SQL Server Monitor Scripts
SQL Server Memory Usage: OS Memory Usage:
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Track Rollback Status After Kill
What Happens in a Transaction When a transaction is being committed, each step is written into the transaction log. Each value that is being inserted, updated, or deleted is recorded so that if there is a failure before the log is written to the data file, the appropriate rollback or roll forward can take place.... » read more
Windows Disk Management
Computer Management -> Storage -> Disk Management
Windows Resource Monitor
Windows Performance Monitor is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that provides several useful counters.
Best Practices to Increase Restore Speed
Everyone has a list of best practices for backups, including me. But, you know what doesn’t get talked about much? Restores. Yeah, there are things you can do to make your restores better, faster, stronger. Why would you want to improve restore speed? Think about it like this, backups are something that you automate, tweak,... » read more
Ways to improve native SQL database backup and restore
Ways to improve native SQL database backup and restore times: Backup your databases with compression: I/O is typically the bottleneck, this shifts some of the work to CPU. Change your storage configuration: Store backups locally or on higher-performance SAN Backup your databases to multiple files (stripes): This might depends on your specific storage and network... » read more
Instant File Initialization and Database Recovery
When SQL Server reserves new space on a disk, it initializes the space with zeros. This behavior can be switched off thereby reducingthe execution time of some operations and the load on the disk subsystem. Disk space reservation without initialization is called Instant File Initialization. This feature is not widely known, although its use has become possible starting with SQL Server 2005. The benefits of the Instant File Initialization are the following: 1. Accelerating the creation... » read more
Setting Max Memory for SQL Server
By default, SQL Server’s max memory is 2147483647 – a heck of a lot more than you actually have. Trivia time – that’s the max number for a signed 32-bit integer. SQL Server will just keep using more and more memory until there’s none left on the system. If the operating system has no memory... » read more
Show Progress of Database Backup/Restore
Run the following scripts to show the progress of current database backup/restore.
Installing Older Versions of Visual Studio
Go to https://my.visualstudio.com and join Visual Studio Dev Essentials. After joining, you can download the specific versions of Visual Studio.