short
Isolation level
Avoiding user interaction (data browsing) during transactions
DEMO
Using Activity Monitor to Detect a Blocked Connection
Topic: Profiler
What Is Tracing?
What Is Profiler?
What Is Tracing?
Tracing permits the recording of a wide range of SQL Server
activity (events within event classes) to files
Sampling of event classes and events
Class 1
Event 1
Event 2
Class 2
Event 3
Event 4
Based on the use of many system stored procedures

What Is Profiler?
Graphical user interface into the
tracing stored procedures
The three legs of the profiler
configuration
Event classes and events
Columns
Filters
Integrate Windows Perfmon data
with profiler data
Simple-Talk eBook on Profiler
DEMO
Using Profiler to Capture a Deadlock Graph
Topic: Auditing
C2 and Common Criteria
Auditing with Triggers
SQL Auditing
C2 and Common Criteria
Older methods
C2, sp_Configure with C2 audit mode
Common criteria, sp_Configure with common criteria compliance
enabled
Much overhead associated with these methods
Auditing with Triggers
DML triggers
Write to a designated audit table on the basis of modifications
DDL triggers
EventData() function
Login triggers
Trigger limitations

SQL Auditing
What does this feature provide compared to other types of
general auditing methods?
Based on extended events feature
Terminology
Server vs. database
What are the configuration steps?

DEMO
Configuring SQL Auditing
Topic: Catalog Views and DMOs

Purpose of catalog views and dynamic management objects
(DMOs)
Classification of DMOs
Resources for further exploration

Purpose of Catalog Views and DMOs

What is metadata retrieval?
Metadata retrieval methods that have been available in the past
GUIobtain information on one object at a time
System Stored Procscant really customize
System Functionsgenerally retrieve information one property at a time
In more recent versions
Catalog views and DMOs
Standard query language clauses
Can customize columns retrieved
Can customize rows retrieved
Can aggregate and order
Can join with multiple catalogs
Classification of DMOs
DMO (general classification)
sys.dm_ prefix
Dynamic management views
No input accepted
sys.dm_ prefix
Dynamic management functions
Input accepted and often required
sys.dm_ prefix



Resources for Further Exploration
Simple Talk eBook by Louis Davidson and Tim Ford
Tim Fords Periodic Table of Dynamic Management Objects
presentation at PASS SQL Rally May 2012
The Redgate DMV Starter Pack
Quest Poster

DEMO
Querying Dynamic Management Objects
Topic: Data Collector and the Management Data
Warehouse
Overview of Data Collector
Configuring Data Collector
Consuming Data Collector Data
Overview of Data Collector
Collects capacity planning and performance data over time
Problem: DMO data isnt persistent
Fact: Troubleshooting is difficult when normal hasnt been established
Solution: Management Data Warehouse (MDW)
The MDW is created and configured using two wizards
The wizard creates SSIS packages, jobs and schedules to collect performance
planning and capacity data
The MDW accommodates multiple servers
Very useful reports available from the MDW database in SSMS

Configuring Data Collector
Execute two wizards
Wizard 1: Create the Management Data Warehouse
Wizard 2: Set Up Data Collection
Data to be collected
Frequency of collection
Retention period
Specific database roles exist for management
mdw_Admin
mdw_writer
mdw_reader
Specific database roles exist for configuration
Dc_admin
Dc_operator
Dc_proxy
Consuming Data Collector Data
Reports available in SSMS
Disk usage report
Server activity report
Query statistics report
DEMO
Configuring the Management Data Warehouse
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