25 September 2009 10:01
tonyrogerson
References + Deck + SQL Samples from my System Management presentation on 20090929 @ MS Data Management Conference in London
Note that I will be going into more detail in a series of 30-40 minute LiveMeetings starting towards the end of October, please see sqlserverfaq.com for more information - I'll be posting the info this weekend so check back after then. The session abstract: This predominately demo based session explores the features around the management of SQL Server 2008, specifically the Management Data Warehouse (Data Collector) and its use as a problem determination tool and for capacity planning, using Powershell and SQLCmd for routine maintenance and its use in applications, Event Notifications and Extended Events for keeping an eye out for unfolding problems, Policy Based Management to protect your Production environment and Dynamic Management Views (DMV's) for your day to day administration. The demos will be used to build a real world working system.
If you want a copy of the database for the Data Collector (MDW) demo workload you can download it here: http://sqlcontent.sqlblogcasts.com/meetings/ms20090929_datacollectiondemo.zip (75MB); make sure you check out the attached ZIP which contains the script prompt I used which will help you find your way through - any questions just email me tonyrogerson@torver.net.
The SQL Demos and my demo talk script can be got from here: http://sqlcontent.sqlblogcasts.com/meetings/MS20090929_SlideDeck_SQLDemos_TalkNotesScript.zip
References
Enterprise Policy Management Framework
http://www.codeplex.com/EPMFrameworkSQL Server Policy Based Management Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlpbm/archive/2008/04/20/policy-based-management-overview.aspxSQL Server 2008 Feature Pack
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=B33D2C78-1059-4CE2-B80D-2343C099BCB4&displaylang=en Keep up-to-date with any new policies
Get Report Builder 2.0“Administering Servers by Using Policy-Based Management” – “Configuring Alerts to Notify Policy Failures”: ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v10/MS.SQLSVR.v10.en/s10de_4deptrbl/html/ef2a7b3b-614b-405d-a04a-2464a019df40.htm Central Management System
http://sqlcms.codeplex.com/ (Buck Woody Microsoft) Powershell
Free Powershell scripts -> http://www.idera.com/Products/Free-Tools/PowerShell-scripts/ Extended Events
http://www.codeplex.com/ExtendedEventManager/ (by Jonathan Kehayias SQL MVP) Event Notifications
http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/martinbell/archive/2009/05/22/Event-Notifications.aspx
http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/martinbell/archive/2009/05/26/WMI-Event-Alerts.aspx
Filed under: SQL Server, Extended Events, Policy Based Management, Powershell, Event Notifications, Management Data Warehouse